Powder coating should work fine. Are you doing it yourself, or having someone else do it? If you paid someone to do it, don't pay them again, get someone who knows what their doing. If your doing it yourself, you should prebake the part and degrease at least a couple times. preHeat it to about 125 or so when you spray the powder, then cure. Make sure you use a TGIC or high temp powder, not an epoxy powder. My guess is that 1) it wasn't prepped well enough 2) a non-weatherable(epoxy) powder was used.
Scratch that, i thought i read that your powdercoating was yellowing or discoloring... Yes, powdercoating will work fine for intakes. http://www.caswellplating.com/bbs/album_pic.php?pic_id=385 http://www.caswellplating.com/bbs/album_pic.php?pic_id=353 http://www.caswellplating.com/bbs/album_pic.php?pic_id=310
I have a powder coated trailer thats 3 yrs old and it looks like crap. I'll bet it wount hold up under the hood.
Mavaholic, that was one of my concerns as well. My valve covers are the only thing I've had coated under the hood, they still look good but I dont drive the truck that much at any one time. Thats why I asked if any here had it done, spending 230.00 bucks for an intake is OK, but I'd not want to do it again 3 years later because it looked bad. I'm leanin' towards Jet Hot.
I work at a powdercoating shop. We also do ceramisc coating. Speaking from experience, aluminum intakes can give a little trouble when powdercoating due to outgassing. To get the powder paint to fully cure the piece has to reach the appropriate temp for the right amount of time. This can cause the aluminum intake to emit little bubbles of gases, which may show up in the paint. It is easy to powdercoat these intakes, and it will be durable if everything is done correctly. I opted for the ceramic coating route, as it provides better heat protection. I am not sure if I know how to post a link, but check out www.afipowder.com
like anything it can be done poorly and there are many types of powders available, but it is almost always stronger than a liquid finish...
I thought that you had to cure powder coated materials in a curing oven. How do you cure an entire trailer? Seth
This is not a smart aleck answer. They use a really big oven. There is a place in South Georgia that powder coats car frames, grain feed bins, etc.
just grind off the lettering,paint it blue and tell people it's stock.Oh nevermind,the streetracer(former)in me spoke up when I wasn't lookin'.
Interesting... ...I didn't know that you could get something that big powdercoated. Of course Dennis could have been referring to his HD trailer? My intake has about 1200 miles on it, aluminum finish and it looks fine. Time will tell. Seth Terry, How is your daughter by the way. Is she adapting to monitoring her blood sugar well?
My trailer, the 18ft full deck open one, is made by a reputable company. One of their advertising highlights is that it is powder coated. I'm not saying that powder coating is not good stuff and you shouldnt use it. But, I seen other stuff besides my own and it just dont impress me. I will never powder coat anything because I can paint. Easy to do and easy to touch up. Powder coat will never, in my opinion, equal the depth or color that you can achieve with paint. Just my opinon.
