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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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yooo whats good everyone?....i was bored the other day....so i took out my piping and painted it black.....what do u guys think???

Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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I like it. What kind of paint did you use?
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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very nice. same question as above!
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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i used dupli-color....engine enamel.....in gloss black
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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woah it looks clean... almost looks like it came that way
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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thanks .... only took like an hour or soo
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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man... must be nice to be able to get you intercooler pipes out and painted in an hour... i must be slow...
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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Wow that looks very cool. I never thought that would look so good, but it really conceals it and makes it look very stock.
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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lol yea it looks....OEM....i want to take the intercooler out next and spray that next :-D
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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dont use the enamel paint on the intercooler, that will defeat hte purpose of an i/c it will only retain heat.

use black radiator paint, works great, and looks even better
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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yea...im not using enamel paint on the intercooler.....but i dont know if im going to paint it at all
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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black intercooler FTW
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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lmao.....little lazy....dont want 2 take it out...LMAO
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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NICE! I was gonna powder coat mine xxxx black (not say what black yet) and now I'll know what it looks like.
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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yea it looks tough
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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My IC's already black :D

Looks good - I might have to do that...
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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Looks really good and stealthy Dagreat1 whens ripp gonna tune that beast cant wait to see your numbers Ripp built the motor for u?? they also get u that bigger turbo and how did you blow the original 18G? also you must have or are going to have Major traction issues on the street.

also krd did perry ever install that dezod partial throttle ems for you and how did it come out and nice 1/4 mile times by the way congrats car seems to be running good.
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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hrm.. looks friggin sweet... think ill paint my cai pipes.. maybe NB? anyone know where i can find nautical blue in a can? lol
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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whens ripp gonna tune that beast cant wait to see your numbers Ripp built the motor

Na i didnt have Ripp Mods build my engine up....It was a company called NRG Tech out in Bay shore NY....I would def recommend them anyone on this forums...they did great work...tunning is in the progress right now.....AND LOOK WHAT I JUST GOT IN THE MAIL......



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you are seriously going to blow your motor kid, 20psi + nos, even with a built engine thats pushing it.



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