OntarioTurbo

After seeing all the great looking engines on the "engine" thread I think I will paint my cam tower while I have it off. Are you guys using any special primer, or just painting the bare degreased aluminum surfaces?

spoolin51

I powder coated mine...

95ONE

Degreased and painted. Then sanded the letters back to aluminum. Powdercoating is relatively cheap though and I suggest that route.

Jeff N.

But how much weight did that paint add?

95ONE

I'm working on some cool light weight additions right now. to offset the paint.

Rich Sandor

I like the plain, polished look.

951Porschiste

I am a lazy SOB. I didn't want to take the cam tower off just to paint it...so this is how I painted the cam tower...
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turb...ine-parts.html

OntarioTurbo

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I do like the polished look as well, but I think I will paint only the lettered area and then sand down the paint to reveal the letters. I read the one comment in 951Porschiste's thread about etching the aluminum first and that makes sense, but I will probably have the cam tower off again in the next couple of years so if the paint lasts that long I'll be happy.

MichelleJD

I painted mine. I recommend powder coating. I'm actually going to see what anodizing would cost