Painting the ECI MULTI black on my 6 bolt?

[l3igl3ang]

Hi i just bought a 6 bolt and i was wanting to paint the throtle body i think thats what its called its the part that says ECI MULTI on it and i was wondering what kind paint i should use and do i have to primery or sand anything done before doing so ?

 

[talonalex92]

Well friend, thats the intake manifold. The throttle body is the little guy that bolts onto it. As for painting it, I just personally used some dupli-color black and just cleaned it with degreaser. No prep other than that. Then I also painted my 2g while it was even on the car. No problems at all.

 

[talonalex92]

Also, use spell check, and better grammar and punctuation.

 

[l3igl3ang]

so all i need is dupli-color black no need for primer gray?

Thanks

I will have to do it while i got the motor out of the car hehe make it alot easier for me

And this is spray paint right?

 

[talonalex92]

Yup, just spray paint from your local auto store of choice!

 

[96_charcoal_tsi]

I have the manifold off in my garage and have painted that part as well. Just used some engine spray paint. All i use for anything on my motor is spray paint but it says it's good for up to 500 degrees F. Also for the heat shield i used the high temp spray paint and it has been on there for like 6 months and not fading yet.

 

[16g-2ndgen]

but while your intake manifold is off i would send it to get ported and polished, and it might help to do a little bit of sanding to make the paint stick better.

 

[Talesin]

Just don't paint your exhaust manifold with that 500F paint, or it'll be likely to catch fire, given that 1500F temperatures aren't unheard of going through there.

 

[l3igl3ang]

ok thanks im going to pick up a can of it at the parts house and some clear gloss paint to make it shine and paint it firday.

I see alot of them thats painted black with white lettering i think this is how i will do mine

 

[MrBoxx]

Painted Intake Manifold... With FLAIR!!

Looks good, in my opinion.

 

[talonalex92]

I used sand paper to clean my lettering off and make it white. Looked BA. Also, that intake mr. boxx brought up is also, BA.