How do you strip the intake on a testarossa?

I re-finished all my black painted surfaces you are referring to, by removing as much paint as possible, by means of sanding. Then I used truck bedliner texured spray paint, it is super durable and the light texture helps to hide minor flaws. If you dont want it to be textured you still dont need to remove all the paint to re-paint, just make sure its smooth and feathered good, then clean, prime and paint.

 

Dear Ferraristi,

You shouldn't be having so much trouble....it's just finished in black paint.

I also refinished mine. I didn't sand it down to bare metal though. I sanded it very throughly, small pieces for the interior corners and scotchbrite for the after-scuff.

If you have hit metal, you will now need a grey primer. After the primer, wet sand with 1500 to blend it smooth.

The paint I used is Duplicolor OEM black from Autozone. The sprayer is crappy, so don't do it in medium coats. Do super fine mist coats and you will get a great finish. I did about 12 mist coats per surface and it dries smooth.

I did the muffler cover under the intake the same way. It came out very well with no problems from muffler heat. I did this 2 years ago and my 91 TR is a daily driver.


Shamile

Freeze....Miami Vice !

 

Hi.
If the thing is finished in plain paint you shouldn’t have any problems removing it by sandblasting the parts.
On the other hand, if the part is powder coated, you’ll have big problems. Sandblasting it doesn’t always remove the paint properly if it is of god quality, and on those spots were you break through the paint you will only blast off the aluminum or whatever material the part is made of.

But there is one way to remove the powder coating, it takes some work but it does the thing.
CRC-gasket remover. It turns powder coating into something like soft snory rubber.

I used it on my Honda rims, worked great. Just spray it on the part and let it soak for 10 minutes or more, then rinse off with water. You will have to do this a few times and probably brush the rests of with a ?? metalbrush ?? and do some scratching with a knife.
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LOL... keep working at it with the paint stripper..or gasket remover... use a dental device ie; stainless 'pick tool".. & keep at it..
why not get it powder coated afterward/.. heck, you can leave it "as is'.. & they will clean it up & put a new finish on it for you.. less stress for you!

 

Do you think the gasket remover will work on regular aluminum/magnesium rims to get the embedded/etched brake dust etc. off? I bought a 1987 toyota 4runner so i can run around town in. The rims are so dirty from brake dust that I cant get them clean. Ive tried industrial degreaser along with the buffing ball attached to a drill with no luck. Even tried aluminum polish. Is there a mild acid i can use or something? I wanted to clean them off and then may spray paint them using duplicolor's wheel paint.

suggestions on how to clean?

thanks,

Nate

 

Hum…?
Yea man, why not just pay somebody stupid enough to do the work for you.
Jesus, getting the manicure f**ked up.



Shark49

I’m not sure if I would do that, the rims have a layer of clear coat on them, don’t they?
But if they aren’t painted I would test on the inside first to see that nothing “strange” happens.
The spray didn’t affect the aluminum in my rims at all, only the powder coat.

 

They are standard non-coated magnesium wheels......

Ive tried goof off and paint thinner which helped some. Next is acetone I guess.....

 

Try the CRC-Gasketremover.
I believe it works.