Color Matchin IC pipes or nay?

[AnthonyF]

my IC pipes came to me grey (yuck) so I painted them red and after doing a ****ty job i re-did them in black. I was going for an ALL black underhood image (my TB is black, i painted all my brackets black, EGR black, etc...) But noticing most the cars in the mags have colored pipes im wondering if I should change....

I like my black pipes but they need to be redone with a higher grit sand paper. But, would red pipes look better?

[Nemesis]

Im not sure how some get that "crinkled" powerdcoat finish but that would look sick in red.

[SampaGuy]

polished/chrome or black

color matching looks gay

[AnthonyF]

Im not sure how some get that "crinkled" powerdcoat finish but that would look sick in red.

hmm? i've never heard or seen that...


~o yea...that camera i got, 240bucks to fix it. not bad. had some sort of short in the circuit board~

[KPowerEP3]

I'm with Nemesis, crinkle red finish would be hot. You can buy it just about anywhere in a spray can. Anything would look better than mine. Some of it's GReddy factory black, some of it's bare mandrel bent pipe.

[WhiteAccord]

X2... Badass... Crinkle black would be good too..

[AnthonyF]

polished/chrome or black

color matching looks gay

polish hell no. chrome is VERY nice but VERY expensive.


~ANYONE HAVE PICS IF CRINKLE FINISH??~

[KPowerEP3]

http://www.perrinperformance.com/shared/images/products/382/587_large.jpg
http://www.perrinperformance.com/shared/images/products/188/244_large.jpg
this is a piece from a perrin performance kit, but it gets the point across

edit, they have red as well, but it's a little lighter colored.

[AnthonyF]

hmmm kinda like the STi...i like....hmmm :) i wonder where i can get that paint

[OTG Signs]

hmmm kinda like the STi...i like....hmmm :) i wonder where i can get that paint

Just have it powdered cheapass.

And I have some major **** going on to my car. You'll flip when you hear.

[AnthonyF]

ur a cheap ass! lol. hopefully something to mount to the hanging FMIC....?

[The Youngn]

They have that textured paint at Wal-Mart and places like that. Just look at it and its usually for doing metal benches and stuff like that.

I say do it gloss red though

[mocha latte cupcake]

red! no question about it. my buddy down here did his WRX's pipes kinda funny.... for the cold side he had little snowflakes and ice cubes painted on, and on the hot side he had flames done the whole way down... it looks pretty cool. but if you do PC i would definately go with crinkle red (it looks like OEM ITR VC's)

[Maniaç]

hmmm kinda like the STi...i like....hmmm :) i wonder where i can get that paintLolol.

[I_luv_chikin]

Im not sure how some get that "crinkled" powerdcoat finish but that would look sick in red.

X2

[GTScoob]

Crinkle red is like on STI intake manifolds. A lot of afermarket subaru intakes and ICs are offered in crinkle red so that everything under the hood matches. Personally I like the black pipes but colored pipes do attract more attention if you're looking for a hot car or mag worthy car.

[81911SC]

Black is just kinda "plain" ya know. Idk about some bright red but something different then the same ole same ole.

[AnthonyF]

Black is just kinda "plain" ya know. Idk about some bright red but something different then the same ole same ole.

same ol same ol is usually chrome. but that also looks the nicest. i really like the crinkled look but it might clash with the rest of the red on my beater

[I_luv_chikin]

Black pipes look fine, but if you got a red to match your paint... that would be tEh sEx.

[Kevykev]

Polish



Or do a Zebra Finish or composition notebook finish with silver and black!

That'll be some new shhhhhh.

[OTG Signs]

ur a cheap ass! lol. hopefully something to mount to the hanging FMIC....?

I'm talking to Garrett about turbo application. Hot side is already made. :D

[benny.boom]

Stick with black or go to textured black.. color matching is so lame

[Thighs]

do PC black. color matching is gay as ****. LOL @ the "all the cars in the mags" statement.

the zebra/notebook thing sounds cool too. do it in black/red tho maybe?

[AnthonyF]

PC black? zebra/notebook? what chu talkin??

[AnthonyF]

Polish



Or do a Zebra Finish or composition notebook finish with silver and black!

That'll be some new shhhhhh.

what wold that look like? Are there any pics out there like that?

[changaroo]

black black black! sneaky status!

[Thighs]

the post you quoted is what i was talking about lol

if you did zebra or comp. notebook pattern with black/red instead of black/white.

[AnthonyF]

^how in the world would i be able to pull that off? seems like a lotta effort. I'm trying to picture it in my mind but, all i can think of is HP's notebook design.

[Thighs]

well, you would have to do it in 2 layers. paint them gloss red first, then put something on them for whatever pattern you want and spray black. it wouldnt be too hard if you could find some stickers or something with that pattern.

[chituntang]

I like chrome personally. But if I have to pick a color, it would be blue...

[GaGen2Teg]

Do the red:yes:

[Kevykev]

Since your engine will but pulled out soon, Colormatch the block and head.



l to the ol

[AnthonyF]

Since your engine will but pulled out soon, Colormatch the block and head.



l to the ol

i've always color matched the block. the heads will stay silver....or should i paint those black...hmmm...i like that. I've painted everything black in my motor compartment so far

[Kevykev]

Match the heads to the color of your Fog lights.

[AnthonyF]

^^now ur just bein dumb. lol

[Kevykev]

:( Fine!

Don't be original!

[AnthonyF]

:( Fine!

Don't be original!

red and yellow? ketchup and mustard under the hood....weird. throw some hot dogs under there

[spacelion]

Black pipes dude, make that schitt stealth!

[AnthonyF]

i went with crinkle red, i will post pics later when i get them.

[atlxpat]

cars back together?

[AnthonyF]

workin on it. motor is almost done. i need to get ahold of ARP. they keep giving me a hard time. i want head studs and i wont settle for less. I still dont have enough money to get my blower back.