Paint On Intercooler!!!

[Teerawood]

FUCK long storry short... some idiot vandelized my car... he painted my HKS FMIC red... WTF.... how do i get it off.. i don't want to damage anything..... some of the fins were bent too... i am pissed... someone let me know how to get this shit off my intercooler...

[Ritz S14]

Remove the intercooler, and use paint thinner/jasco?

[ThatGuy]

Yeah I'd say soak the intercooler in some kind of paint stripper/remover. Good luck. That really sucks, hope they catch the asshole that did it.

[po1z5che__]

what some jealous people will go through.. :spank:

[element240]

look around at hardware stores... there's some "spray paint remover" in a spray can. its for vandalism and whatever paint you want to get rid of.

spray the intercooler down real good, and let it soak in , the paint will begin to shrivle up and what not..
then spray it off with a power washer or a hose. ( i'd use a blow gun/compressed air to get as much water off afterwards too )

[xkimcheekidx]

wow im sorry to hear this. but yah the spray paint remover that element is talking about should work.

[drifterx]

why would someone do such a thing?
it sounds sooo stupid.......... but worst case, spray paint it a different color

[Andrew Bohan]

no, you can't do that. even if he sprayed it with radiator paint, it still has non-radiator paint on it, and that will affect its cooling ability.
paint remover is the only choice

[Teerawood]

so i should soak it in thinner??? man i am pissed... people are looking at me like ...wtf...... too jdm for me..

[andrave]

paint doesn't really make much of a difference.

[MakotoS13]

you guys are acting like somebody wrapped it in a lead blanket... seriously... its a little piant... not a big deal... quite acting like a bunch of honda owners.

[wootwoot]

bead blasting it would do nicely

[element240]

you guys are acting like somebody wrapped it in a lead blanket... seriously... its a little piant... not a big deal... quite acting like a bunch of honda owners.

how would you like it if i was sneaking around your car and spray painted your sh*t

chill out dude , no need to critisize us for helping the guy.

[MakotoS13]

okay itd be different if there wasn't a ton of quick and easy fixes to get paint off of bare metal. its not like he scuffed it then put basecoat and cleared it.... its a little spray paint that should come off easily with some chemicals and maybe a litlte elbow grease.

hell, if all else fails he can polish the IC and have it blang blangin...

[Mr. Badlose]

bead blasting it would do nicely

Hahahaha.
But seriously, just get some Aircraft Paint Remover and go at it....should boil the paint right off. (Test it on an inconspicuous area of the I/C first to see if it causes discoloration or something.)