Painted My CP-E CAI

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Painted My CP-E CAI

Postby RichB » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:14

I recently purchased a used CP-E CAI and painted it black. I took some pics along the way. What do you think?

Before
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Sanded & Prep'd for Primer
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Primered
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Painted and Drying
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Finished!
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Now I have to install this baby then paint my IC pipes black.
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Postby TheNewBlack » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:14

What kind of paint did you use?
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Postby RichB » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:14

I used Dupli-Color high temp paint (They sell it at autozone)
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Postby Regulator » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:14

Looks much better! When I first looked at the pics I thought the intake was for an MS6 and I was thinking holy crap this guy bought a completely bent and ruined intake lol. Then I saw your MS3 avatar picture :lol:
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Postby RichB » Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:14

Ha Ha, would you have pointed it out or waited until I tried to install it to rub it in?
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Postby RichB » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:14

I finally got the CAI installed. I also painted my IC piping. Here's how it looks:

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Postby Regulator » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:14

Looking good! Any plans to paint the valve covers to finish off the look?
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Postby RichB » Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:14

Yea, thinking about it.
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