Inlet Manifold Painting

[DanCup]

Seen a few 172/82 inlet manifolds painted, what sort of paint is this, or is it a body shop job?

Cheers

 

[Batman]

heat resistant paint

 

[Dan@SJM]

i just used filler primer and gloss black.

 

[DanCup]

is it an easy enough job?

 

[LegoHead]

I just used a brush and red hammerite smooth, didnt bother with the filler.

 

[DanCup]

how do you go about painting round the renaultsport letters on the top?

 

[Batman]

just use hammerite with a really small brush if your useless with a brush tape the thing up first to avoid overspill

 

[Ricardinho]

my inlet mani is painted, the renaultsport lettering is blue same as the car, its not on my car at the mo or i would put pics up

 

[DanCup]

my inlet mani is painted, the renaultsport lettering is blue same as the car, its not on my car at the mo or i would put pics up

how did you paint the lettering neatly?

small paintbrush?

 

[Gaz_]

i would paint the whole unit, then sand back the renault sport, so its nice and shiny. easy to do too!!!!

 

[Ricardinho]

i dint do it, the person i bought it off did, pm lee cup, he did it

 

[DanCup]

i would paint the whole unit, then sand back the renault sport, so its nice and shiny. easy to do too!!!!

thats good!!

i never even thought of that!!

sand paper, or like a dremmel job?

sorry for all the questions, i'm curious............and fancy doing something myself that costs relatively nothing

 

[lee_cup]

all you need is a small brush and a steady hand, or do what gt_gaz said, looks great

 

[Gaz_]

thats good!!

i never even thought of that!!

sand paper, or like a dremmel job?

sorry for all the questions, i'm curious............and fancy doing something myself that costs relatively nothing

dunno, not done it, but some very fine wet + dry sandpaper would suffice i'd imagine!

 

[DanCup]

gt_gaz's does sound a lot better method!, and probably a lot neater as well

having a polished face on the lettering and painted sides would be a good effect as well i would imagine