Lets see your LT1 intake!!!
Lets see your LT1 intake!!! Just curious as to what colors people have painted theirs, and how creative some of you have gotten.
I will be polishing mine over the weekend hopefully.
I will be polishing mine over the weekend hopefully.
Originally Posted by scrmnws6
I will be polishing mine over the weekend hopefully.
Good luck polishing it. I was considering doing this but after talking to a bunch of professional polishers they tell me it is very difficult and messy to do because of the high sulfur content in the aluminum in our intakes. I am just getting mine powder coated and it'll be done!
Originally Posted by scrmnws6
Just curious as to what colors people have painted theirs, and how creative some of you have gotten.
I will be polishing mine over the weekend hopefully.
I will be polishing mine over the weekend hopefully.
I'm thinking about just biting the bullet and paying to have it chromed.
Last edited by thesoundandthefury; Apr 7, 2006 at 09:58 PM.
Yes it is dirty and yes the nose is a couple colors due to a deer at 40mph 
, but check out the intake in front of the TB.
If you had a b-body you wouls have SEVERAL choices of intake like this. Works with the stock hood too.
, but check out the intake in front of the TB. If you had a b-body you wouls have SEVERAL choices of intake like this. Works with the stock hood too.
Yeah, I've heard that before as well. Wish I knew this before I bought my polishing kit from Eastwood.
Im still playing with the idea of painting it red, but I dont want it to be an eye sore. Polished would great if the aluminum was actually good to polish to begin with. I guess Ill just use that kit to polish up my TTII's.
Oh well. Post up some pics of painted intakes so I can get a good idea of what they look like. I am split between painting it red, silver, or black. My car is black. I was thinking red to match the Delteq coils Im going to paint red.
Im still playing with the idea of painting it red, but I dont want it to be an eye sore. Polished would great if the aluminum was actually good to polish to begin with. I guess Ill just use that kit to polish up my TTII's.
Oh well. Post up some pics of painted intakes so I can get a good idea of what they look like. I am split between painting it red, silver, or black. My car is black. I was thinking red to match the Delteq coils Im going to paint red.
Depending on how impatient I get with waiting on a chrome job to come to fruition, this is the stuff I was considering as a Plan B:
This is what you start off with for a base
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And with tinted clearcoat, you can get this
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Or this
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It's called "MetaLust" http://www.motostorm.com/gpage1.html
This is what you start off with for a base
And with tinted clearcoat, you can get this
Or this
It's called "MetaLust" http://www.motostorm.com/gpage1.html
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Ive had my intake painted several colors, last one was bright GM orange, on my new 355 the block and intake are painted to match with metal flake Pontiac baby blue. pics are on my car domain.
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Originally Posted by thesoundandthefury
Depending on how impatient I get with waiting on a chrome job to come to fruition, this is the stuff I was considering as a Plan B:
that stuff looks good! $450 a gallon? how much would i need a for an average intake
since were on the subject, i need an intake for my ride (94 Z28), any recommendations and where the best place is to order 1 online
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Originally Posted by 96silverram
Very nice Zepher, does LOKAR make that throttle cable for the 96 LT1's (6spd car) ??
btw, my 86 Trans Am with that LT1 had 93 Trans Am pedals in it with a 96 T56.
damn you guys have nice detail and clean engine compartments. mine is covered in dust and road dirt, oil, and coolant. of course the last few times ive worked on my car I worked to get it running not to make it look good.
