paiting the fmic

[siueclipse]

has anyone painted their fmic. can it be done?

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Yes, it can be done. I am assuming you want the sleeper look? BUT, My views are different. Call it what you want, I figure if you got it.... Flaunt it.

Here is a painted one.

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[siueclipse]

i have red grill mesh in front of it with my body kit, and the red mesh, black paint of the car and silver look of the fmic doesn't look right.

ive heard some people say that it will hurt the performance of it. is that true?

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

You can get it anodized but becareful about painting it. You don't want to make the IC worthless.

 

[cucumber]

Be careful painting it, I still say take off the red grille, and show off that beauty of a FMIC.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

yup.. take off the grill and floss that fmic..

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Originally posted by cucumber
Be careful painting it,

Yeah do like the good cucumber said and stay within the lines

 

[cucumber]

Originally posted by ECLIPSE4x4


Yeah do like the good cucumber said and stay within the lines

And you're not very helpful either with your reply.

You're not good at teh funny Eddie, I think you should stick to your one worthless comment a week.

 

[T2514.07Spyder]

Cucumber: Realise that all of your posts here are aggressive towards the board members and you youself are a mod who is supposed to be stopping this kind of immature thing?

 

[machgsx]

Originally posted by T2514.07Spyder
Cucumber: Realise that all of your posts here are aggressive towards the board members and you youself are a mod who is supposed to be stopping this kind of immature thing?

realize....sorry had to point that out.

 

[Turbo Guru]

Don't paint it! If you want it black, do it right and anodize it.

 

[siueclipse]

so what does it take to anodize it?

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

I dont' know if the spray on anodization will work on an FMIC. I know that www.indyracecores.com will anodize one for you. You might e-mail them and ask how they do it.

 

[vertGST]

FLAUNT IT

 

[DSMNightmare]

DONT TRY THIS AT HOME!

True anodizing involves charging the metal with electricity as to open the "pours" of the metal to allow a dye to be absorbed. I have seen guys use dye as simple as RIT dye to do it. Once the metal is charged and opened up it will absorb the die. Then it is either cooled or warmed(cant remember) to seal the metal back up. I believe there are two things that are side effects of doing this.

1. If you screw it up and "close" the pours I dont think it can be redone.

2. It removed any electrical conductivity from the metal.

I don't know much about this but I think that is how it works. When you charge the metal it has to be done in a tank of chemicals which electrodes going into the tank. Also I believe there are hazardous materials involved too. The benefit of this over powder coating besides the obvious is that anodizing is more scratch resistant than powder coating. Also I belive it is best done to aluminum parts.

If you want to know more I can look it up and link you the site.

 

[Tallen]

anodizing is easy....dont be all cautious if you obviously have no concept of how it works. basically you clean it real well, dip it in battery acid with a charge for a few minutes (with the endtanks plugged of course). then remove from the bath and put in dyed water. once the metal takes the color, boil it to seal it on.

the major setback would be the amount of acid needed for the FMIC.

 

[chuckdog_5]

what if the fmic is already black, is it ok to spray paint it silver or no,,,,,,i already did so i prolly screwed something up

 

[DSMNightmare]

Yeah because there is nothing dangerous about battery acid I stated that I did not know much about it but from the way you described it I was not that far off. Nobody likes a smart A$$