Picking The Powder

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I cant decide what color to bake the lower intake on my fresh 306. right now im using flat black and anodized silver. should i bake both intake and plenum silver or do the intake black and plenum silver...........
The valve covers and pulleys are silver, i did the alt and timing cover black. Some high temp stickers finished off the valve covers.

 

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Im no fan of flat black so i say go silver

 

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Im not sure how to PC but why don't you combine the 2 like a base color and then accent it with the second color

 

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really hard to do well for me it is.anyway here is how they turned out.

 

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They turned out good. I'm gonna have to learn how to do powder coating.

 

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really easy i use a old oven off the side of the road. then got a wai powder gun off ebay. and a elcheapo sandblaster. 150$ total with powder. no compressor required.

 

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Feb 25, 2014

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how long does it usually take to bake?

 

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20-30 mins.

 

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a91what said:

really easy i use a old oven off the side of the road. then got a wai powder gun off ebay. and a elcheapo sandblaster. 150$ total with powder. no compressor required.

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Wow, turned out great! Is it really this easy and inexpensive to do? I never would have guessed.

 

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well i got the oven for free. the wai poder gun is a summit brand on ebay they run $60. then i got a harbor frieght sand blaster, kettle style. powder from eastwood on ebay. oh and a couple cans of brake clean non-clorinated to rinse the parts. not ideal but cheap and the outcome was great. ill never paint another engine part. next im gonna use chrome then a translucent black clear, should look killer

 

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ok got her together all new balanced guts. tryin to figure out some front dress fitment issues now. pretty happy with the way it looks.

 

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Wow that looks good!! To bad you cant do something with the power steering pump.

 

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thinking about trying a remote reservoir pump off a newer car. from what ive read it should bolt right up.

 

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Looks great to me. Nice job!

 

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Can you hydro dip it, might be cheaper

 

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im not sure sounds expensive though. lol i am teying to keep a budget of 5k total.

 

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i have about 3yrs in this build so far. i learned how to do body work, paint, fiberglass, i even made custom door panels and speaker box. took forever to lay all that glass by hand.

 

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I tried my hand at fiberglass man what a pain. I did learn you have to have patients

 

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a91what said:

i have about 3yrs in this build so far. i learned how to do body work, paint, fiberglass, i even made custom door panels and speaker box. took forever to lay all that glass by hand.

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I don't want to hijack this thread, but I would love to see more pics of your car/build!

 

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here you go. cant show amps but it has 3000 rms watts behind the box. i closed in the hoodscoop with a baffle and made a airbox for it. my ram air desiegn more to say 'yeah i did that.' a full badge delete i even filled in the bumper for a smooth look. led tail lights, the cluster is a unit from summit, i had to gu.t a broken factory cluster and fab up a plexiglass cover which i trimmed into place, i blacked out the area behind and around the display for a better look. oh and a door handle delete done right i cut em out and welded in patches. the door curves but the handle area is flat so i skimmed the door with the best filler i could find and blocked till the cows came home. the door locks actually work as handles. turn the key and it pops open. i even didthe top i WILL NEVER DO MY OWN TOP AGAIN!!