Stock IC has paint on it

[Dirgle]

It's great to hear Shawn chiming in on these things again.

When I get a larger FMIC I'm going to paint it black. I think it looks better, cleaner, and closer to stock. Some may call it a sleeper look but that’s not really the reason. I just don't like the look of a giant gaudy sliver thing showing off out the front of my car. Call it a personal preference.

 

[socc924]

I figured I would post something up showing that I was wrong with what I origionally thought. Like said before it is probably such a small factor that it doesnt matter but who knows.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/question32.htm

Its not like im gonna go out and spray my intercooler black but nice to know anyway.

 

[Jspec7m88]

well...if the color doesn't matter...then i'll be the first person to have a yellow intercooler:yelrotflm no i'm kidding, but i'm going to paint it to silver like the one i have now is...because it looks a lot better...but thats just my opinion...it'll work til i get a bigger FMIC:tdo3:

shawndude + all the knowledge in the world = :bowdown:

 

[Shawndude]

The color doesn't matter, but the insulating properties of globbering paint on the fins isn't really good for anything, when it comes to heat transfer.

But that wasn't part of the question.

 

[Nick M]

I guess I missed the part where pigment has an "R" value.