i'm currently polishing a buttload of parts... I would like to do my CAI but it is powdercoated. has anyone done this yet? what process did you use?

some progress...

 

spray paint

 

that is not spray paint...although there is a can in the pic

 

Your hands look good, but the intake looks like crap.







Just kidding Chris. It looks pretty good. How many times did you wet sand with the ultra small grit sand paper? What polish are you using as well?

 

another recruit

purdy sure you can do it if it powder coated.. the pros do (ie. s/c crossover pipe and no, not me)

 

well.... you could always just get it chrome dipped like me

Ant

 

thats too easy.

 

i hand polished about 60% under my hood

Ant

 

it looks painted..

 

 

That looks pretty damm good chris. I would say hit it up with some polishing compound and 1000-2000 grit a couple times and then get some really good aluminum polish (mothers is okay and there is stuff called glisten and extreme that work well).

It's a battle with powdercoating because the **** is baked on. If you contact someone who does a lot of work with powdercoating they make a spray that will dissolve all the powdercoating off, make sure not to get it on or near your car cuz it will rip your paint a new assshole.

Good luck, and if you decide you want to just chrome it, let me know, I get really good prices on chrome.. should have some pictures of a manifold/valve in a few days.

 

sadler- check your PM's

 

manifold and valve from sadler in my sig...still polishing it and then hopefully putting it in the engine bay this wknd...

 

To get rid of the powdercoating, you can probably try bead blasting. Most places that do it will do it pretty cheap. I got my intake manifold bead blasted for $20.

 

basically sand blasting with bigger pieces of sand.

aby, i can't wait to see the pictures of it installed, how is the polishing coming? you need to get your valve back to me so i can send some more out to get dipped

 

polishing this thing is a ***** takes a while to get the dull parts to bling...but it's coming along. i'm gonna at least try and put that valve cover on this wknd so i can mail mine out to you...

 

whats the cost of dippign the valve cover Jason?