anyone know of a good paint shop that can powdercoat paint a grill for me in the socal/san fernando valley area?

 

Try Marco's Auto Body. You can search for them online for nearest location.

 

powdercoating is prob not what you are looking for. the color and finish match would not be good, plus it would be more expensive than painting. powdercoating is generally for rough, high temp or high abuse items.

 

i heard powdercoating would prob be the best since its in an area where temps could get up there. but i still dont kno of a shopt hat does painting even lol

 

Im not sure you can even powder coat the grill. Its plastic on the TL and would melt in a second when they put it in the oven...

 

plastic cannot be powdercoated.

 

naw its not the OEM grill, its a metal mesh grill

 

has anyone tried powdercoating their CAI tube before? I'm thinking of do that. Is that possible?

 

Would it be a good idea to powdercoat brake calipers, or just have a body shop professionally paint them?

 

I dont think it would be a bad idea at all. I think it would probably hold up well....

 

Why have a bodt shop paint them. I did mine. took me about an hour total per caliper. The best part is that the wheel is the only thing you need to remove.

Go to any local auto-parts store and get the dura-cote brake caliper paint kit. it will cost you $12 and do all 4 calipers if you want.

It has good instructions, but basically:

1. remove the wheel
2. clean the caliper thoroughly with some brake cleaner
3. blow away any dust
4. tape off the pads, rotor, and caliper bracket near the caliper
5. paint it
6. let it dry about 30 min
7. put another coat on
8. let it dry 30 more
9. can put another coat on if need be, but mine were good with 2 coats
10. I put my wheel back on after an hour & moved on to the next wheel
11. give it 24 hours to dry before driving.

 

ugh......

Thinking about going blue calipers when I get my new rotors here in the next few weeks.

I think blue would look the best on SSM..................what do you guys think?

 

Depends on the shade of blue...what do you have in mind?

 

Well probably the dura-cote blue or the G2 paint kit. Don't know the exact shade..........since its just called blue

 

I would have probably gone with this option, but they don't have the color I want.

 

I think a lot of your decision-making on this will be driven by your personal style (not like that's a profound statement, or anything). Generally speaking, you're right, blue with the SSM is a good color combination.

My personal preferences would lean towards a "low-key" approach to the color...I agree that they would look nice painted in a blue, but I don't think I'd be going for it if it was an electric blue or something. That'd kind of be screaming "LOOK AT ME" and it'd be a pain to take care of. Something a little more subtle, in my opinion, would be slick...it'd get noticed by enthusiasts (with a little "wink" and a "nod") but the general daily driver would be oblivious.

 

So your saying hott pink! Schweet


I was thinking blue or black. I don't want it to stand out too much, so if it was blue it would be a darker shade

 

I would go with a black, maybe even like a nighthawk black or satin black if that's available. I never liked the way the blue's turned out on those DIY kit's and IMO it would degrade the car.

 

LOL

 

another vote for the hot pink. (as long as it is on someone else's car:-)

 

has anyone powdercoated their 6MT? How good would powdercoating hold up?

 

lol i forgot to add Brakes, didn't mean powdercoating the car!!!