hey i just talked to a friend that has a powdercoating machine and oven at his job and he said he will powdercoat some stuff for free. My question is... what could i powder coat? i really want to keep my rim color

 

battery tie down.

 

anything that's made outta some type of metal, and does not see high heat (could not do a header or exhaust manifold).

They do make high heat powder coat, but I don't think its good for anything over 1000deg. I know on my Lightning, we see header temps at 1500deg... but I don't know what Scion sees.

Just did the valve covers for my Lightning. And aftermarket air intake could be done. Any thing cast or billit alum, steel...

 

I powdercoated my Ingen Engine cover, supercharger piping and intake manifold,
s-tech springs, lower frame brace, front and rear sway bars. All yellow. Hey it's a
theme.

I say go for it.

 

Calipers are a good one.

 

there is a ton of ugly metal in that engine bay just begging to be coated. I plan on doing a lot of this soon myself.

 

I thought so...

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=115735

This powder manufacturer says "Cured surface will withstand up to 1000ºF with peaks up to 1200 degrees F."

 

i powder coated my intake...it makes a big difference.

 

Get the door sill trim pieces and powdercoat them....

 

If I had a buddy that would powdercoat for free, I'd probably find a beater for about $500, drop it at the shop, and say, 'call me when you're done with everything but the windows and rubber.'

Just because I could

 

Powdercoating can typically be applied to any metals that can carry an electrical charge and withstand up to ~400 degrees. To powdercoat you secure or let hang your piece to be coated and attach a lead to it that gives the piece an electrical charge, you then lightly spray it with powder (~6psi). It works similar to toner/laser printing, but also it's somewhat similar to glaze for pottery but it's not suspended in any liquid. It's then placed in an oven and begins to liquify, then the heat is usually increased slightly and then it is set after cooking about 20-30 mins. So in short, you can do almost any metal, steel, iron, aluminum, but be careful with things like a caliper where the internal bladder/piston portion can't handle the heat, then you'll just melt the internals.

My upper intercooler pipe (the one attached to the throttlebody on the intake/firewall side of the engine bay) is powdercoated, my radiator pipe is not for an example of what the "almost chrome" finish looks like ;)

 

Here's a valve cover I did myself (for my Lightning)



I bought the Craftsman system, picked up a convection oven, and there is all kinds of powder colors that you can get from Eastwood. Pretty easy.

 

What kind of oven did you get? I am in the predicament of having all the tools BUT the oven, and I am limited to 110V. A toster oven is not going to cut it.

 

There is a scratch/dent place on my way home from work... I picked up a built in convection oven. It's 220v. I bought 25' of romex and wired a range cord to that and then wired the oven up. Oven stays in the garage, and I plug the oven into the dryer connection in the house when I use it. A little inconvienent, but works well.

A buddy of mine picked up an old upright freezer... we are gonna take the guts out of this oven and put them in the freezer, line and insulate it... bam, big oven.

 

This is a very bad idea. You are going to melt all the foam inside the doors and shell of the freezer. Try it if you like, but keep a fire extinguisher handy.

 

sorry, need to rephrase... was just trying to keep the typing to a min. The freezer is just gonna be the shell (frame). It will be insulated with high temp insulation and sheeted with tin.

BTW, its a real old freezer anyway... all metal.