Hey guys now that I'm going to build another motor and paint the engine bay and dress her up nicely, my thoughts on rather to powdercoat or leave the manufacter's coating on leave me wondering. I mentioned paint in the title but I believe I will be happier with the powdercoat overall. Now I do like the nice, clean look of a fresh intake, valve covers, and other engine components and maybe my instance where freon leaked out has me weary of leaving it with just the manuf. coating. I had once where a rag caught on fire under the hood as I was driving and caught it just in time as I was actually coming upon a stop sign. It burned a whole in one of the AC lines and the freon leaked out and left the intake and some other engine components stained.
I'm thinking also the older the intake becomes, it's coating will lose its luster anyway so maybe powdercoating will keep a decent finish/shine longer. I've had painted VC's before as well as currently chrome on my 95 and maybe this time powdercoating would be the way to go. Trying also to match up things evenly with enough distribution color wise for it to not be overkill in one particular area. Just wondering your thoughts and experience on the matter.
Have at it
Here's an image of a new setup looking all nice and fresh
didn't notice till after posting that I didn't crop all the excess off the pic
I'm thinking also the older the intake becomes, it's coating will lose its luster anyway so maybe powdercoating will keep a decent finish/shine longer. I've had painted VC's before as well as currently chrome on my 95 and maybe this time powdercoating would be the way to go. Trying also to match up things evenly with enough distribution color wise for it to not be overkill in one particular area. Just wondering your thoughts and experience on the matter.
Have at it
Here's an image of a new setup looking all nice and fresh
didn't notice till after posting that I didn't crop all the excess off the pic