Painting intake manifold Good or bad?

[The Reaper]

I was thinking about painting the stock Intake Manifold Flat Black. i used it on my cam covers and it looks HOT.

i'm wondering if it'd look good or not. im not too sure

i searched and found a pic of a 7M with his FFIM painted flat black. i think it looks pretty sweet. what do you guys think?

like this

http://www.supramania.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2700&d=1130040074

[IJ.]

Go for Satin Black it's easier to keep clean :)

[tissimo]

do it!!!

[The Reaper]

well the paint i got was a Low gloss black. looks satin not really flat. guess i should change that.

[IJ.]

I had mine Coated with a Heat Dispersant coating, it's a little bit too shiny but should dull down to Satin in use.

[The Reaper]

got any pics???
thanks for editing my poll choices. do it again and remove Flat Black. Cause the paint i have is actually Satin finish

[IJ.]

There's a whole bunch of pics here (http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49676&page=3) ;)

[The Reaper]

Nice. your's looks to have a little flake in it. i noticed you didn't paint the throttle body. i Almost think i'd have to paint mine to flow better but im not sure.

your's is a nice aftermarket piece so i wouldn't have it coated either.

[IJ.]

LOL I made most of it :)

I left it natural Al to break up the Black a bit in the Bay.

[The Reaper]

nice

in the process of painting it now

i'll post pics when done

EDIT: done painting. Definitely looks like a Satin Finish. My bro-in-law and i sat out there and painted it up. and he helped me get a cross-threaded bolt in my NEW TiAL WG. pissed me off. but owell. just need to drill out the holes now :(

[Dylan JZ]

I had mine Coated with a Heat Dispersant coating, it's a little bit too shiny but should dull down to Satin in use.

this is what I'd do, had I the time..

[tsuper92]

i did my lower black,it's called mirror black though.i never tried the other black's i have,but i do want to try the wrinkle black.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/super1jz/Dsc00322.jpg
i did my upper silver though.it's alot easier to care for then polished.i do use car wax on it occasionaly
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/super1jz/Dsc00440.jpg

[The Reaper]

sweet that looks good man. i did the opposite.

i left the lower silver. its not even really visible but i MIGHT take it off tomorrow after work and paint it anyways. im getting ready to run out for some small groceries so i'll buy more satin black while im out to do the lower runner.

[tsuper92]

i hear ya.i just hate when aluminum get's all oxidation on it.i do my own powdercoating at home,so it only racks up the electric bill;)
the stealth look will be good i'm sure.i've seen a couple on the forumns before,but can't remember who's.beside sir IJ that is

[The Reaper]

yea i dunno who's that is in the original pic i posted. i found it when i searched for "Painted Intake Manifold." and some guy posted them.

i love how it looks. i painted it up but im gonna do a few more coats so it doesn't chip easily and scratch and show the oiginal aluminum. it will be SWEET when its all back together.

[7Mboost]

As long as you contrast the intake manifold with a different color throttle body or a polished intercooler pipe it looks good.

[The Reaper]

yea im gonna leave my TB the nomal aluminum color. and later when i do IC piping i'll get them powder coated chome

[IJ.]

My IC and Pipes got the Satin Black as well :)

[The Reaper]

hahahaha dang Stealth Fighter huh?

[IJ.]

Yep can't see the HUGE arse FMIC at all from the front :)

[Shadow]

I painted mine a semi gloss black. I think it looks good. I say go for it.

[The Reaper]

yea i love the way it looks

im gonna do the lower runners tomorrow. and i see you did your TB too. i think it'd look incomplete with the TB not painted.

OT: i love the TRD tower bar. pure sex

[Jaguar]

I love the look. I see more paint than powder-coating in this thread. Is anybody powder-coating their stuff?

[The Reaper]

i would PC mine but im doing this out of pure boredom and a cheap alternative. looks just as good but no wait and cheaper. and no its not the whole "i'm a typical MKIII owner so i half ass everything and im poor" i could afford to get it PC'd but this is easier and quicker and im bored. :)

[Jaguar]

I think that the black in the white engine bay looks great. I may go that route.

Hey Reaper, baby here yet?

[The Reaper]

i agree black with the white does look good. Mine will be Graphite and black so it'll look good to.

i got about another month and a half..........trying to hurry up and finish my supe haha

[supramike7m]

i like the black look, i might do it on my new engine. big aaron did a nice job on his car, manifold, valve covers and ic piping. looks real nice imo

[Johnysupra]

tsuper92 did you cut off and weld up the flanges for the ETSC??

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/super1jz/Dsc00440.jpg

[bluemkiii]

I painted my intake manifold black and it looks nice.

[Shadow]

yea i love the way it looks

im gonna do the lower runners tomorrow. and i see you did your TB too. i think it'd look incomplete with the TB not painted.

OT: i love the TRD tower bar. pure sex

Thanks for the compliment about the TRD Strut Tower bar. It's for a mk4 Supra. I cut the braces apart, shortened the bar and rewelded it myself. Then painted it black.

I wouldn't paint the intake manifold without painting the throttle body with it. It blens in and looks like it's part of the manifold if painted with it. After I painted the manifold, I put the TB up to it and it just didn't look right.

[Shadow]

Here's another picture. Not as fuzzy and gives a different angle of the throttle body.

[OneJoeZee]

Can never have too much black.

