painting kinetix plenum
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painting kinetix plenum
has anybody painted their kinetix plenum with high temp. engine paint? if so, how did it turn out!? i can't stand how ugly the matt black piece looks.. thinknig about painting it a gloss black.
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Painted Kinetix.........
Rob (ZPRESENCE on 350ZFrenzy.com) actually scrapped the idea of the "chrome" paint on the Kinetix plenum - the mirrachrome paint did not end up adhering very well on the surface of the plenum due to the oil content of the plastic used - would never totally dry and he wasn't satisfied with the finish. He stripped the Mirrachrome and re-did it in high black gloss. Here's a shot of the finished black.............
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Re: Painted Kinetix.........
Originally posted by Z CRUZN
Rob (ZPRESENCE on 350ZFrenzy.com) actually scrapped the idea of the "chrome" paint on the Kinetix plenum - the mirrachrome paint did not end up adhering very well on the surface of the plenum due to the oil content of the plastic used - would never totally dry and he wasn't satisfied with the finish.
Rob (ZPRESENCE on 350ZFrenzy.com) actually scrapped the idea of the "chrome" paint on the Kinetix plenum - the mirrachrome paint did not end up adhering very well on the surface of the plenum due to the oil content of the plastic used - would never totally dry and he wasn't satisfied with the finish.
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Re: Re: Painted Kinetix.........
Do you think that the new Kryon Fusion spray paint (specially made to work on plastic) work on Kinetix plenum?
About $5 a can, cheap.
About $5 a can, cheap.
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Nope - wiping down wasn't the problem with the Mirrachrome paint...it was the makeup of the paint itself - continually "drew" the oils out of the material. Standard hi-temp paint, etc. seems to work fine (as you can see from the above post & pic). You can check with the painter himself on this: ZPRESENCE on 350Zfrenzy.com. A true professional, he worked on the plenum with the Mirrachrome for several weeks and had several problems due to the makeup of the paint.
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man, that black does look good. did he use a air gun?
i hope i can get that type of finish with just high temp spray paint. do u know how he masked off the letters? that looks tight.
i hope i can get that type of finish with just high temp spray paint. do u know how he masked off the letters? that looks tight.
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i don't think you would have to mask off the letters. just paint the high temp into a cup or bowl, and then brush it on. i do it all the time with models, though a model is really different from a car. however, the paint would probably work brushed on too
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