so i spent maybe 45 minutes on my upper intake, i just took some 320 grit, cleaned up the ribs and lettering, threw some red paint in the ford emblem, and did a little more sanding
im eventually going to be swapping out my intakes for a ported set, so i figured what the heck, i like the scheme, so my next one will have much more time invested
the color is supposed to be ford blue j/k looks good
i knew someone was going to say that
im sick of blue, you buy a cold air kit, it has blue couplers, you buy anything aluminum thats aftermarket, its blue anodized, you buy some plug wires, theyre blue
i decided that i want to do something with red, car has a red interior, red stripe, so i might as well carry it under the hood
I wonder if some good aluminum cleaner would brighten that intake up?
I did mine in blue and I have been planning on polishing the raised portions. just so you know I had this idea too.
like the red ideal.how about painting the calipers red as well?
it probably would, but it would be more work than what i want to do, since im working on possibly getting my spare intake ported, and id redo all the work to that one, if i cant clean it up, im going to spray it with aluminum paint and then polish the faces and paint the Ford oval red like that one
well...its not like either of us were the first to do it...i got the idea from someone else, who had the idea from other people...
ive actually been wanting to for a while, i just would rather spend the 10 bucks on gas, or something i need rather than paint right now, the stuff i used i had laying around, i think the red would look badass behind my black wheels
very true I like the idea.. did you brush it in and sand the high spots? thats how I did mine with the engine enamel
i sanded most of the casting marks off, then i brushed it on, and sanded it, since the surface was pretty smooth, it came off nice and easy
Looks good. Nothing wrong with the red.