Painted my HOT plate black...Bradley said to post a pic, so here it is.

 

I got mine chromed and put stainless steel bolts in it...it looks damn sharp...

Painting or chroming your heat shield makes it look soooo much better...

 

Any problems with the chroming not handling the heat well?

How much did it run ya?

 

Bat Lord has his chromed as well. LOOKs SOOO nice!

 

Chroming it holds heat awfully well, I don't have mine anymore, Edwin aka ELTIBURON has it now, and is super happy with it, it's incredible how something so small in change can make a difference in your engine bay.

you can sorta make it out here:



[ September 25, 2001: Message edited by: Bat Lord ]

 

Paint the "HOT" red and put some flames around that bad boy!!!

 

That plate looks hot! (pardon the pun, couldn't help it) I dig the black look.

What kind of paint, how many coats, and most importantly, how do you take it off? Is it a day job? How long? I think i'd like to do that too.

 

Yeah that does look really sweet! I am eventually gonna do that too..damn since college started back I haven't had time to breathe sad.gif

 

Just use high temp engine paint. Make sure you clean the old hot plate when cold, and if you can "scuff" it some with 600 grit sandpaper.

I used 5 coats on mine and painted it blue before the turbo. I think Yamaneko has it now.

When I get home, I'll see if I can dig up some photos.

 

I used exactly that, high temp low gloss engine block paint. I used very fine sandpaper that I had laying around and there's only 3 bolts holding the plate on (12mm?). I had to spray some penetrating oil onto them and then warm up the engine so they would be easier to take off. Four *very* thin coats because I didn't want any runs.

I think I'll paint the word HOT red next!