Painting over powdercoat?

prodrifter · 05-04-2008, 03:54 PM

Hey all, I want to paint my AEM cold air intake black and it's currently powdercoated silver from the factory. Is it ok if I sand the powdercoat, prime, and paint it? Or does it need to be blasted and powdercoated again?

Thanks

projectmk3 · 05-04-2008, 04:08 PM

depends what kind of quality you want...i personlly wouldn't really care how or what color it would be ... if i was to be painting it i would prolly:

sand at least with some steal wool pad
spray primer
high heat paint (best if used light coats...you will find yourself doing a lot of layers but in the end it is better)

and your done ...let it dry well

wnwright · 05-07-2008, 02:19 PM

Rough up and paint on the powder is good.

Powder coating makes a good base coat.

prodrifter · 05-08-2008, 01:45 PM

Sounds good. Should I even bother with using primer or should I still do so?

tamas · 05-09-2008, 01:37 AM

as long as the powdercoating is not shiny or glossy anymore you can just paint rite onto it, at times old paint without clearcoat is a better base coat then primer.