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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Wanted to do something a little different.What do you all think?

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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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is that black and polished or is it just polished? kinda hard to tell from the angle and the flash
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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got better pix?
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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thats black on top and polished sides
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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After looking at this some more I dont like it so now im doing something different.more pics to follow soon.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Yea, I can't tell if I like it or not due to the pic.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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Ok I redid my valvecovers.Im pretty happy with the way these came out now.

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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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I like 'em!
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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still kinda hard to see cause the flash ....might try taking a pic with a white background
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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looks good Ed. I need to get a used set of covers to have them painted.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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still kinda hard to see cause the flash ....might try taking a pic with a white background

Well you can see them up close. My camera isnt liking where im taking the pics at and cant find a good place to take them.their either to dark or to bright

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take a picture outside in the daytime under direct sunlight with no flash and you should come out with a pretty good picture.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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good job ed, i painted mine red with black stripes down the middle.
keep up the good work buddy
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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I can't tell, but do the valve covers say something? (Such as Chevrolet or something). I think it would be pretty cool to paint the letters (depending if it has them or not) the same color of an accenting color you have (you know, if you have a black car and have red calipers: red letters...).
Just a thought. But that is definitely different and it looks very sharp
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nope no letters on the valvecovers and besides you wouldnt be able to see much of them anyway once the coils are on unless you wanted to relocate the coils and smooth the covers
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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
I can't tell, but do the valve covers say something? (Such as Chevrolet or something). I think it would be pretty cool to paint the letters (depending if it has them or not) the same color of an accenting color you have (you know, if you have a black car and have red calipers: red letters...).
Just a thought. But that is definitely different and it looks very sharp
There are Gen I style valve covers for LS1s that say Chevrolet on them now (I know someone on here posted pics...but I cant find 'em for the life of me.)

I just thought about maybe adding some red bolts, or painting/coating the coil brackets red Ed. Leave it to me to give you another idea to make the car sit even longer huh?

88monte, give Ed some more idea's! Between me and him throwin **** around, his car wont be ready by Christmas much less Spring You know how we are in YM...lol
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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yeah that was the same thing i was thinking dave.Either go red or polish the coil brackets.Im not sure which i wanna do yet.I may go with polishing them because eventually i wanna get the MSD coils also.
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