Inlet Manifold Gtr Paint Or Polish It?

[drifter 33]

im about to polish my inlet manifold on my r33 gtr but now im having second thoughts about painting it

what do you guys think?

should i paint it or polish it?

thanks!

[Piggaz]

Paint it. Looks stock

[2BNVS]

depends the look u want, stockish look then pain, polish for show... i chromed mine mainly coz the rest of it is chromed

ben...

[Blue32]

Paint strip it - leave it raw alloy look. Looks good but stock then :-)

[Godzilla32]

Only looks stock if you got an R34 as they were the only one to come with an unpainted plenum. If you do decide to paint it make sure you first strip the old paint off as it has a bad tendency to flake off. You may have noticed

I myself have just made the decision to smooth the cast finish and either professionally polish or chrome plate it for less hassle. I reckon the polished finish looks good but will take more work to keep it that way. At this stage im tending to lean towards chrome plating. Also going to get the twin turbo pipe and the charge air pipe off the rear turbo chromed for a more balanced look. Originally i had planned to paint it all the same Sparkling silver metallic like the car but instead just went with the paint on the cam covers, coil cover, and timing covers.

[GeeTR]

Hey Bruv, polishing ISNT much fun at all. I spent 30'ish hours i think (2yrs ago) on a 26 plenum. I wasn't looking for a mirror finish, but the frosted look that smooth alloy gets, when it starts to naturally oxidize. So figured I'd get it mirrror.. then let it rust.

Shiney is Ok i guess, but have a look at matt black finishes. Personally, thats what im into now... just cant bring myself (and don't care anuff) to coat what I have now.

My cents..

Edited March 30, 2008 by GeeTR