Painted Engine Bars

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:23 am

Decided to paint my engine bars red. Heres a couple pics of before and after...

Before...

After...

smokingfireball · Post by **smokingfireball** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:07 am

Looks good what kind of paint did u use

Ben1998SLE · Post by **Ben1998SLE** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:24 am

smokingfireball wrote:Looks good what kind of paint did u use

It was just some good ol' rustoleum

nos4blood70 · Post by **nos4blood70** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:46 am

Lookin' good! Gotta update that sig pic.

92BonnevilleSE · Post by **92BonnevilleSE** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:17 am

looks great! Makes me miss my old grand prix

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:30 pm

Thanks!! I wanna keep gettin some more red in my engine... the next step is to paint the spark plug wires red

01bonneSC · Post by **01bonneSC** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:33 pm

You could just buy red wires. I wouldn't paint them.

Don't forget MSD red coils.

92BonnevilleSE · Post by **92BonnevilleSE** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:40 pm

Don't paint them.

I would def get the supercharged powder coated red. Would looks great. I had all the parts to do a top swap on my old 97 GT but ended up selling it

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:07 am

yea i definitely want to to get my supercharger painted red. it would look amazing! i just feel like it would be alot of work...

92BonnevilleSE · Post by **92BonnevilleSE** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:15 pm

It's not bad, but then again I had the supercharger powder coated while it was off the car. Never got around to installing it though and sold the top swap kit shortly after the car sold

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:01 am

is it difficult taking the supercharger off the engine? cuz if it's not too bad i might try it myself...

92BonnevilleSE · Post by **92BonnevilleSE** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:27 am

No it's not hard at all. I don't remember what all you has to remove but it's easy. Doesn't take long at all. I'm sure if you post a thread asking how to remove it someone can be of better service and guide ya through it. lol

Have you became a member over on grandprixforums.net? A bunch of super cool people and really helpful.

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:16 pm

yea i'm a member on grandprixforums.net, clubgp, and this one. ill post a thread though and see what happens... thanks!

Roadtech195 · Post by **Roadtech195** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:16 am

OOOOOOOOOOOO My favorite style and color for that generation. Are you going to polish the supercharger or paint it?

01bonneSC · Post by **01bonneSC** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:33 pm

I WOULD NOT powder coat the SC. Thats just gonna hold the heat it produces inc which means less timing = less hp. And just more underhood temps.

Most on this forum that have anything to the sc have polished or used a crinkle coating that gets baked on. Its a willwren recipe. Too busy to do a search for it but I know 00Beast just had his done this way.

Sean1998Daytona · Post by **Sean1998Daytona** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:34 pm

If i cant paint it im just gonna polish it. Will painting it overheat the supercharger too? or is it ok to paint it? Because i dont wanna ruin my supercharger...

01bonneSC · Post by **01bonneSC** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:58 pm

Sean1998Daytona wrote:If i cant paint it im just gonna polish it. Will painting it overheat the supercharger too? or is it ok to paint it? Because i dont wanna ruin my supercharger...

Did you search for what I said to search for?

01bonneSC · Post by **01bonneSC** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:59 pm

Its in the TECHINFO section.

Its a good read with factual data put together by willwren....
http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... 44&t=17255

Roadtech195 · Post by **Roadtech195** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:57 pm

I vote polish! I have heard the debate on paint or no paint and I have yet to see a huge difference in coatings. While at a stop you might run 15 degrees warmer and while driving.... most likely less difference. Add an intercooler and no worries about heat.

01bonneSC · Post by **01bonneSC** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:14 pm

Roadtech195 wrote:I vote polish! I have heard the debate on paint or no paint and I have yet to see a huge difference in coatings. While at a stop you might run 15 degrees warmer and while driving.... most likely less difference. Add an intercooler and no worries about heat.

Just gotta worry about the roughly $1K to get the intercooler system all set up lol.

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