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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Ouch Silver, harsh...so harsh. Lol, I understand. It is alot of polish. I might tone it down with a red powder coat on the valve cover. What else hurts? I respect your opinion.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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looks really good.. i wouldnt change a thing.. im diggin the polished look
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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looks really good.. i wouldnt change a thing.. im diggin the polished look
Thanks!
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 04:36 AM
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Bling blang bit**es!
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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Maybe, since stuff is already polished, you should look into candy powder coats?

The first step in a candy is generally a highly reflective silver powder coat, a chrome coat OR a full polish. The candy coat is semi-transparent so the shine still reflects through, it's just basically tinted whatever color you want in candy coat.

A candy red would look pretty good, but only if you get the other piping coated to match
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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how are you guys getting those wires around everything without having to extend them?
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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This thread inspired me to powdercoat my valve cover ($40). Polishing seemed like too much work.

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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:41 AM
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That looks great!!!! Really clean.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Tachyon56
That looks great!!!! Really clean.
Thats because there is no wiring harness or vacuum lines installed yet.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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looks like a muscle car engine
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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Looks good, pretty sleeper looking too!!

Last edited by evo unknown; Mar 26, 2010 at 02:23 PM. Reason: typo
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Looks Great. How many hours did you put into it?
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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Looks good, I'm sure it was worth the time and effort...
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cpunlamd
Thats because there is no wiring harness or vacuum lines installed yet.
The wire tuck will have to wait until the shop is done building the motor.

Some people don't realize that there are shiny powdercoatings so I thought it was worth mentioning.
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