Alrite guys i've been toseing the idea around of doing this....i've got a friend who can make a stencil big enought to do this so i need to know if i was to paint the eaton name across the front heat exchanger would it hurt any thing? can i use just normal spray paint?


any ideas or advise would help!
THANKS

 

I wouldn't. What you would acctually be doing is painting the A/C rad, and paint seals out water so air won't pass throught it.So in effect you are robing you r A/C rad, the Aftercooler and the Radiator for the enigine of air all at the same time.

 

would it realy hurt things that much tho?

what kind of paint can i use?

 

you can't, we refuse to tell you, so in the end you don't harm your car.

 

j/k


If i was to do it, i'd put the stencil on, then carefully use a brush to paint just the ends of the fins, so it doesn't fill in the holes.

 

alrite good point i like that idea

does it matter what kind of paint i use?

 

just use exterior, metal. probly anything will work. since it doesn't need to be high temp or anything

 

I bet if you put a really light spray of paint on it would be fine, get some high heat paint just to be safe and clean the condensor off really well with some simple grean to get the oils off so the paint will stick. You might not need high heat paint but in my experience i have had better luck with it because its a little more durable.

 

alrite thanks alot guys

 

I assume you want something like the STI has from factory ...ide be interested in how this turns out (take picks/how to so we can see the result)... it may be worth checking around the STI boards to see if anyone knows what they use from factory (if its sprayed or if its manufactured)

 

something like the STi...but its gonna be the "eaton" name and i might do black or yellow...
but at least i now know its do-able

 

Got your solution

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/s...keyword=10040Z

 

as a side note from what I have been reading it is public opinion that if painted with regular spray it doesn’t have a noticeable change in performance since the heat exchange Q rate is not drastically altered..though if it were me I would be using the rad paint since it is designed for that application ...

 

alrite thanks alot for the info....

so high heat paint is not totaly needed....might be a good idea tho

 

not needed at all ..it may be more durable ...but serriously go with the Rad paint that I linked ..its perfect for your aplication

 

its not a red paint...the link gives me a black paint

 

is there a yellow paint out there i can use to do this?

 

I'm sure you can find red ..

or get one where you can make a custom colour

http://www.woodcaredirect.co.uk/prod...w.kelkoo.co.uk

 

He said RAD paint (as in radiator) not red.

 

to be clear what colour were you looking for ??

 

i want to find a can of yellow and a can of black

edit----normal spary paint sound like it will work OK?

 

i guess nobdoy saying anything means that spray paint is ok?

 

yea thatst the best idea

 

Is this http://www.eaton.com/eaton/3/images/...eader_Logo.gif what you are going to paint? If you did post a pic i want to see how it came out. I was thinking of doing this too. Sorry it was a little late.

 

yea thats what i was looking for....i needto some how get a stencil where the letters are seperate so i can eather use 1 color....but i want to use black and yellow if i can get both