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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 11:23 PM
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Default Painted Some Engine Bay Stuff.. Whatcha think?

Changed some stuff up and painted a couple different things. Lemme know what you guys think, any suggestions or anything like that as well!

I know, the AIR & EGR gotta go. My tuner just quoted me $175 to tune out the codes. Wtf, is it that expensive?

Anyway, had to use the point and shoot camera so bare with me! Color is Dark Charcoal Metallic. Sorry for the smudges everywhere lol. Think I'm gonna polish the AC condenser tomorrow.










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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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looks good. lid looks sweet!
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 11:34 PM
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$175 is wayy to much to tune out the codes. Tell him to **** off.
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ls6firebird
looks good. lid looks sweet!
Thanks dude! Love the fat tires on your car. I gotta redo the bird, if you look at the last pic the overlay didn't lay flat. The gloss refracts every little spot lol!

Originally Posted by blacknyellow
$175 is wayy to much to tune out the codes. Tell him to **** off.
Yeah I thought so. Don't have any local shops, Frost tune is $150. If anybody knows anyone on here let me know!
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 02:14 AM
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I think the bird overlay would look better moved down about an inch but besides that it looks real clean. Good job
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 02:53 AM
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$175 is about standard, it's like $150 to unlock your vin in hp tuners
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 09:32 AM
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Good idea on the lid, looks familiar.haha I did mine about 2 years ago and has been holding up well.

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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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looks good. now paint your valve covers, maf ends, TB, oil and trans dip stick, brake fluid reservoir an take the stickers off your strut tower.

these are dirty but its what mine looks like. i still gota paint the dip sticks and brake fluid reservoir.


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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 98 WS6
Thanks dude! Love the fat tires on your car. I gotta redo the bird, if you look at the last pic the overlay didn't lay flat. The gloss refracts every little spot lol!
thanks man. haha yea i hear ya
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hodge9386
looks good. now paint your valve covers, maf ends, TB, oil and trans dip stick, brake fluid reservoir an take the stickers off your strut tower.

these are dirty but its what mine looks like. i still gota paint the dip sticks and brake fluid reservoir.

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Oh man the red actually looks good in there.. I was thinking about red but thought it would pop too much. My valve covers are already black, I'm starting to think screw the polished TB, paint everything black. Hmmm.. decisions decisions..
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Looks nice...
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looks good, i would ditch the egr,polish brake lines/ac tuck a few wires and maybe do something with the hood liner, looks good though, its hard to get these engine bays looking good, there is so much crap under there
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