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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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So I am in the process of painting my slp lid and the radiator cover gloss black and I'll have a silver bird on the lid. Thinking about painting my stb black to match with a silver "trans am" sticker. Thoughts on this? Any other underhood ideas for my SOM?

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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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Leave the stb alone other than a black trans am logo on it
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 02:40 AM
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Paint them all SOM.
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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I took all my **** out cleaned and painted with a duplicolor.....Got rid of the ricey red wire loom recently for silver loom...looks alot better that way. I've never painted anything before so I was happy comparably to the before/after..http://pix.kg/p/790834157311%3A293826159/sct I would go with an orange intake and orange slp lettering...

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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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I would paint your intake manifold silver and add a brake fluid & power steering cover: yofab.com
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 10:40 AM
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I did the wire mod on my som made a big diffrence
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Here's what I've done with my SOM car. All wires tucked, cut off all the little retainers on the coils and harnesses. TCS relocation, New fuel line, deleted EVAP, no EGR/AIR, SOM painted intake, and coils. I really want to get some polished valve covers that look stock, but it'll be much later..

You should take off the fuel rails and polish them! I want to do it, but don't want to do the work just yet



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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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This makes me want to do some clean up on my som car.
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I'd paint your tower brace either black or SOM. Other than that, I'd go with what you stated OP.
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I think if you paint the stb black and leave the rest alone it will look great. If it was my car I would remove the blue gm sticker on the drivers side and just keep it clean like you have it. I think some people over do it and it starts to look tacky, I would not paint the rad. cover or the lid, just keep it clean.
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