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I wanted to do something a little different with my new turbo. Sprayed it with dupli-color high temp paint. Let me know what you think.

I like it, sleeper...sorta hard to hide that bad boy

man that thing looks awesome. Its either that or the polished comp. cover. That regular dull stock look is just horrible.

Holy Crap that is awesome looking... Come back and give us an update if the Paint is flaking off.

Very nice. I'm surprised we don't see more painted turbos like this.

northendtrooper said:

Holy Crap that is awesome looking... Come back and give us an update if the Paint is flaking off.

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ahhaha, good idea

Thanks guys . I can't wait to get it put on the car. I'm currently putting the motor together, but I'll definitly post back when I get it running and let you know how the paint's holding up.

I wonder how it would look glossed.

she'll hold, dont doubt your skills.

Nice, digging that sleeper look

Do they make a wrinkle black high temp? I am the master of that rattle can wrinkle paint. All about holding a heat gun over it right after spraying it.

Well thank you for that! You have inspired me to paint my new turbo before install.

My1GLaser said:

Well thank you for that! You have inspired me to paint my new turbo before install.

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+1, im thinking about it as well.

Chicken Patty said:

+1, im thinking about it as well.

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+2 I want to see how it looks in the bay.
Would Caliper Paint work? I have alot from my Caliper Paint set and was wondering this.

Oh course i havent finshed with all the words yet. as i dont have time to finsh right now. but i'll post pixs when it's complete done. yes getting each word is a bi*** and a half.

I like very nice

Exactly what im gonna do to my 60-1.. Awesome man.

CPHunter said:

i did this 2 days ago with flat black high temp paint but didnt post because i didnt think people would care. i'll post mine tomorrow.

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Yea, post your painted turbo! Maybe we can get a thread started with everyone's painted/powdercoated turbo's.

I had my compressor cover powdercoated chrome a while back too. Its lost it's luster, but still looks better than the standard comp cover

blcknspo0ln said:

I had my compressor cover powdercoated chrome a while back too. Its lost it's luster, but still looks better than the standard comp cover

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thats what I said earlier, chrome or black, but not the factory dull looking color. Post yours I would love to see it.

Looks really good. Never really dealt with paint, but I had the high tech Tim's Turbos aerospace coating (or whatever) on my HX40, and I heated the hot side (with the coating) with a torch for about 1 minute, to extract a broken stud. Well, the paint was cool to the touch within 5 or so seconds, never faded. That is another coating to look into.

VTEC_THIS said:

Yea, post your painted turbo! Maybe we can get a thread started with everyone's painted/powdercoated turbo's.

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Just added pix in my reserved space.

CPHunter said:

Oh course i havent finshed with all the words yet. as i dont have time to finsh right now. but i'll post pixs when it's complete done. yes getting each word is a bi*** and a half.

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That looks awesome! If you aren't already, try using a real small paint brush to paint the letters.

Black is probably what you want to use- it should dissipate a bit more heat, but not really enough to matter.
I love typewriter paint, but the stuff always winds up looking pretty tired after a year or two.
I hope you're using a Dremel to polish those letters. Should go pretty fast with a flapper wheel.