Intercooler Recommendations

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    Anyone have a recommendation on what fluid to use for intercooler spray? Anything different for Summer and Winter?
    Thanks,
    Mark
     
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    Distilled water is what I use. For winter, I use gin
     
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    hahaha

    Blue water works just fine year round.
     
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    Unless you have paint on the intercooler, the alcohol will slowly strip it off.
     
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    Or light it up. You don't need a IC spray when it's already below zero. Distilled in the summer, turned off in the winter.
     
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    But you can buy templates to repaint the intercooler. I think I should do that on the stock intercooler.

    Rice!
     
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    +1 :)
     
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    Where are these said kits?
     
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