Searched...found nothing....Any special type of paint to use when painting the engine cover?

 

Powder coat it. You essentially encase it in plastic, which does not rust, period. Look for powder coating job shops in your area. Should cost you $50-$100 tops. I powder coat, in a research and development function for a major corporation for 15 years now. Check out my powder coated wheels (black pearl chrome, this is a special technology that I can not do because of the middle step, vapor deposition of metal) at www.goodrichtechnology.com.

If you can live with the shipping times, I can do most powder coatings for you for free, as I have all the equipment and I get paint samples for free.

Contact Gary Goodrich at the above link, and ask him to send you a copy of the chromed (powder coated) intake manifold. Gary is gary@goodrichtechnology.com I love the work he did on my wheels.

 

He's talking about the outer cover. It's plastic and unfortunately cannot be powdercoated. Believe me I'd be the first to do it if it was possible.

 

I had a body shop do mine. Not really sure what type of paint they used though

 

ch1276: How much did they charge?

 

Godamn ch that looks awesome. Nice color choice.

 

Yeah my body shop did mine too, dunno exactly what they used, but it is the same that they painted the rest of the car. They painted it for free too, what a deal...

 

jaysyn77: i think i paid $150 to have it done

jtkz13: thanks man

 

what does thet look like withe hood shut.
cause you should be able to see the blue trough the hood.

 

Looks like the body shop used a laquer paint to get that look. Let us know how it wears.

 

you can barely see the blue because i have a mesh grill that covers up the holes.....had it about a year and no real wear on it yet

 

with the hood shut

 

Ask CrazyAcura, I know he did his.

 

ch1276: yo that front pic of your car w/ the hood closed is fawking nice bro!!!!!!!!

 

ch1276: That looks really nice! And take that as a compliment from me, as I powder coat/paint for a living. But I am confused about one point: I am supposed to powder coat johntypes calipers, sway bar and intake manifold. He says the manifold is metal. We ARE talking two different parts here, are we? (Cover versus manifold?)

 

Yes. The cover is the plastic part on top of the engine where it says " 3.2 VTEC"

 

I painted mine myself. Heat resistant primer and paint. sand B4 you spray primer. If you DIY take your time and keep shoo shoo can moving! i'll post pics later. I'm having trouble posting pics.