Painting upper intake and valve covers...

capriman86 said:

Ok...I have done 2 intakes and covers and intake plates.


The coating on the 87-93 intakes can be pretty tough and bead blasting doesn't take it off.
The bead blaster is GREAT for all the accessories though!

I used Aircraft Stripper on my intakes.

For the primer I used Sherman Williams Self Etching Primer.
For Paint I used SEM Promax paint and SEM Promax Clear.

Here is my 86 Capri and my 88GT


First my 86 Capri with a 89 upper intake.
I did sand down the texture on this intake so it would appear a bit smoother.


Here is the way I bought my capri.




and here are some finished pics.










I also did paint the whole intake plate and sand down the letters on top.











Here is my wifes 88GT which I put a 93 Cobra intake on it.

How the car was when we bought it.





The Aircraft stripper works great but can take a few tries.








But with some persistence it will come off.







Primed with the Sherman Williams Self Etching Primer.






Some SEM Promax Gunmetal on it.




Then some SEM Clear was applied.




Also did the valve covers.



Here is a shot before I got a new Cobra Plaque




Here is the final product, well for now. I have more to do but here is where I am at.





I had taken the old Intake Plaque and cleaned it up to sell.

I did paint it all black then sand it down.

Here is a shot of that too.


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4G-KDMP said:

Why would use High Temp paint for upper intake or valve covers since neither ever reach 550F

VHT Aerosol High-Temp-Coatings and VHT Aerosol Wheel-Paint

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