View Poll Results: How should I paint the intake
Pewter
18
37.50%
Flames like style on the car
15
31.25%
True Flames
8
16.67%
Dont paint it
7
14.58%
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Poll: Painting my intake
Painting my intake I thought I'd post a poll on peoples thoughts on painting my the LS6 intake I got recently. I just am not sure what to do. The only trouble I see with painting it with flames like the car is it the design wont flow very well due to the bumps. The type flames like I have on the car need a flat surface in my opinion but who knows I might be able to get it to look right. Also if I went with true flames would it clash with the other flames? 
I have also thought of just painting it pewter to match the body of the car and even pondered orange but I think that might be too garish?? 
I have also thought of just painting it pewter to match the body of the car and even pondered orange but I think that might be too garish?? Last edited by Flamin' bird; Nov 18, 2006 at 09:06 PM.
That's what I've been leaning more towards....Blue Tumbler said they would look good too. But I think the True Flames would need to be the same colors as the ones on the car to look right. Maybe I should photoshop it 
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Thanks for all the replies everyone. So now it's either pewter or pewter w matching flames like the car. My concern now is the temp the intake gets to and the paint holding up. I've talked to Stryker about it and he didnt use any high temp paint but when I didnt and did my FRC's the paint bubbled up and really looked bad. Could be just because it was regular can paint but not sure. Anyway I'd use high temp paint this time and although it wont be an exact match I hopefully can get it close to the colors. Otherwise I may just go with a pewter color and play it safe 
Originally Posted by Flamin' bird
Thanks for all the replies everyone. So now it's either pewter or pewter w matching flames like the car. My concern now is the temp the intake gets to and the paint holding up. I've talked to Stryker about it and he didnt use any high temp paint but when I didnt and did my FRC's the paint bubbled up and really looked bad. Could be just because it was regular can paint but not sure. Anyway I'd use high temp paint this time and although it wont be an exact match I hopefully can get it close to the colors. Otherwise I may just go with a pewter color and play it safe
Flames arent red Spuds......they are orange. It's PPG's Orangerot to be specific 
Its a color that was supposedly only on the Porsches. It was the closest to the original candy orange I had on there that the painter could find. One day I saw a Porsche in that color going down the road....was very pretty . Never saw one again
Its a color that was supposedly only on the Porsches. It was the closest to the original candy orange I had on there that the painter could find. One day I saw a Porsche in that color going down the road....was very pretty . Never saw one again 
I'm liking pewter.
True fire would look off I think.
I do like your style of flame over true fire tho, so I guess im biased.
I see the front flames as more cartoonish than what the true fire stuff would look.
If you could do pewter matching the engine bay and body, and do the flames similar to the front, that would be ideal.
If your doing the Lid aswell, i'd almost like to see, more orange there and fade to purple around the intake, to keep with the feel of the hood all throughout the engine bay.
But that's just me.
Who's doing the painting, sounds like a tough job.
True fire would look off I think.
I do like your style of flame over true fire tho, so I guess im biased.
I see the front flames as more cartoonish than what the true fire stuff would look.
If you could do pewter matching the engine bay and body, and do the flames similar to the front, that would be ideal.
If your doing the Lid aswell, i'd almost like to see, more orange there and fade to purple around the intake, to keep with the feel of the hood all throughout the engine bay.
But that's just me.
Who's doing the painting, sounds like a tough job.
Originally Posted by DirtyJohn
I'm liking pewter.
True fire would look off I think.
I do like your style of flame over true fire tho, so I guess im biased.
I see the front flames as more cartoonish than what the true fire stuff would look.
If you could do pewter matching the engine bay and body, and do the flames similar to the front, that would be ideal.
If your doing the Lid aswell, i'd almost like to see, more orange there and fade to purple around the intake, to keep with the feel of the hood all throughout the engine bay.
But that's just me.
Who's doing the painting, sounds like a tough job.
True fire would look off I think.
I do like your style of flame over true fire tho, so I guess im biased.
I see the front flames as more cartoonish than what the true fire stuff would look.
If you could do pewter matching the engine bay and body, and do the flames similar to the front, that would be ideal.
If your doing the Lid aswell, i'd almost like to see, more orange there and fade to purple around the intake, to keep with the feel of the hood all throughout the engine bay.
But that's just me.
Who's doing the painting, sounds like a tough job.
Here's a pic of what the engine bay looks like now minus the FRC's.
Last edited by Flamin' bird; Nov 21, 2006 at 09:10 AM.