What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

The thing he painted was his air conditioning condenser, the radiator is behind it. Shouldn't make much of a difference in heat transfer, or people wouldn't paint their valve covers, engine blocks, etc.

 

I realize that he painted the condensor. That is why I said that globs could close off fins. The air must pass thru the condensor to get to the radiator if the condensor fins are closed then the air will not pass thru to the rad

 

Pretty sure he painted the radiator as well.....

 

who cares, let him paint it and see what happens

next topic

 

Who died and made you moderator? It's a discussion.....nobody is saying he is right or wrong......chill

 

I painted the radiator

I also broke the dam

 

busy weekend, started painting my bushmaster 2.0 with tire swing and installed my 886x coils that replaced my 884x with spacers. also sway bar delete mod. hopefully next weekend the bumper will be on.

 

All that I'm saying is do your homework on the paint before you do it. I did because what I read it has little to no effect on performance. I could have just painted the side walls to the condenser but I liked it all black and in my mind its no difference, its just black instead of a light grey.

Not like your taking a paint brush to it... its just a light spray from a can. If my truck blows up I'll be sure to let everyone know. Like its been stated before, everyone that has done it has come back with very few negatives. It works for me and thanks for the discussion over the topic.

If you plan on doing this to your ride and not 100% sure on what your doing you can PM me be happy to help.

 

The 2525 means 2.5" inlet piping and 2.5" outlet piping. 3030 means 3.0", and so on.

 

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I agree. That's why I stated to the inquiry that I was unaware of any reported problems with painting the radiator. I still wouldn't do it though, those fins are not meant to be painted and they shouldn't. If one were to actually scan for temp changes it stands to reason that it should have an effect, if not at least a small one.

 

Will it have an effect? Yes.

Will it be insignificant? Yes.

Will it be inconsequential? Yes.

Have countless done it w/o any adverse affects? Yes.

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Many vehicles come factory with painted radiators. My wife's Acura has a factory black painted radiator. You can also buy different thermostats that open at different temperatures.

 

Does anyone know if it's OK to paint the radiator ?

 

It works the same way as an intercooler does. There are a lot of different opinions on painting intercoolers as well. I imagine it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Why do you want to paint it? I "dusted" mine with some paint to darken it up a little bit when I put on my homer grill....

 

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

Washed it

 

It's ok by me! Paint away!

Metal valve caps offer higher performance than the plastic/rubber variety.

Jim