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question has probably been asked before but im new at this so a little help would be great. GTR cooler is black and i want it silver. whats the best way to achieve this. Paint stripper or do i paint it in a silver/ chrome paint. Some ideas would be appreciated thanks...

hey mate,

see if you can pick up a R34 GTR cooler, thats what i did when i wanted it silver, its not really silver, its just unpainted.

the only difference is that you have to get the sensor hole welded, but that only cost me $20-$40 i think?

looks heaps better, doesnt stand out too much, but its noticeable enough.

good luck mate

i paint stripped one once. it kinda worked out ok but needed lots of polishing

Thanks for the replies guys. I hit it with paint stripper in a can and it came up pretty good i think. It looks alot better then when it was black. Got some metal polisher onto it just to give it a clean look. I tooks some pics on my phone and it was late in the arvo so apologize for the crap quality pics.

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