[The Reaper]

well hot damn. i think this is the first time i had a crazy idea about my car that everyone (or most everyone) agreed with!

guess i will be doing the Lower Runners and the the TB tonight.

how do you take off the throttle cable lever to paint the TB?

[OneJSupra]

u know what they say once you go black you never go back :naughty:

[The Reaper]

hahahaha

yea i will be painting the rest of it tonight

EDIT:: Pic of the Manifold. 2 coats. will prolly do 1 or 2 more so it doesn't chip and scratch when putting the harness back in.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q215/TheReaper31/1JZ%20MKIII/SatinBlackManifold.jpg

[The Reaper]

here's what i did to my Cam covers and timing and plug cover to get an idea of what the bay will look like when done

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q215/TheReaper31/1JZ%20MKIII/SatinBlackCamCovers.jpg

[suprahero]

Looking very good and very stealthy.

[The Reaper]

thanks Jay

trying to spiff it up a bit. come back with a lot of new stuff and looking different.

can't wait to fire her up again......

[suprahero]

I'm going to be putting a 2jzge block under my 1jz shortly and installing a new aluminum flywheel and new clutch. It should be a fun ride.

[The Reaper]

NICE

i was going to do that, but i will be selling in the fall time frame so not worth the work for the chump change i'll get from it

[Jaguar]

why selling?

[Shadow]

well hot damn. i think this is the first time i had a crazy idea about my car that everyone (or most everyone) agreed with!

guess i will be doing the Lower Runners and the the TB tonight.

how do you take off the throttle cable lever to paint the TB?

I just painted it too. Turned out fine for me. Pics look good btw.

[The Reaper]

Jag: need a better child carrier. not sure what im going to get. but i need to get something better suited for it and i need to focus on schooling.

i might keep it all not sure but we'll see. or get an SC and drop it in there.

Shadow: yea i think the paint looks fine. thanks for the compliments. how many coats did you do? and what all did you remove to spray the TB?

[Jaguar]

The Supe can't be your only transpo. Your wife has a car. Use that one for baby transport. If she doesn't, go buy a Kia.

[The Reaper]

nah she has one. but we will be working seperate shifts. my job goes 3pm-1am hers goes 8-5 so it over laps. and we will be working at sperate ends of the county soon.

the only reason i might keep it is cause the baby will be in my car for a total of 15 mins a day anytime we go out as a fam we will take her car.

[Jaguar]

damned straight. We have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and my Supra. My 5 year old loves the Supra, but for comfort reasons, we take the Jeep.

[The Reaper]

lol yea. we'll see what happens. I'm short on dough and with the kid i will be REALLY short. so i wont be doing much with the supe anyways

i might sell might not. but i'm leaning towards the selling part.

[csnow]

Looks good for white trash :)

I will have to get you to spray my intake and valve covers too.

[tsuper92]

deffinatly gonna look good reaper


tsuper92 did you cut off and weld up the flanges for the ETSC??

i did cut the traction control stuff off,but had someone else weld it.


I love the look. I see more paint than powder-coating in this thread. Is anybody powder-coating their stuff?

jag i powder coat all my parts.i like how fast it's ready to be handeled.you don't have to worrie to much about temperture and humidity.you can see some of my stuff in this thread.i do get a little stupid with stuff though.

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42959

[Dylan JZ]

deffinatly gonna look good reaper


i did cut the traction control stuff off,but had someone else weld it.



jag i powder coat all my parts.i like how fast it's ready to be handeled.you don't have to worrie to much about temperture and humidity.you can see some of my stuff in this thread.i do get a little stupid with stuff though.

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42959

I see a few A32's in the background in one the first pics, are you a previous owner?

[tsuper92]

I see a few A32's in the background in one the first pics, are you a previous owner?
not mine
that pic was from a car meet.we paraded around a senic coast line for some pic's,there was about 25 of us(one supra:().it was still fun,few good highway blast's that day.

[Jaguar]

Jag i powder coat all my parts.i like how fast it's ready to be handeled.you don't have to worrie to much about temperture and humidity.you can see some of my stuff in this thread.i do get a little stupid with stuff though.

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42959
Good stuff. If you weren't so far, I'd send you some stuff to coat for me. I guess I'll have to do it locally.

[Shadow]

Jag: need a better child carrier. not sure what im going to get. but i need to get something better suited for it and i need to focus on schooling.

i might keep it all not sure but we'll see. or get an SC and drop it in there.

Shadow: yea i think the paint looks fine. thanks for the compliments. how many coats did you do? and what all did you remove to spray the TB?

I don't think I took anything off. Mostly, I just taped off what I didn't want sprayed. I did three coats. Also make sure that everything is really clean before painting. I'm sure you knew that though.

[The Reaper]

yea i cleaned up the manifold and vlave covers pretty good before painting.

thanks Shadow

[Jaguar]

Anybody done or seen (have pics of) a black turbo (housing)? I think that would look cool.

[The Reaper]

i know theres the T'netics one that is black and the inlet looks like sharks teeth all the way around. i was THINKING about getting it coated, but then i think there'd be tooooo much black in my bay

[Shadow]

Too much BLACK??????????????????????????????????????????????? :wtf:

No such thing! :withstupi

[The Reaper]

hahahaha imo it'd be too much. need a LITTLE bling in the bay

[Shadow]

I agree. I was just joking. If you look at my engine bay, I went with a little bit of bling myself.

[supramike7m]

well weres the finished pics at?

[tlo86]

polished ftmfw