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Oct 13, 2003 | 09:59 PM

hirostyle

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Painting Intercooler

Will painting a intercooler decrease its efficiency? Because i would like to paint mine flat black for a nice sleeper look.

Oct 13, 2003 | 11:42 PM

djrizzo

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Re:Painting Intercooler

I've heard people say yes and no (just like every other question). Virtually all intercoolers are unpainted, but what about radiators? Most are black. Personally I don't think a thin coat of black will hurt much. I just painted mine, I'll let you know if it affects the temp. much.

Oct 13, 2003 | 11:46 PM

leed

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Re:Painting Intercooler

Your fine. Your only painting the front, no the internal fins were the cooling gets done.

Once again, heres my link to when I painted mine. There was no measurable diff. in charge temps.
Gotta love the sleeper FMIC,

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...d=4933;start=0

Oct 14, 2003 | 01:56 AM

89dxhunchback

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Re:Painting Intercooler

Glad to hear. I don't wanna paint it for the sleeper effect ( my chipping paint all ready does that ), I wanna paint it for the "don't steal me b/c I'm turbocharged" effect.

Oct 14, 2003 | 07:38 PM

hirostyle

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Re:Painting Intercooler

ok, cool, thx guys! Yeah like what 89hunch said, more so than the sleeper effect, i'm looking for the "don't steal me" effect. So i guess i will just give the front of the intercooler a light coat of black, and be less worried bout my ---- getting stolen...yeah!