Hey Guys!

So I am having a dilemma!

My original plan was for all my intercooler pipes to be purple, however after custom fabrication there was no time to paint the last two before 7's Day so they were installed in polished aluminium.

Question is do I keep the polished look or add more purple?

There was lots of discussion and opinion at 7's day and the consensus was that either would look great.

So I am curious as to what the rest of you think!

Thanks!!!



PURPLE or POLISHED:




Purple or polished IC pipes?? Tough Call!





More pics in my build thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/build-thread...e-kit-1116108/

 

purple. Looks kind of out of place in the middle. Especially with the screw coloring, I would finish the intake piping, intercooler piping and even intercooler...Just an opinion of course.

 

I almost feel like the engine bay needs a little contrast to make the purple pop.

 

^ This is the exact debate we had on Friday ^


Painting them purple will make the pipes "flow" better vs looking disjointed (and who wouldn't want to add more purple to this car!).


Whereas the other view is that the polished sections contrast the purple and make it pop by preventing the engine bay becoming too dark......


It's going to be a tough call!!!

 

Keep it polished. Your intercooler will probably functions better without the purple paint. Contrast can be a good thing, especially in your case.

 

Paint them yellow then... lol

 

Well there is a difference between tasteful contrast and tasteless contrast...

 

Perfect as is.

 

Pink goes well with purple

 

Thanks for the input so far guys!

Keep it coming!

 

I get what people are saying about it looking out of place but I really like the contrast of the polished pipes.

If anything you should find other items to polish. Not ones that already purple but items such as pulleys or even a strut bar where the center piece is purple but the sides are polished (that way it is glaringly obvious that is your color scheme).

Just my $0.02

 

I really like the polished parts, if its all purple the only thing that I would notice the most would be the intercooler core and the air filters.

 

Leave it as is...looks great, as others have noted as well. The contrast makes it pop.

 

Good feedback so far - any more?

My friend is using photoshop to add purple to the above photos.....once he is done I will post back here and we can have a better comparison!

Thanks!

 

All purple or all polished... or all another color. I'd keep the Vibrant connectors, HKS BOV and IC core as-is for contrast.

HKS will also from time-to-time release limited edition colored filters. Purple is/was one of them:

 

Thanks for the input!

I actually love the yellow/purple contrast so the filter are going to stay yellow.

The only colour choices for the pipes are purple or chrome as that's the colour scheme I planned

 

My friend finished his photoshop tweak. Its not perfect but helps visualize the change.

If it was to become purple I would keep the vibrant clamps chrome though:

 

Do the intake pipe while you're at it.

 

I retract my vote.... Purple pipes & air filters but with polished: clamps, alternator, BOV, AST, intake piping. But I will still stick with the dual strut bar idea (polished sides and center frame purple or vice versa)

 

I really like the idea of the two tone strut brace. I will get one ordered and will post back with photos!