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#1 tmh983

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 06:02 PM

Decided to have a bash at wrinkle painting a spare intake manifold i had. I saw a 4agte done up in dark grey wrinkles once and it looked amazing, so i thought i'd use the same colour. The paint is 3m brand charcoal hammer metal finish. Here is the process:

Standard jdm early gen3 tt manifold, slightly different to the audm version, i think the aussie ones have different injectors and a different map sensor arrangment, but otherwise the same.
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Strip all the accessories off
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Clean it thoroughly and mask off he gasket surfaces, injector holes, vacuum ports and bolt holes. I washed it with a scourer in ordinary car wash liquid, then went over it in metho with a rag. Its very important that it is clean before painting.
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You must use an etch primer on the bare metal first
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Then spray on a few coats of the wrinkle paint. Its pretty interesting stuff, it kind of fizzes as you spray it which creates the wrinkle patterns, the heavier u coat it, the more it fizzes which makes the wrinkle effect more pronounced.
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Done! hard to see properly with the camera, but it looks pretty mega!
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 06:56 PM

looks really good mate. i did similar to my lib...

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 12:38 PM

wow that looks really cool...never heard of wrinkle paint
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 09:14 AM

Is this the same style paint that STi use on their red manifolds? Looks like a very similar look

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 09:41 AM

Yeah its what the STI ones are done with,

Here was mine

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 10:26 AM

I don't like the way aerosol paints flake away after a few heat cycles (well, maybe after a couple of years)

so I powder coated mine.

but before that, I grinded off any unnecessary bungs for a neater finish (I'm rocking a custom twist mount turbo setup)

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 06:45 PM

If its prepped right and the right paint used, an aerosol job will not flake.

Powdercoating is nice though as it smooths out some divets. :D

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:59 AM

If its prepped right and the right paint used, an aerosol job will not flake.

After seeing countless factory STi manifolds flake, I'm a little reluctant to believe this.

Plus, I've got a sweet hookup for powder coating :P

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 12:19 PM

Sweet hookups are the ticket. :D

It wouldnt flake if I did it. :P

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 02:10 PM

Mine hasn't flaked :)


(it will now that I've said something!)

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:16 PM

Mine hasn't flaked :)


(it will now that I've said something!)


Al did that one for me when I ordered all the gear (blame him if it does :D)

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:55 PM

Haha will be sure to give him a call if it does :P

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:11 PM

i would do this next week if i knew how to take my manifold off without messing something up! wrinkle paint is boss! I've been wanting to paint my manifold blue for a while now but am too afraid to take it off :( is it simple?

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 02:10 PM

yeah im wondering the same thing, i dont want to screw anything up.
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 07:49 PM

Alex that powder coated manifold looks INSANE!
i love how tidy your engine bay looks, Black everything is the way to go for sure looks so hot




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