That WRX would look a lot better with a silver intercooler haha.

 

Nope.

 

Here's a great black paint for the I/C http://www.nicindustries.com/page.asp?navid=162.

NIC also makes a good thermal barrier paint for the exhaust, turbo, header and pistons.

 

I think Id have the general concensus here. I mean, I dont think its 1/2 as bad as that EVO picture above it but a nice polished FMIC on a black car? Comeon..... flat black... no chance.

 

I beg to differ. This car has been posted on several different automotive forums and you are the first to make a negative comment on the black fmic. You have to keep in mind that your opinion is obviously biased and way off base because you think all black fmics look stupid so you would say the same thing to any car with a black fmic. With that being said, you fail to see how the combination of smoked JDM headlights and a black fmic on a black wrx make it flow more naturally.

Plus think of the other advantages. No more unwanted attention from cops, vandals, and thieves. Being able to hustle cocky high horsepower car owners. I'd rather have the black fmic just on these advantages alone than a silver one just to try to impress people who think it "looks cool."

EvoDriven....Out.

 

The WRX looks sharp. That APS intercooler is a monster. I like the clean look of the black IC and don't really care if it fools anyone. I just don't think there is anything appealing about having a big silver block filling your front grill.

 

I didnt mean to make it seem like it looks "bad". I just think it would look a lot better with a nice polished FMIC. The WRX looks good though. However, please dont try and tell me that blue EVO above it looks good because thats the opposite of the spectrum by most means! I dont think all black FMICs look "stupid" I just think polished ones look better and Im not about hiding what I have. Cops dont pull me over because I have a front mounted intercooler, thats just ridiculous. As for hustling cocky car owners well, if theyre that nieve to think a 4cylinder turbo'd car is going to race them and "doesnt have a FMIC" looks like you didnt need to fool them, they fooled themselves.

 

Have to agree with you there. Don't know exactly what the owner was thinking by painting it black then imprinting "Evo VIII" on it

 

as much as I though you where right about that. YOur wrong. I went for a job interview yesterday and one of the interviewers seriously asked if I had an extra radiator in the front of my car. I was thinking to my self. I'm about to apply for a job at a place where people would ask questions like, "does your car have an extra radiator. Honestly know, It makes me have second thoughs on working for these people. Who in the hell would have TO F'in RADIATORS. I just wanted to look at him and say in the Jeff Foxworthy voice, Here's your sign. LOL....


-Chad-

 

From a distance, de-winged and de-badged, it could be hard to tell, you might get the usual idiot struggling to catch up then realizing the mistake....and have that stupid look on his/her face as they try to play it off. I have had this happen already even with no sleeper look.....yet.
Same with an 02' s2000, put a black grill over the intercooler, you wouldn't believe some of the "oh sh*t, didn't know it had a turbo" looks I got after 2 minutes of revving on me trying to bully me around.
04' STI, debadge and winged, placed a regular WRX wing on it, now others can tell with wheels, calipers, scoop, but most people couldn't tell.
01' GSXR1000 cutstom paint and placed factory replica 600cc stickers in factory locations, hehehe, can't tell you how many bikes would try me. Had a fella in Daytona break his helmet once thinking his gsxr600 had something wrong since I beat him badly 4 times and with a passenger.

All these cars, bikes have what I call "signatures" to tell them from the norm..... like calipers, wheels, scoops, swing arms, forks, etc. But realisticly on the road moving.....especially at night, it's hard to tell. Experienced this since 02'.....

Back on topic, I like the sleeper look.

 

I've been running the stealth look for a while and love it. Cops don't pay so much attention to me since I blacked out my FMIC and replaced the Big *** Wing with a smaller Ralliart wing

 

yea im going to the less noticed effect also

might get a black IC, just keep everything black but noticeably clean in person.

damn the summers tho, it gets hott

 

that intercooler on that subie is nothing but MASSIVE!!!! lol jeez that is huge

 

I thought this was "evo show & shine" not "evo stealth & hide"

 

bump for a really old thread...

...has anyone else had their front mount intercooler anodized black?? I'm looking at getting a Buschur Racing FMIC and want to see some better pics of black intercoolers, being that I am thinking of having it anodized before installing it.