Painted my surge tanks
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Painted my surge tanks
Well I saw a thread on here for some powder coated surge tanks. I thought to myself, that looks awesome, but I don't have $300 to spead.....but what I do have is $10 for some hugh heat red paint. It took me about an hour to prep and paint, then thee waiting game of watching paint dry. I think they came out pretty good. Thanks for the idea Shardul!!!!
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Tanks look good. I like how Shardul had his powder coated has a lot more gloss to it. But hey for $10 and time you cant beat your tanks. I def like that more over the stock ones. I bet you can find some clear or paint to make em shine out a bit more.
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Shot in the dark, but do you know if this works to keep the carbon fiber engine covers from fading or turning yellow? I can't see myself spending $2500 of something that adds no performance and yellows in less than a year. 
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Mantooth, the yellowing is due to the epoxy the manufacture uses when making it, don't think the wax is gonna help.
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Thanks kamilclk430. I think when I have more time I will put a few more coats on and clear it with high temp clear gloss. Eventually I will get them powder coated.
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Damn! That is blingin!
I feel the high heat red spray paint will burn off in time. Powder will not.
I feel the high heat red spray paint will burn off in time. Powder will not.
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if you prep it right and maintain it, it'll last just as long. Subaru and Ferrari both use wrinkle red paint on their manifolds and my track car has a painted valve cover and the bay gets ridiculously hot (T70 turbo
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Intakes Match your Brakes I like it a lot. Is your Supercharger coated? I'm getting my tanks done as we speak, I also went ahead and had the bolts done.
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Well I saw a thread on here for some powder coated surge tanks. I thought to myself, that looks awesome, but I don't have $300 to spead.....but what I do have is $10 for some hugh heat red paint. It took me about an hour to prep and paint, then thee waiting game of watching paint dry. I think they came out pretty good. Thanks for the idea Shardul!!!!
