Engine make over

N8-Car · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:08 am

Ouch!!! I guess back to the drawing board. :cry:

Maybe then I can powder coat the blade black, the shroud ring, mani and carbs do in copper.

thebucket · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:24 am

Carroseria.Camara wrote:

Which ever process you use I say its is going to look Awesome!!!!! Maybe you can balance the fan after plating. Several weeks back there was an episode of West Coast Customs where they painted an Audi R8 with a process that when finished looked like chrome. It was a two part process. That process may work and there may be a way to do copper too.

it looked like shit on the episode... If you paid real close attention!

N8-Car · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:29 am

thebucket wrote:

Carroseria.Camara wrote:

Which ever process you use I say its is going to look Awesome!!!!! Maybe you can balance the fan after plating. Several weeks back there was an episode of West Coast Customs where they painted an Audi R8 with a process that when finished looked like chrome. It was a two part process. That process may work and there may be a way to do copper too.

it looked like shit on the episode... If you paid real close attention!

Never saw the show, my guy that does my powder coat has the system. His samples look nice. I can see doing a car would have its issues, but small pieces I don't think would have the same issues.

thebucket · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:08 pm

N8-Car wrote:

thebucket wrote:

Carroseria.Camara wrote:

Which ever process you use I say its is going to look Awesome!!!!! Maybe you can balance the fan after plating. Several weeks back there was an episode of West Coast Customs where they painted an Audi R8 with a process that when finished looked like chrome. It was a two part process. That process may work and there may be a way to do copper too.

it looked like shit on the episode... If you paid real close attention!

Never saw the show, my guy that does my powder coat has the system. His samples look nice. I can see doing a car would have its issues, but small pieces I don't think would have the same issues.

I've seen the chrome powder coat. It looks nice. What they did to that Audi looks terrible!

Fitz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:45 pm

Gabe had a porche fan chromed or powder coated with the chrome stuff. I can't remember which But it looked bad ass. Get on dhk board and ask him. There was no balancing after they chromed it.

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:26 pm

Fitz wrote:

Gabe had a porche fan chromed or powder coated with the chrome stuff. I can't remember which But it looked bad ass. Get on dhk board and ask him. There was no balancing after they chromed it.

he was the one I believe who told me it could not be chromed. his doesnt look chromed to me

N8-Car · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:16 pm

There are actually 2 types of blades with different materials. I believe one can be and the other can't. Rick powder coated his blade. I'll do some more research on it.

supaninja · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:35 pm

I had a porsche fan powder coated, it can be done

Fitz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:42 pm

I took it for Gabe to have it done and if I remember it was polished then clear powder coated.

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:28 pm

Fitz wrote:

I took it for Gabe to have it done and if I remember it was polished then clear powder coated.

so maybe that was it, that it couldn't be chromed because of what it was made out of. I didnt think it looked chrome.

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