Painted my intake (with a twist)

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07-03-2009, 04:50 PM

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Painted my intake (with a twist)

well, I had the intake off during my cam swap, so i decided...why not paint it...

BUT the problem is...i hate gloss red intakes, everybody has them. So, i still did mine red...just flat red.

Let me know what you guys think.

Under different lighting cicrumstances, it looks anywhere from red, to orange. Personally, I like it.

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07-03-2009, 04:56 PM

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looks kinda orange in the pic. i like it though

07-03-2009, 05:03 PM

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looks kinda orange in the pic. i like it though

if you look by the TB, its redder up there. cool huh?

07-03-2009, 05:30 PM

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Nice. I was thinking about doing mine when I install my cam. Im going to paint mine Polo Green, same as the exterior. Did you paint the TB as well?

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07-03-2009, 08:58 PM

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Nice. I was thinking about doing my when I install my cam. Im going to paint mine Polo Green, same as the exterior. Did you paint the TB as well?

No i did not, i have been thinking about it though. Its a tough choice.

07-04-2009, 04:40 AM

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need a better pic of it to really make a judgment on it. I doubt it'll look bad though

07-04-2009, 09:21 AM

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Gloss FTW.

07-04-2009, 09:24 AM

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yea pink

looks fine to me

07-04-2009, 01:01 PM

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sorry guys, here are two better pics. Excuse it being dirty, ineed to wipe it off still.

Shock9606 - if i wanted to be like EVERYBODY else, i would have done gloss

07-04-2009, 02:46 PM

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To me, matte would be better. I prefer them to remain silver though.

07-04-2009, 04:49 PM

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To me, matte would be better. I prefer them to remain silver though.

i really wanted a semi-gloss, but just getting this done was hard enough. its 2000* ceramic coat

07-04-2009, 09:48 PM

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whats that funky gold plate behind the throttle body???

07-04-2009, 10:58 PM

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whats that funky gold plate behind the throttle body???

It's a throttle body spacer. Ya know, like a carb spacer? Allows air and fuel to mix......maybe just a little funky air, but air none the less. I am trying to build a bracket to hide everything.