Painting turbo heat shield
#1
Painting turbo heat shield
Hi Guys,
Has anyone painted their turbo and manifold heat shield (stock twin heat shield)?
My heat shields are in good condition with almost no rust and was thinking about using rattle can high heat spray on them. My thought is that it would further aid shielding the heat, but not sure if this is the right thing to do.
Moe Greene
Has anyone painted their turbo and manifold heat shield (stock twin heat shield)?
My heat shields are in good condition with almost no rust and was thinking about using rattle can high heat spray on them. My thought is that it would further aid shielding the heat, but not sure if this is the right thing to do.
Moe Greene
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I tried it on my FC back in the day and it was all gone and burned off in about 30 minutes . The spots that get REAL hot you can't see that well in the car, and I bet most spray can paint will be long gone.
I'm not trying to second-guess CR-rex but those heat shields see CRAZY amounts of heat and most rattle can paint can't do it.
Dale
I'm not trying to second-guess CR-rex but those heat shields see CRAZY amounts of heat and most rattle can paint can't do it.
Dale
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^Agree, they do get crazy hot and regular paint wouldn't last long. But I painted mine about 10 years ago with this stuff... http://www.designengineering.com/cat...licone-coating and it seems to have held up fine. Probably the same stuff cr-rex used. I scuffed it up with a coarse pad, wire-wheeled any scaled spots and cleaned it with reducer (brake parts cleaner works in a pinch) and used the silver DEI coating. It stuck and still looks really good. Put the studs on the wire wheel and used hi-temp anti-seize on the bolts and threads during reassembly.
Last edited by Sgtblue; 06-11-17 at 05:40 AM.
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I tried it on my FC back in the day and it was all gone and burned off in about 30 minutes . The spots that get REAL hot you can't see that well in the car, and I bet most spray can paint will be long gone.
I'm not trying to second-guess CR-rex but those heat shields see CRAZY amounts of heat and most rattle can paint can't do it.
Dale
I'm not trying to second-guess CR-rex but those heat shields see CRAZY amounts of heat and most rattle can paint can't do it.
Dale
^Agree, they do get crazy hot and regular paint wouldn't last long. But I painted mine about 10 years ago with this stuff... http://www.designengineering.com/cat...licone-coating and it seems to have held up fine. Probably the same stuff cr-rex used. I scuffed it up with a coarse pad, wire-wheeled any scaled spots and cleaned it with reducer (brake parts cleaner works in a pinch) and used the silver DEI coating. It stuck and still looks really good. Put the studs on the wire wheel and used hi-temp anti-seize on the bolts and threads during reassembly.
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^ Why exactly?
Why pay a couple hundred dollars to have the tin shields heat coated when there will be no measurable gain in temp reduction/protection, no cosmetic advantage that's visible, and when a $10 can of hi-temp over-the-counter coating properly applied will last the functional life of the turbos?
Why pay a couple hundred dollars to have the tin shields heat coated when there will be no measurable gain in temp reduction/protection, no cosmetic advantage that's visible, and when a $10 can of hi-temp over-the-counter coating properly applied will last the functional life of the turbos?
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Yep....they rust.
Edit...OP, found a couple pictures from about 10 years ago (~40K miles) of manifold shield, but all the shields were done as described above and all look essentially the same today. I'm sure cerma-coating would also work to control the rust and pitting, just not sure what dividends would be paid by spending 20 times the money for it on the shields. If I could do it again, while the engine was out I might consider cerma-coating the manifold though.
Edit...OP, found a couple pictures from about 10 years ago (~40K miles) of manifold shield, but all the shields were done as described above and all look essentially the same today. I'm sure cerma-coating would also work to control the rust and pitting, just not sure what dividends would be paid by spending 20 times the money for it on the shields. If I could do it again, while the engine was out I might consider cerma-coating the manifold though.
Last edited by Sgtblue; 06-12-17 at 07:34 PM.