the best would be to have it media blasted and powdercoated. failing that give it a good sanding/degreasing and use some high temp paint. seems to work just fine. mine's lasted 2yrs of daily driving and weekly washing
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Dec 23rd, 2005
jetman Member
Posts: 7808 From: Sterling Heights Mich Registered: Dec 2002
I found my old bookmarks for you. The consensus is between Ford red and the Chrysler Industrial Red DE-1632 Dupli-Color. Her are the achived links for you.
Hi, Welcome to the Forum, you really would want to powder coat them , so they last, it looks by your user name that your doing a 3.4 conversion, you don`t want to go through all that trouble to have your plentum, valve covers , ect fall to pieces on you, if you don`t have a powder coater local, try these guys they ship, www.afipowder.com. there are also nice folks on the forum that powder coat.
Another color to consider beyond the Ford red and the Chrysler Industrial Red Dupli-Colors is Vermillion. Checking out this post can help track down the Vermillion...
In my opinion, the factory red/orange color changes over time. So if you are painting one thing to get a match to other factory painted parts, then depending on how many miles are on the original factory coating, Chrysler Red could be better than Vermillion. In other cases, the Vermillion or Ford red could be better.
If you are repainting everything, then any of the 3 colors would probably look just right.
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Electrathon Member
Posts: 5241 From: Gresham, OR USA Registered: Dec 2002
For $100 and $25 shipping I will send you one that looks like this: Powder coated in ruby red (it is a little darker than factory) and the middle intake in alluminum powder. They look good! There is a lower intake in the pic, you won't get that, I am out of them.
If you are going to do it yourself, the best way to go is to strip off the old paint first. Chemical or sandblast is best. Primer with a zinc oxide primer. Then paint it with a quality automotive paint (not something out of a spray can).
Sort of depends on how picky you are though. If you just want color that lasts about a year or so, paint it with spraypaint. It will look better, but definatly not profesional.
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Dec 25th, 2005
fierosound Member
Posts: 15253 From: Calgary, Canada Registered: Nov 1999
I had my plenum and valve covers powder-coated locally. Looked great - until cracks started forming in the power-coating on the plenum. Pieces of the coating have now flaked off and it need to be redone. I'm now trying to decide whether to powder-coat again of stay with the paint. Unfortunately, Duplicolor has discontinued the Chrysler Industrial Red.
Anyone else have problems with the powder-coat?
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Electrathon Member
Posts: 5241 From: Gresham, OR USA Registered: Dec 2002
I had my plenum and valve covers powder-coated locally. Looked great - until cracks started forming in the power-coating on the plenum. Pieces of the coating have now flaked off and it need to be redone. I'm now trying to decide whether to powder-coat again of stay with the paint. Unfortunately, Duplicolor has discontinued the Chrysler Industrial Red.
Anyone else have problems with the powder-coat?
The powder was not properly cured. There are also differant qualities of powder, some are better than others. It is also possible that the surface was not properly prepared. Find a better company to do them next time.
