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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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it turned out a little more orange than i expected. But then again, its different

I just needed some accent color under the hood and now i need to do something to the intake cover

here is the before
http://www.delanofarms.net/trkv.jpg

after
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv.jpg
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv2.jpg

installed
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv3.jpg
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv4.jpg

took about 12 hours total with drying and all... if anyone is to lazy to do theirs and need's some help then just shoot me a PM. Im happy with the outcome and im picky about finish
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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Looks pretty good. Did you relocate the coil packs; if so did you use a kit or what?
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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nahh, i just hadnt bolted them down yet. Thats the only thing I hate is when those are on its only so much you can see. Still looks better than the dirty stockers
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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Looks good!
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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damn, looks alot better than I expected. Looks nice
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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yeah looks good, wana do something like that
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 98TAauto
it turned out a little more orange than i expected. But then again, its different

I just needed some accent color under the hood and now i need to do something to the intake cover

here is the before
http://www.delanofarms.net/trkv.jpg

after
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv.jpg
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv2.jpg

installed
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv3.jpg
http://www.delanofarms.net/trckv4.jpg

took about 12 hours total with drying and all... if anyone is to lazy to do theirs and need's some help then just shoot me a PM. Im happy with the outcome and im picky about finish
Dose this mean you want to do mine?
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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What kind of paint did you use?, they look good.
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 12:52 AM
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damn they look good!!! maybe a red would look good too...

what kind of paint did you use??
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 07:09 AM
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high temp paint from advance auto they had a red color, but it looked to dark and I wanted something bright to spice up the trucks engine bay

i need to do something to the intake cover now
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