Skanky-looking overflow tank

Doug914 · 08-30-2001, 12:36 PM

Anyone ever paint the 944's coolant overflow tank? They look so terrible when they turn yellow.

Is there a paint that will stick to that type of plastic? If I did it, I'd mask off a strip on the top of the tank so I could still see the coolant level. TIA, everybody.

mideastmafia · 08-30-2001, 12:38 PM

you would have to sand it lightley then paint it with high temperature engine paint.

i would sand with paper between 1000 and 1500 and then go ahead and paint.

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951carter · 08-30-2001, 06:50 PM

it will only work if you put a "typeR" sticker on it.

mideastmafia · 08-30-2001, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Doug914:

If I did it, I'd mask off a strip on the top of the tank so I could still see the coolant level.

eimkeith · 08-30-2001, 07:53 PM

don't paint it - it's going to rupture sooner or later anyway.

get a new one - they are a beautiful clear-white. Just over $100.00

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IceShark · 08-30-2001, 08:28 PM

It is about impossible to get anything to stick to that plastic for long. Many have tried and I have yet to hear of a success story.

Doug914 · 08-31-2001, 08:45 AM

Thanks, guys. I think I'll go with a new one if they're only around $100. The tank is the last remaining eyesore in there, as I just had the valve cover powder-coated--kind of a wrinkle-finish black. I don't know of anybody with a 100,000-mile-plus S2 whose orig. valve-cover paint has survived.