RB26DETT intake manifold paint..

[Nameless EJ6]

I see alot of pictures of RB26 intake manifolds with black coating either chipping or wearing off. Even on the timing belt covers.

Is there a reason why this happens? Heat maybe?

Any recommendations to fix that? perhaps strip, clean, and repaint it.. or just strip it all off and polish it up?

I'm a perfectionist when it comes to a clean looking engine, =P so I want to figure out what I can do with it before that starts happening. The 26 will be sitting in my garage for a while so I'm going to basically dissasemble all bolt on bits and clean them up...

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Usually its from the heat and the age..etc..Best way to get it back to brand new u can strip the paint off with a specific paint remover and use some thermal paint like u use for the exhaust or engine parts and it should be right. U can Sand it down so it looks all shiney and polished depends what u like.