Powdercoating tunnels

[catmanm7]

05 M7 that I will be powdercoating my complete tunnel and have a question. Do you guys powdercoat the cooler lines under the tunnel and rear heat exchanger. Can this stuff be masked off before powdercoating?

 

[ESCAPE TIME]

A friend of mine does powder coating and he always masks off cooler inlets and outlets etc,and I'm sure there is a way to mask off the total cooler if you wanted.I did my M1000 bulkhead and the cooler is incorporated and it worked out good,and no ill cooling effects.Also for example if you powder coat your better boards(running boards),the snow doesn't stick to the powder coating,weather that be a good thing or not for your coolers, that would be your preference.

 

[catmanm7]

thanks for the reply. I was hoping they could mask it off

 

[Pieguy]

The front cooler can be masked off a little, but the side coolers and rear cooler should be removed. You need special powdercoating tape that withstands the heat.

 

[AlaskaS3]

Regular hvac metal foil tape works really well too. Used it to mask off cylinder bores when I powdercoated a polaris triple block.

 

[GUNFTR]

I just powder coated my tunnel last week and the shop capped and masked off the return lines. It turned out great.

 

[Ihntdux]

I did both my exchangers and the lines on my M. I took off the rubber tubes that connected everything together. Left it all on so that the rivets get coated also!

 

[catmanm7]

also doesnt the tailight wiring run along with the cooler lines. I guess it would be personal preference of whether or not to powdercoat them. Snow would still hit the coolers, just not stick as well to them.....

 

[Ihntdux]

I cut the tailight wire before it got powdercoated and pulled it out. After it was done I used a piece of tie wire and fished it back through.