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PDQ_DSM · 10-28-2002, 07:35 PM

I thought you guys might like to see the mostly finished product.

Before:

After:

And here is my 2Gen throttle body elbo.

91TSiGuy · 10-28-2002, 08:17 PM

Did you get that valve cover on ebay? I swear I saw one just like that with a fuel rail for sale and it went for like low $30's.
Love the reverse indiglo gauges. Want to trade for regular ones?

PDQ_DSM · 10-28-2002, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by 91TSiGuy
Did you get that valve cover on ebay? I swear I saw one just like that with a fuel rail for sale and it went for like low $30's.
Love the reverse indiglo gauges. Want to trade for regular ones?

I painted the valve cover myself. Wrinkle paint from Autozone. 5 coats of it.

91TSiGuy · 10-28-2002, 09:15 PM

Alright. The one on ebay was exactly like that but done black wrinkle powder coated and looked identical.

am00re34 · 10-28-2002, 09:22 PM

where are the reverse gauges from? i want them!

PDQ_DSM · 10-28-2002, 09:56 PM

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Originally posted by am00re34
where are the reverse gauges from? i want them!

Reverse Indiglo

stevo · 10-28-2002, 10:00 PM

Doing pretty good.

Who makes that upper ic pipe?

reese · 10-28-2002, 10:15 PM

i noticed on the website for those gauges it ssays red, blue, hyper white. can switch between them or do u pick the color?

95tsiawdgst · 10-28-2002, 10:25 PM

That hose to the TB isn't ribbed inside is it?
That would cause turbulance...atleast that the way I would look at it.

dsm614 · 10-29-2002, 07:17 AM

radiator flex hose.. gotta love it...

um.. yeah... take the off ASAP.

Boostinfwd90 · 10-29-2002, 07:41 AM

How thick of coats did you use? I did the same on my cousins valve cover and it didn't really wrinkle it just make a kinda rough surface.

PDQ_DSM · 10-29-2002, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by dsm614
radiator flex hose.. gotta love it...

um.. yeah... take the off ASAP.

Look guys.. it was a temp fix until I cusom fabricate an upper to fit my new throttle elbo. It was all I could find in a pinch. It is not going to be permanent.

PDQ_DSM · 10-29-2002, 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by Boostinfwd90
How thick of coats did you use? I did the same on my cousins valve cover and it didn't really wrinkle it just make a kinda rough surface.

You have to follow the instructions on the can. You paint, then wait 5 minutes and lay on a second very heavy coat. And you just keep repeating the 5 minute wait/heavy coat process until you think you have enough. I did five coats. Then you let it dry for 24 hours. For the first hour or so I put a heat gun to it. It made it wrinkle a lot faster.

TSiAWD91 · 10-29-2002, 10:07 PM

ok the gauges you show are ALOT brighter than the ones that are in procarparts' picture.did you do anything to yours to make them brighter?or is the procarparts pic just a bad pic?those things look sweeeeet

:hail:

SleepR DSM · 10-30-2002, 02:49 PM

The car really does look great, in the pictures, and in person.

Good job Jason.