Painting advice for the cooling fan

taribo · Post by **taribo** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:04 pm

Does anyone have any advice on how to have the cooling fan painted in such a way that the paint stays on?

ie, does it have to be powder coated?
stove enamelled?
2k etch primer and 2k paint?

I have found that the speed of the fan cutting the air causes standard primer and paint to chip off.

Phil

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:48 am

Hi Phil,

Clearly my fan spins a little slower

I just cleaned it up and sprayed it with silver smoothrite, no problems!

taribo · Post by **taribo** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:17 am

Hi Gary
well, this is why I asked for help.
I wondered what everyone else did.
The fan is such a focal point of the engine bay, that it needs to look good.

I have learnt from you that smoothrite paint sticks and stays on the ally fan blades.
Thanks.
Hopefully other people may also add their secret formula for painting success to this message....

thanks again Phil

Mat2.2t · Post by **Mat2.2t** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:10 pm

Does anyone know what colour the fan should be on an original spec 911t 2.2 ?

I wouldn''t want to spray mine the wrong colour!

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:41 pm

Originally the fan would not have been painted, it would have been left in bare magnesium but with a 'token' protective coating of something like Tectyl.