dhp123166 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Check this s*** out!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Wow, that came out better than I was imagining it would. Is the rest of the engine bay gonna be color coordinated like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monster626 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 looks good what all did you do to reach the end product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STDZ Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Looks good... Is it powdercoated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 My engine bay is all kind of black, red, and silver. It has been shaved, welded, polished and coated with tinted clear ceramic. I just washed it out because I can't imagine aluminum dust to be good for an engine. Within the next week I will have a non EGR N-42 intake available for sale. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilbertZ Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 that looks hawt! how did you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziza z Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Wow. That does look good. hmmmm maybe for my ls1 intake? haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Love the black on the heat sheild, the red intake is too pink looking for me. But good idea, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I know it doesn't look like it, but the heat shield is actually gunmetal gray. it kind of has a shimmer to it under the right conditions. I cut off the unused bungs and ground down around them with a cutoff wheel and grinding disc, and did some finer grinding with a Dremel Mototool. I took it to a guy to weld the holes with aluminum. Then I took it to a shop that does polishing and coating and they did all the tedious stuff (in a short amount of time I might add). They had many options for finish coating including hot coat and clear ceramic. They are able to tint the clear only the primary colors come out "too candy" for my tastes and I was thinking an anodized looking finish might look sweet. I think it came out according to my expectations with the exception of that one tiny hole which was a hole in the weld. I tried to talk the guy down in price but he would not go for it. I guess they could have called me and I would have taken it back to the welder to have him do it right but they did not. F*** it, it's good enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Looks great!! Now you're going to have to polish up the idle air regulator to "keep up with the Jones'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks!!! I'm way ahead of me on that air regulator!!! It's been spraypainted black and that's gonna be good enough...although, I pulled one off of the intake which I just had done, And it's just sitting in my garage, And I am not going to put the intake on until my next day off, And I was not going to work on the car today, But, aw crap... Thanks alot man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckolander Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 That does look really freakin cool, do you mind me askin how much it cost to get it coated like that? I've got a few aluminum parts in my closet that I've been polishing all winter that I think would look really good in blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhp123166 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 It was $250.00 for polishing and coating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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