l_uk3y Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 (edited) As the poll suggests. Ive just bought exhuast and cooler today. the big question being. On a silver car. are people leaning towards getting it out there for the world too see, or does the idea of concealing it partially to make people look twice to notice sound more enticing. The theme of the car is a clean street car. No bodykit or huge chromies planned. The other question. What sort of paint would be recommended as odviously some heat will be involved?? Also would a layer of paint normally reduce an IC's ability to lose efficiency?? Edited July 24, 2007 by l_uk3y Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancher Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 The reason its polished is so that sun light bounces off it, not soaking with heat. Painting it will cause it to not work too well, and heat soak faster then if it were polished. People might like the look of it being out there, but still. Black mesh might be ok, but could take away the cool air being passed through the intercooler when the mesh gets hot. IMHO leave it polished, and not behind mesh. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLIPPERY Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 zoom or someone similar did a test with black versus polished a few years back and the black cooler (was a GTR cooler) produced cooler inlet charges by a little This was because the black paint radiated heat better than a silver/chrome surface, which is what you want. Sunlight isnt gonna cause too much heat soak Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
markimak Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 depends if its powder coated.. or that ionized... if u just spray the cooler with local black can spray it will perform like a gtir top mount lol Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r33cruiser Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 As the poll suggests. Ive just bought exhuast and cooler today. the big question being. On a silver car. are people leaning towards getting it out there for the world too see, or does the idea of concealing it partially to make people look twice to notice sound more enticing.The theme of the car is a clean street car. No bodykit or huge chromies planned. The other question. What sort of paint would be recommended as odviously some heat will be involved?? Also would a layer of paint normally reduce an IC's ability to lose efficiency?? hi , ive been thinking about this issue as well. at the moment i have the cooler on show. but recently ive been thinking of puttiing some black mesh in front of it. that way u will still see the silouette of it. either way will look good Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 BWhahhaha Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam-__- Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I've put a black mesh over my cooler. To be honest, you can't even tell the difference with it on or off. I just put it there to protect the fins from bending. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
13thracer Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 go the black cooler, and personally i havent had any issues with a can black job i painted mine with a can and cant fault it havent looked at my inlet temps through my microtech but my mates wrx who also painted his with a can of black saw no change in inlet temps from when it was shinny (monitored through his microtech) during the day it is the same and at night has seen his inlet temp drop into single figures. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR R33 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 i sprayed mine black looks tough sleeper look Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3247839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
STATUS Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 the greddy coolers have a special anti corrision treatment on their V-SPL and R-SPL coolers that is as functional as it is pretty (polishes up nice and still radiates heat very well) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3248124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
l_uk3y Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thanks guys this is good. To be honest i was expecting almost all the votes to go towards sticking it out there for the world to see. Good to see some varied answers. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3249548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R33silverS2 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I reckon just leaving it polished but tucked in nicely behind the standard front bar looks nice and clean whilst giving you the slightly tuff yet subtle street car look. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3250509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r33_racer Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 black....not only does it look tough and stands out...it gives best heat dissipation....alot of truck intercoolers are black for that reason. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3250581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardie Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 better yet, put an hks stencil on it, imagine the power gain then! personally i like the wank factor of the silver cooler, then again i have a black car, so a black cooler would blend right in. i really like the look of a clean silver SII with a cooler mounted nicely behind the front bar, but that might be just me Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3250652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aif Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 i got my FMIC sitting out there for everyone to see. i love it. ah yeah and i cut out my M-Spec front bar so now my car smiles at me Aif Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3250770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Black. Same goes for your rims.. black. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3250847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirosky33 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 `b l a c k =tough Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3251079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltbager Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 There is nothing like looking at a massive intercooler ... unless you want the stealthy/sleeper look -$aldi Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177900-your-intercooler-thoughts-visually/#findComment-3251390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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