What paint to use?
 

Well, to help with my overheating problem I think I'm gonna install a kick ass jdm yo hoodscoop. :P My buddies got a spare hood and I'm gonna order a hood scoop off egay. I'm gonna sand it down real good and primer it but what kind of paint should I use? Gonna paint it black. Also gonna paint my rims black too, what paint should I use?
Thanks

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i would powdercoat rims
it would be cool if u had an old oven lying around

as for the hood scoop, regular cans would do

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Powdercoating costs money and I'm cheap. My friend painted his hood with regular car paint from advanced auto and it was real rough and shitty lookin. He didn't sand it down though so that might be why. I guess I'll just do it and see what happens. I don't know much about bodywork but I'm gonna try it out anyways.

Anyone got some advice on painting the hood and wheels?
Do I need to primer or just sand it down and paint it?

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why dont u solve ur overheading problem rather than wasting ur time and money?

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well once you put ur hood scoop on and reinforce ur hood after you cut the hole use a couple coats of rustoleum primer and after it dries sand it smooth with a fine grit sand paper like 400 and spray it with a laquer paint and u should be good to go

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i doubt a hood scoop will solve ur overheating problems but it will definately put u in with the rainbow crowd ;D

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I can't figure out what the hell is wrong with the overheating. It doesn't overheat unless I drive it hard for a while and then if I just take it easy it goes back to normal so to me it sounds like the cooling system just can't handle all the heat of the turbo. Mabye this will work, mabye it won't but it definitly won't hurt to get some nice cold air down on the turbo.

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new water pump, raditator, thermostat and flush it out too and you should be set

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already put a new thermo, new radiator, new cap. Don't think it's the pump cause it would overheat all the time if it wasn't pumping right?

I'll flush it out today, come to think of it, when I changed the headgasket, I'm sure I got some little pieces of gasket outside the cylinder walls where the coolant goes. Forgot to flush it out.

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if its the orginal radiator change it out, cause my 89 accord one was really clogged with 120k on it so iam sure urs is too

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do I just stick a water hose up in that piece to flush it out?

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go to part store they sell a flush kit that you splice into ur line after flushing that fill it up and buy the fluid flush and follow instruction then water flush it one more time then fill her back up. also someone on here said that purple ---- they sell in metal jug thing at part store is a good additive.

this stuff for additive when ur done
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=22632

i see u on AIM but cant messege u, wtf?

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don't forget to bleed the cooling system though because hondas are sensitive to air in the system

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ive never had a problem on any of my hondas

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why dont you do it the JDM way and put washers between the bracket and the hood. yes this works, yes its a JDM trick. if you want to see pictures, come on over, I will show you film pictures. they stack like 5-6 washers up between the hood and the hinge, and get longer bolts. it works, and you can see the heat pouring out....

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have you tried drilling holes in your thermostat so its always flowing?

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iam sure these all are ways to get by, just do it right get a new water pump, what $30, a new thermostat $10 and a new radiator <$100 on ebay.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7906554672

52 buy it now + 20 bucks shipping

you guys think its a good deal?

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use this guy he has very good product and quick shipping, i got my teg radiator(2nd one) from them, i got same one previously but broke it off-roading :P

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I already got a different radiator, just put in a new thermostat a while back. How hard is it to change a water pump?

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u put on a turbo kit i hope to god u can do a water pump