Painting and sanding intake manifold

I met up with Dave today to pick up his spare intake manifold so I can sand and paint it for him. So far, I got the thing all smoothed out. I removed all the points where the engine cover would rest on and also the marks made from the molding process. Its not as bad as I thought but I am learning as I go through with it and I still have a lot to do. I cleaned it up and gave it a coat of primer today after I was done sanding so I could tell where I would need to add some body filler to make sure everything is smooth. Tomorrow is when ill add body filler and then ill have to wait another day for that to dry before I can sand down anymore. Ill post up pics of my progress once I get them uploaded to my computer.

Ok here are the pics....

looking sexy bitch! thanx again! can't wait to see it all done. how did the fuel rails turn out?

ghost wrote:

looking sexy bitch! thanx again! can't wait to see it all done. how did the fuel rails turn out?

No prob Dave! I just put some body filler on all the low spots. Now I gotta wait for it to dry again then, I can start sanding with some fine sand paper. My fuel rails came out pretty nice, I put them on about 10 minutes ago. Here is a pic of them painted...


I didnt take a pic of them installed yet but ill do that later.

Can't wait to see the Finished product!

Nice work Joe!

Looks good.. What color is that going to be or is it a surprise?

Remember I'm in line for this Joe, dont forget about me!

Its gonna be silver.

Shawn, as soon as I get Dave's done, im gonna do mine, then ill do yours.


Here are some pics of todays progress.....



I got the body filler in. Now I gotta wait for it to dry, then sand it again tomorrow and see if I need to add more filler.

Looking real good. Finished product should be badass

looks like its coming along well. body filler holds up well on high heat applications like engine parts? it helps to have extra parts to mod.

jontoad wrote:

looks like its coming along well. body filler holds up well on high heat applications like engine parts? it helps to have extra parts to mod.

Yeah I used this stuff on my half covers and it is still holding up really well.

I did some more sanding today and its pretty smooth now with only a couple of low spots. So I added a little more body filler and I will do some more sanding tomorrow. If all goes well tomorrow then it should be ready for paint.

Cant wait to see it finished!

Ok I got it sanded and primered again and I just have to resand 2 spots now then primer again and ill see how it looks. If Im happy with it, i will be putting the first coat of paint on pretty soon.

Wow the suspense is killing me. I can't wait to see the finished product. ummm, Can I get in line behind whoever's currently last??? Pleaz

Dalegit1 wrote:

Wow the suspense is killing me. I can't wait to see the finished product. ummm, Can I get in line behind whoever's currently last??? Pleaz

you think the suspence is killing you, lol! southside, that things looking sweet!

Thanks alot guys!

Ok here are the pics from todays progress....


Final coat of primer....



First coat of Silver!!!!






Im really liking the way its coming out. One bad thing about painting silver onto a gray primer, is that when its in the sun, its hard to tell where you covered with paint already because it blends in pretty good and with the sun glaring off of it everything looks so bright. Well, im off to put on a second coat of silver.

Ok I just finished it up. I went out and put another coat of silver and followed up with 3 coats of clear......






Im really happy with the way it came out and I cant wait to start on mine.

I originally told Dave that I didnt know how long it would take to finish and that it should be ready by Shawn's install day on the 18th. Well I guess I finished ahead of schedule, lol.

Hey Dave, if you want the intake before Shawn's party, we can work out a day to meet up somewhere.

Great job Joe, If Dave doesnt come get it soon I know someone that would take it of your hands!!! lol

Shawn1112 wrote:

Great job Joe, If Dave doesnt come get it soon I know someone that would take it of your hands!!! lol

Lol thanks. Is that the color you want too?

Is it a bright metallic silver? hard to tell from pics. If so thats good with me.

Shawn1112 wrote:

Is it a bright metallic silver? hard to tell from pics. If so thats good with me.

Lol yep its bright silver metallic. I better lock this thing up before Shawn sneaks in my garage and takes it.

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Shawn1112 wrote:

Is it a bright metallic silver? hard to tell from pics. If so thats good with me.

Lol yep its bright silver metallic. I better lock this thing up before Shawn sneaks in my garage and takes it.

If I knew where you lived you might have to worry!!!
But I'm not about to go check every garage in your neighborhood, I know there is still quite a few italian mafioso's living in that area!!!
I'll wind up stuffed into a trunk somewhere.

that looks so bad ass! how many cans of the silver did you use up?!

ghost wrote:

that looks so bad ass! how many cans of the silver did you use up?!

Surprisingly I only used about 1.5 cans. So you still got 2.5 cans to do whatever with (coolant tank?). I didnt even use a whole can of that primer either, maybe just 2/3 of a can.