Painting intake manifold Good or bad?

[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??

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[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