Inlet manifold
im looking to remove and paint my inlet manifold on my 08 hatch.
anyone have any links or tips on how to do this ? It looks pretty straight forward but wanted some input into this as it’s my first time doing it. also any tips on what paint to use would also be a great help. thanks |
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You want to paint the black plastic manifold on a WRX Hatch ???
http://image.importtuner.com/f/edito...wrx-engine.jpg |
Yeah mate basically!. Probably a better Option to get it powder coated though I reckon
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Originally Posted by Matty81
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Yeah mate basically!. Probably a better Option to get it powder coated though I reckon
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I might be wrong but I dont think you can powder coat plastic as the powder is put on the metal with an electric charge like static so it sticks then baked to cue.
If I was guna pait it i would scuff it with a scotch bright pad, get it realy clean with panle wipe then use a VHT spray paint sutable for plastic |
Just had a google you can powder coat plastic there is a technique of a special primer then uv cure coating, sounds quite specialised though
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I wasn’t a sure if you could not because the majority of the inlets I’ve seen being painted/powdered have come from an sti which isn’t covered in the plastic like mine is. I’ll do a bit more research on it. Cheers mate :thumb:
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Originally Posted by Matty81
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I wasn’t a sure if you could not because the majority of the inlets I’ve seen being painted/powdered have come from an sti which isn’t covered in the plastic like mine is. I’ll do a bit more research on it. Cheers mate :thumb:
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Argh ok I see. A powder coat company is only round the corner from me so I might pay him a visit and asking him what he thinks.
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Or swap it for sti manifold if possible?
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Originally Posted by Croney
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Or swap it for sti manifold if possible?
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Wow! That is completely different. I know some people have swapped to an sti inlet but am
i right in thinking that it would be a turbo swap aswell for the turbo to fit onto an sti manifold ? |
Originally Posted by Matty81
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Wow! That is completely different. I know some people have swapped to an sti inlet but am
i right in thinking that it would be a turbo swap aswell for the turbo to fit onto an sti manifold ? |
Haven’t really thought about it to be honest but If I did do a inlet swap what benefit would it bring to me ?.
ive got a mishimoto intercooler and was thinking about fitting a modified vf48 turbo to the car next year. Cheers :thumb: |
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