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Repainting Throttle Body Cover
While my Z slept for 10 months awaiting her transmission, the antifreeze in her motor ate through the gasket and did a number on the finish as shown. I sanded off the damage part of the throttle body and use a paint that I got from Lingenfelter. That fixed that but how do I match the paint on the rest of the plenum? That's the question at the moment.
Roy
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
Get rid of the paint issue, just start rubbing
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
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I'm sorry but that makes no sense. Rubbing with what? Specifically, what are you talking about? Roy
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
If i were to guess, I'd say he meant to polish your LT5 like he showed in the pic.
Polished motors are pretty for sure, but I'd yuess it takes a ton of rubbng. Crabs
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
Does anyone know, for sure, what product was used to paint the engines?
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
The color may be hard to match, especially if you're considering NCRS. If not, I would have the plenum, cam covers, snorkel and throttle body powder coated and dress it up a bit, then it will all match.
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Re: Repainting Throttle Body Cover
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Joe, not doing NCRS, I just want the throttle body to match up with the rest of the plenum. The color on the is the original color for that year as it was stored and then put in the body. It looks like a different color than my 92 was. Another thing is that Marc said don't powder coat the engine as it can warp the cam covers. He said to paint it. Roy
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