Intake runner paint - what's the best match? |
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Intake runner paint - what's the best match? |
tod914 |
Nov 12 2009, 05:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,755 Joined: 19-January 03 From: Lincoln Park, NJ Member No.: 170 |
Looking to refinish my intake runners. What is closest matte/low gloss finish you guys have found? Does it need to be a high temp paint? Is it the same as the muffler paint? Danka
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Tom_T |
Jan 7 2010, 02:44 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
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Check here at about 1/2 way down for the engine bay pix. The one from the passenger/R side is probably more color correct on the grey, as the driver/L side angle sees to be picking up some greenish tint in the lighting (plus Steve's camera was malfunctioning at that point IRRC). http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...01921&st=40 In both cases they are a satin or mild-flat or low-luster paint, which can get shiny from both over cleaning actually "polishing" the finish smoother, &/or from the oil film settling on engine parts & adhering to the more pourous ones, as is common with all air/oil cooled engines (a good percentage of the 914's cooling is by oil). I don't believe that the OE paint was a full rough flat paint as we buy in rattle-cans today at the local auto store - but rather a mildly flat, satin, low luster, low gloss, or whatever "name" you want to hang on it. BTW all - a trip through all the pix of Steve's Sahara Beige 73 2.0 is well worth the time it takes, for a time capsule of unmolested 914 excellence & originality!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) |
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