Was thinking... you think it'd be ok to paint the heat shield of the JWT Pop Charger a different color, say, the '06 Magnetic Black, to match the rest of my car? I rather like the chrome trim and the light blue tint (when oiled) of the air filter, but the gold just sticks out like a soar thumb. We own a body shop, and thus, can paint/clearcoat it using paint codes from my '06 MB... so it would match. Wat do you guys think? Would it mess up any of the heat absorbtion/reflection the heat shield was designed to perform? Anyone here have done it? Any input would be appreciated :-).

edit: davidv, I did search and came up with no results so don't flame me or i'll have to... just ignore you.

 

I think i would like to send you some parts to paint MB for me....j/k....I don't see where it would be a problem......about 5 coats of clear it should be fine....not sure how long the paint would last though, be a good experiment....

 

if anything get it powdercoated

 

I painted mine with this stuff:


Gloss Black. Dupli-Color Engine Enamel. Ceramic. Rated to 500 degrees.

 

I think I used that same spray paint too but i just painted the battery and brake fluid covers red and mine withstands to around 900 degrees. I think it should not be a problem because it's a plastic paint so it should be a nice experiment.

 

GO FOR IT!!

 

Duplicolor stuff works good...but i'd use actual paint and clearcoat it 5 times as said before. My buddy paints plastic pieces inside his engine bay on his GLI and it looks awsome when the paint is matched.

 

I can't see any problem with painting it, some people don't even use it at all.


LOL

 

I don't use mine.

If I did, I would paint it flat black because the gold tone looks cheesy.

Or if you were really bored find some of that imitation carbon fiber wallpaper sticky stuff and make it look like carbon fiber

 

Hola!

It is a...

HEAT SHIELD!

If you want to paint it [LOL], first paint the entire exhaust system.

 

ooo thanks for the idea. I'll powdercoat is chromemoly

 

Its safe to paint...just make sure that you use the proper paints (see above).