<VV> engine fan paint

James Davis jld at wk.net
Thu May 3 11:58:21 EDT 2007


Personally I like the glass beaded, clear coat on the 24 vane fans 
the best   Of course the fan pulley and bearing should match.  The 
nude magnesium fans don't look that good (imho).
Jim Davis




At 10:53 AM 5/3/2007, you wrote:
>My advice is to clean it up and not paint it.  Don't Rhino it . . . 
>it will add too much weight . . . they make them out of mag. for a 
>reason.  Black seems to be the natural color for fans, they all seem 
>to revert back to black.  I have a red fan, run it for awhile and it 
>starts reverting to black.  Unless it is a show only car l would at 
>most put a thin coating of black paint on it and a good wax job to 
>keep it easy to clean.
>
>Terry Kalp
>
>---- Ray Rodriguez <reray at echoes.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for the replies on oil in the bellhousing... I'm going to 
> plan on replacing the seals at both ends and that bellhousing 
> seal.. and permatexing the bolts.
> >
> > Next question.... I'm going to paint the engine cooling fan 
> black... what is the best way to do it?  I'd rather not powdercoat 
> because I don't have a local powdercoating shop.  I was actually 
> thinking about getting it Rhino-lined... is this a good idea or a 
> bad one?  Tell me whats worked in the past for you guys.  I'm going 
> to drive the car quite a bit so I want something that will stand up.
> >
> >
> > Ray Rodriguez
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