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what should i powdercoat #280539 Sep 20, 8:04pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois my little brother has the hookup for powdercoating in his shop class. so i was thinking of all the things i would want powdercoated. all i could think of was my aem Intake. what else would you guys suggest? RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280540 Sep 20, 8:26pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois c'mon guys, i really need some advice here. RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280541 Sep 20, 9:23pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois anyone...ill give you a penny if you have an idea. RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280542 Sep 20, 9:25pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA I donno, there isn't a lot of metal on a Celi to powdercoat. Brake calipers? But you would have to have the right paint.

Re: what should i powdercoat Haulin_A_Doo #280543 Sep 20, 9:27pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Your rims?

Re: what should i powdercoat Haulin_A_Doo #280544 Sep 20, 9:46pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA rims are the things that seem the most obvious to powdercoat in my mind...

Re: what should i powdercoat Sultan #280545 Sep 20, 10:10pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,547 Likes: 1 Detroit, MI JBing Pizza Geek 2002 Toyota Celica GT JBing Pizza Geek 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,547 Likes: 1 Detroit, MI maybe some diamond plate for some floor mates or a custom whatever

Re: what should i powdercoat Haulin_A_Doo #280546 Sep 20, 10:21pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois Originally Posted by Haulin_A_Doo I donno, there isn't a lot of metal on a Celi to powdercoat. Brake calipers? But you would have to have the right paint. well...are there different types of paint you can powdercoat with for cailpers? RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat Sultan #280547 Sep 20, 10:22pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois Originally Posted by Sultan rims are the things that seem the most obvious to powdercoat in my mind... i thought about that, but i have rims, and i dont want to powdercoat my winter ones ya know? RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat JBing #280548 Sep 20, 10:22pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois Originally Posted by JBing maybe some diamond plate for some floor mates or a custom whatever not a bad idea, i would have to get some first though. RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280549 Sep 21, 8:49am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming what about Intake manifold and valve cover???

Re: what should i powdercoat csheriff #280550 Sep 21, 10:00am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois Originally Posted by csheriff what about Intake manifold and valve cover??? isnt the valve cover plastic? RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280551 Sep 21, 10:15am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming it might be on a gt, i dont know, but gts it isnt

Re: what should i powdercoat csheriff #280552 Sep 21, 10:30am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois damn gts's...i think mine is plastic RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280553 Sep 21, 12:23pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica csheriff Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 760 Wyoming shit i just searched till i saw a Gt motor, your right, its plastic, and the Intake manifold is a no go to. jesus. i couldnt really see anything else that you could do. good luck though.

Re: what should i powdercoat csheriff #280554 Sep 21, 12:44pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT superderk Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 393 Belleville, Illinois ^ thanks...intake and maybe calipers i guess... RIP 97 Prelude

Re: what should i powdercoat superderk #280555 Sep 21, 2:33pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,478 Likes: 1 South Carolina 2003cbgts Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica 2003cbgts Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,478 Likes: 1 South Carolina hey, if you powdercoat ur nuts ill bet you will get a lot of import tuner bitches. haha na give us some pics when ya get everything done.

Re: what should i powdercoat 2003cbgts #280556 Sep 21, 5:17pm Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Haulin_A_Doo Specialist Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,014 Likes: 1 Malton, ON CA They are not plastic, just the stupid cover that covers the valve covers is plastic. The actual valve covers are metal on both motors.

Re: what should i powdercoat Haulin_A_Doo #280557 Sep 21, 7:26pm Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 FL TRDAzNCeli Member 2000 Toyota Celica TRDAzNCeli Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 FL rims!

Re: what should i powdercoat TRDAzNCeli #280558 Sep 21, 7:29pm Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,283 Chicago, IL CelicaGTizzle Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaGTizzle Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,283 Chicago, IL Sweet, a local guy! Think I can get a hook up for my rims? I wanna see what you get done also! Last edited by CelicaGTizzle; Sep 21, 2004 7:30pm. My car is gunna be 10x faster than yours...haha... I'm gunna buy like 10 of those speedchips! I figure if 1 gets me 20hp then 10 will get me 200hp!

Re: what should i powdercoat CelicaGTizzle #280559 Sep 22, 12:05am Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 188 CA lee43 Member lee43 Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 188 CA You can powdercoat your springs.

Re: what should i powdercoat lee43 #280560 Sep 22, 12:24am Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 158 Sandy, UT Simple Member 01 Toyota Celica GT Simple Member 01 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 158 Sandy, UT toyota emblem? buy a strut tower brace and then powder coat it? [color:"red"]LNK[/color] we're watching you

Re: what should i powdercoat Simple #280561 Sep 22, 12:53am Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 812 Likes: 2 San Diego GOLDCELICA Senior Member GOLDCELICA Senior Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 812 Likes: 2 San Diego Powercoat you full undercarriage and all the suspension pieces. Originate, Innovate, Never Imitate. Since 2000-04.

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