Painting Intercooler
 

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

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.

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

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.

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!