Just did my thermoblock install this week end and while unplugging all the goodies i had an idea , a can of blue caliper paint was around so i said to my self ummmmm yeahhh that should be nice at worst the engine cover will hide it so chug 2 cold ones an masked what should not be painted hang the intake,ohh by way put the left overs bolt you have and put thems in their place so any paint will end up in the hole and you won't have any between your new bolt and the intake use a good solvant to clean her up greasy as hell mask the tb and intake port ans voila! planning to paint the valve cover same color as the car and do a major cleaning job under the hood damn winter!!!And i know on the esthetic point of view its not nice as the engine cover on,but i put the thermoblock for one purpose COLDER air and whit that plastic cover on well it keeps all the heat of the engine but i don't think i'm gonna teach anybody around here just posted this to share and receive some feedbacks always good to the oipinion of others .

Ps:God i love that car

So in the next 2 week its gonna be
-New wheels tuesday[Konig Trouble 17x 7 and some fuzion ZRI 215-50-17
-AEM cai polished
-H&R sports springs whit new shox
-Rotors/EBC green stuff
-DC headers
-28% window tint
-And probably a new set of Hertz speakers

Gotta stop now wallet beginning to


heres are the pics

 

Looks good though I think red would of looked even better.

 

nice, i might try the spacers since I'm making some changes

 

Ill have to install my spacers soon too !! how many time does it took you ?
I didnt feel the blue on the intake manifold..

 

plan on a few hours for the spacers. they come with great instructions, so dont worry about that. Also, get a few cans of carb cleaner because the intake manafold and the EGR port (hole on the drivers side of the manafold) will be very dirty.

 

Ok ill buy a couple of bottle.. i also need to portmatch my tls throttle body .. dont know if ill do it by myself.. I already have my Oe types tb and intake manifold spacer here ready to be installed...

 

don't like th blue, but to each their own. A dark matt red would look sick.

 

I can see that blue is not the flavour of the month lol ,red was in my mind but the blue was a pick of my 3 year old son heheh so blue it shall be, but yes to each is own,my son really like the car he always want to help, planning to let him tackle the underdive pulley swap lol and can't wait to have the rest installed headers etc my bro is always busting my balls about is damn volvo s80 t6 i gotta smoke is ass