Paint choices

[mkiiisupra]

Very helpful, plan on doing it very slowly. And what you suggest seems to be a good way to paint it evenly. Not worried about time, i have a 08 corolla that gets me around well enough till i am done with my Supra.

So wire brushs and brake cleaner to clean the surfaces before painting...

What would you suggest to cover intake ports on my penlum so i dont get paint on the inside ?

[Chambers]

Ahh, good you have a daily so you can work on the Supra, that is the best way to do anything I think. I have my Rangers so if the Supra goes down I have back ups.

What I would do for that, if you plan to paint the mating surfaces, is put painters tape around the inside wall leaving a inch or two beyond the opening. Then put some paper in there, just don't push it to far, lol. It should look like wads of paper surrounded by tape. If you do that you should be fine.

If you do not plan on painting the mating surfaces then just put painters tape strait along the flat mating surfaces.

Make sure when you clean the parts with the brake cleaner that your not on grass, cus it will kill the grass quick, lol I learned that the hard way! It also has a heluva punch to it when you first get a whif.

By the way, the intake plenum on our cars, is what I think is the hardest to paint neatly. I would suggest some real fine sandpaper and primer for it, I have seen a few people try to paint them with spray cans and the paint looked horrible, because they didn't take the time to prep it.

As for the sandpaper, I would go from a medium to high grit number, I would start at maybe 800 or 1200, if 800 seems to coarse then go with 1200, lightly sand it all, then move onto a higher grit number, the higher the number the finer the finish. I would only use 800 if there is a lot of dirt and debris that the brake cleaner and wire brush wont get off, if there isn't much there then start with 1200.

Now I am not absolutely sure about what primer to get but since the plenum is aluminum, I think any kind of metal primer should do fine. After you get the cleaning and sanding done, then start the primer, paint the primer down just as if it was your final coats, take your time and it will turn out great!!

Good luck!!

Here are two pics of the tape ideas:

[mkiiisupra]

Ill post picks of how it turns out.... I think 500F should be good enough for the intake parts and ill go with 1200 on the heat shld over the turbo and prolly just 500 on radiator... hope it works out lol

[mkiiisupra]

Ok going to start painting tomorrrow...

Anything else i should know? lol pulling my car apart further than i ever have before. Trying to do this once. and right we will see how that works out lol

Wife just got me a Air compressor for my birthday so i was wondering if there where any sander/polisher tools that would help with this process or is doing it by hand the way to go?