painting an intercooler

[Max Baker]

Nick,

Best thing to do is call your local machine shop and ask them who they
use.  Failing that, you can go in the phone book under Coatings, Painting,
Metal Treatments and find a shop who does Powder Coating.   They might do
anno, and if they don't they'll know who does.

Cost, I think around $80 is what it would have cost here in the Bay Area,
but a friend hooked it up for me for free.

-m

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 08:27:23AM -0400, Nick Lawrence wrote:
> Where might one go to get something the size of an Audi intercooler 
> anodized and any guesses to the cost.
> TIA
> Nick  central Ohio
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "thejimrose" <thejimrose at gmail.com>
> To: "Max Baker" <max at warped.org>
> Cc: "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: painting an intercooler
>
>
>> thanks max! i think that's the route i'm going to go - just a flat 
>> black ano
>> for the stealth look.
>>
>> cheers
>> jim
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Max Baker <max at warped.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I anno'd my FMIC black on my GTI.  It's a VR6 Turbo and I didn't want to
>>> be "that guy" with the way the CHP treats you for making modifications to
>>> your car :)
>>>
>>> I did not do a before and after dyno of the FMIC w/ and w/out anno, but I
>>> have not had any negative effects by annodizing it.  I too seriously  
>>> doubt
>>> that annodizing will do anything noticable to the heat transfer.  If you
>>> were worried about it, then upsize the intercooler by 5% and that would
>>> probably make things equal.
>>>
>>> Before: http://warped.org/pix/displayimage.php?album=37&pos=29
>>> After/Installed<http://warped.org/pix/displayimage.php?album=37&pos=29After/Installed>:
>>> http://www.abmotorsports.com/bobs07/bobs07035.jpg
>>>
>>> Almost nobody notices it, it's very sleeper.   Just get black couplers to
>>> match.
>>>
>>> -m
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 05:34:18PM -0700, thejimrose wrote:
>>> > does anyone have any enlightening information about painting, coating
>>> and/or
>>> > anodizing a bar + plate intercooler? i've bought one to mount to the
>>> front
>>> > of my a4, and despite irrefutable performance advantages I just don't
>>> want
>>> > to be 'that guy' with the big IC up front. it will fit behind the stock
>>> > bumper, and i'd like to black it out for stealth reasons.
>>> >
>>> > i've been told that anodizing won't help or hurt the heat transfer, but
>>> is a
>>> > nice durable finish. being a cheapskate i'd like to use the > 
>>> spec-radiator
>>> > paint that eastwood sells - any btdt?
>>> >
>>> > thoughts? thanks!
>>> > jim
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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