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Does anyone have a GOOD contact re:cleaning up/restoring an intercooler? I've got one that's seen decent road use(ie: the fins are mostly slightly folded,etc)and I'd like to have the whole thing straightened out,polished up etc. Basically,I CBF doing it myself,and am happy to pay someone to have it professionally done. Next stop is contacting all the I/C manufacturers,but I figured someone here would have a good contact. Oh,I'm in Canberra,but am happy to freight it wherever...

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Does anyone have a GOOD contact re:cleaning up/restoring an intercooler? I've got one that's seen decent road use(ie: the fins are mostly slightly folded,etc)and I'd like to have the whole thing straightened out,polished up etc. Basically,I CBF doing it myself,and am happy to pay someone to have it professionally done. Next stop is contacting all the I/C manufacturers,but I figured someone here would have a good contact. Oh,I'm in Canberra,but am happy to freight it wherever...

do it yourself you lazy bastard.....i did my old one before i sold it as well as straightening all the fins on my TOP SECRET "super" radiator....just sat down on the lounge in front of the telly with a steak knife and started row by row (took me about a week) the intercooler was done with spray-on paint stripper, came up a treat.

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Hey fellas , Sorry for bring such a old thread out of the ground but i rather continue this thread considering its the same type of topic..

I own a 94 R32 gtr

Now i've read whats above and im going to have to bend some fins that are bent. But my real question is i would love to have this intercooler looking like a brand new polished up aftermarket looking intercooler if i could ???

Such a way ?? Anyone done it ??

R32 GTR intercooler is good enuf for the power band i want (330 awkw)

I dont particularly want to cut my bar to fit a aftermarket intercooler either....

Plus genuine aint defectable xD

So anyone that can help me please do so :)

I appreciate it

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You can buy a tool to do it. I think its called a radiator comb or something like that.

It wont look brand new i doubt, if its had a good whalloping over its life, but it will come close to it. And with a fresh lick of paint it will look decent.

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Aprently. If you want a shiny intercooler. Which it sounds like. Then straighten all fins. Use a aerosol paint remover. Hose off. Make sure to get between the fins.

Then either side of the fins where the frame of the intercooler is. Hit it with brasso shiny shiny. Won't look new but it I'd prefer that over a black intercooler.

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thanks man ! yeah i wna get that tuff gtr front intercooler .... Might end up just buying a aftermarket one,

im after about 300-330 kw atw give or take, so whats recommended? Chinese shitters do the same shit ??

Id Much prefer if i cud just change the intercooler itself and keep the genuine piping, i dont wna cut the bar.

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