alex91n/a

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anyone got any good ideas on what colors i should do? i want to do 2 different colors. i was thinking yellow and silver or maybe yellow and blue.. let me know any ideas

Gurew

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pink and green

jjwalker

Hmmm. I say Black irons and red rotor housings. Should go well with a red car, assuming that is your car in the pic.

SirCygnus

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yellow and doo doo brown.

Gurew

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jjwalker

Damn dude, you drink enough gatoraide? Kidding aside, I like the engine.

Gurew

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hell no dude, its hot as a ************ here in az...gotta get my drink on while messing with these grenade cars

btw im dallas born and raised well garland/richardson/plano area raised

i just build this engine and it was sold before christmas

Gurew

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here is another engine

Battle Cat

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my motor

alex91n/a

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damn those are all pretty good ideas, the green and black is pretty sick. especially since my sway bars are lime green, and so are my strut tower braces... it might be a cool theme lol. the bad part about green and red is i dont wana have a christmas rx7

magus2222

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sorry jaime, gotta blow your engine out of the water.......


powder coat it, you wont regret it!!

Lloyd

Battle Cat

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its all good lloyd, yours is awesome ,,,


but im more of a purple kind of guy lol

arghx

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i vote for doo doo brown

pfsantos

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Red irons, silver housings on a red car.

But the black/blue and purple/black engines shown are gorgeous. The others are nice too but not too crazy about the color combinations.

amp

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leave em alone.. never understood the reasoning behind the painting..
its not like you can see em once its installed..

nycgps

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at least you know that "it looks freaking cool" before its installed. LOL

Aaron Cake

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It really depends on you tastes. If you are looking for easy maintenance, then you can't go wrong with black irons and silver/gun metal rotor housings. Black and red is also popular, as is black and blue or black and natural.

Are you planning to resell the car at some point? If so, stick to black/silver.

clokker

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No matter what color combo strikes your fancy, the most pertinent question is not "How cool does it look on the engine stand?" but "How much work am I willing to do to keep it looking this way?"

A good rule of thumb...the shinier and lighter the finish- case in point, a high gloss bumblebee yellow- the worse it'll look getting dirty in the engine bay, so the harder you'll have to work to keep it up.
This holds true for polishing metal also.
Shiny intercooler piping looks great...till it's covered in fingerprints and scratches.

Basically, the more colorful your parts, the more labor to maintain.

So, how committed are you?

joeylyrech

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i painted mine the same color as the car and wheels,i have a blue 7 with gunmetal wheels and polished lip so the motor is the same way,when i got the car repainted i got all 3 irons painted and clear coated,housings powercoated gunmetal,water pump housing,water pump,filter neck everything matches,intakes(upper and lower)polished,same with the greddy elbow and T-body.

Battle Cat

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WRONG!!!

you can see mine really clearly. since i have 0 emissions, and nothing under the manifold..

single turbo ftw

Gurew

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just a lil info i learned today about powdercoated irons....not a good idea...400 degrees for 30min does wonders on the metal itself and can cause warping which leads to uneven compression etc...

magus2222

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wrong. 100%. you can see the engine i posted. did the whole thing powder, had to coat the housings twice, once for chrome, once for blue. the irons were only 1 coat. i followed columbiacoatings.com instructions. 375 for 15 minutes. you have to preheat the irons and housings though.
spec'd the housings and irons afterwards, perfectly flat and true, no problems.
plus, look at it this way, if the engine stays at around 200 degrees for hours on end if you drive that much, the up to 400 degrees for a few minutes......come on. im just coming at it from a professional standpoint. i have powder coated engines, blocks, heads, VW tins, w/e.

Lloyd

Gurew

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to each their own, i wouldnt risk it. looks sick though!, now uv activated powdercoats..i like that idea

RTRx7

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Splatter paint them.

magus2222

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of course youre a purple kinda guy, look at your pants..........LOL

Lloyd