S3LDM

Inter cooler was not looking its best and letting the engine bay down, Fed up of polishing the aluminium inter cooler so I have decided to paint it

After some research on here I decided to paint it, firstly cleaned with anti-grime and degreaser, rubbed down with some super fine grit wet & dry paper, put on 2 thin coats of etch primer followed by 2 thin coats of Halfords aluminium paint, had to cut a stencil for the STI emblem to finish the job off nicely.

Before shots



During painting





Some after shots




I have to say it looks so much better..

Peter Pan

iTrader: (6)

Nice work there Lee, IMHO it didn't look that bad before.

salsa-king

which bits did you rub down and is it a special paint?

where did you get the stencil from??

stonejedi

iTrader: (51)

Superbl@@ks O.E fresh.SJ.

birchy2010

iTrader: (12)

Looks brill!

Tony Harrington

iTrader: (8)

Well mint!

You can buy those stencils off ebay for about £7 from a guy based here in Wigan if anyone doesn't fancy producing their own.

S3LDM

Just lightly rubbed down all the aluminium except the fins, just bought etch primer & Aluminium paint from Halfords, i will take a picture of the paint cans tonight for you..

I made the stencil myself, I used a clear piece of plastic (poly pocket) to trace the original STI emblem, put some masking tape down on some ply, then put the clear plastic on top of that and cut it out with a Stanley knife, peeled up the masking tape and transferred it to the intercooler, it was a little bit fiddly but it saved me £7 

Here you go..

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AWG

iTrader: (6)

Job well done mate!

S3LDM

Thaks Guys, I wanted it to look as original as possible, and the aluminium paint from halfords has done the trick..