My hood vent is slowly returning back to it's natural state without any paint. Anyone elses fading? Whats a good paint that wont fade? I was thinking a high temp engine paint.

 

I painted mine with silver engine block paint and it came out great

 

YOu got any paint left over, I can use I've got the same issue...

4-BNGR

 

i painted mine with a 500F silver paint to match my apex silver... looks like the ralliart ones now hehe

 

I painted mine red looks pretty cool now, it fades due to heat thats all

 

Take that POS out. I removed mine the day I brought the car home.

I do like the aluminum Ralliart vent. Too much money though.

 

The fad was making the car look cheap, so I got these ralliart

 

took mine off too, fading not an issue. I like the Black though for my Red Evo, it goes good with the tires and dark tint I have. (when it's in)

 

For those that have removed their vents, what do you do when:
1) it rains like cats and dogs while driving
2) you don't have the luxury of having a garagde at home

I fear that all the electrical goodies inside the engine will protest rather loudly?

 

Well I have fading too.
Thinking of just removing the rest of the paint so it matches 100%.

Heres mine with some fade action..

 

those are alright looking. Anyone got a red with red vent? with pix?

 

I take my vent and since I have the stock intake box, it wont matter if it rains. It doesn't go into the right side of the engine bay, the intake box blocks it all

 

I painted mine black with DuPont Imron, it's been a year and a half and no fading. The factory coating is a royal pain in the *** to remove. I finally found some aviation stripper that took it off, but nothing else would touch it.

 

Those were not available when i painted mine. they look great but im happy with my cheap DIY compared to the price those vents are going for.

 

Great, at least I know what I have to look forward to..