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I will take them

How much?

Did he do the chrome bezels as well...i sent him a pm, but havent heard back...how much was it total for your gauges. I like that chrome look, would really like the esky overlay, and do you think he would add a trans temp gauge? What do you think he would charge for it all...

Headers came in, passenger side collector was dinged....took it to my muffler guy and got him to put the flare on it and get it to look better Laid it all out...only issue i see is the O2 bung on passenger side collector is too close to the y pipe....its gonna make band clamping an issue But they look good, flanges are about 1/2" thick, maybe a hair less. And gaskets came in nice and straight, no damage.

Gotcha...think i am gonna do adhesion promoter, duplicolor paint, and i will see what kind of clear oreillys has for under hood application... Thanks guys.

I forgot we had a football thread so I am late on this comment but, boy was I glad to see Auburn win! We lost to bama but we did beat Auburn so that made me feel good, L S U !!!

Welcome aboard...funny enough my mom and her husband live in Vegas, but I have never been there lol...too far to drive for me and the fam and definitely too much to fly there lol. I will get over there one day though

Way to go bud, glad you found what you were looking for! Welcome to the site, lot of really good threads all about your new baby!

Well i figured to use an adhesion promoter, just didnt know how the valspar would hold up under the hood. I am a huge fan of valspar quality, just unsure of its ability to hold up to heat...and what clear should i use? Is there a good brand of clear y'all would recommend? I plan on wet-sanding it and compounding them like i did my tails because it makes all the difference. And how are you doing Dan? Hope everything is going better for ya man!

Yea, i have used Valspar paints with great results on wood, never used them on plastics and was leery of doing so because i wasn't sure if the clear would hold up to under hood temps without cracking or turning colors...figured i would do the fuse box, and rad cover. I have the Vortec max covers so i guess just the max in red....i love body matching, but I am sure everyone would agree that birch isn't exactly a sexy color, and not sure if it would be that great under the hood....but after cleaning the engine bay i realized it still needed some flair. The engine covers came out really good, but all the color flaked off the vortec max logo on them and that is what is making me want to paint them.. I would like to paint the reservoirs too but have never removed a master cylinder reservoir before. Figure the rad overflow would be easy to pull though. May look for some plain covers for them and paint those instead.

Late to this, but thats badass, reminds me of "Dexter"

Alright so I have tinted my taillights and they came out really good, plus some furniture for my boys, so my rattle can hand has gotten pretty good. I want to paint my engine covers, for those that have done this, any tips or hints. I have waxed and tire shined them, so i know i will have to wag and grease them, but should i sand them before painting? Also i cant for the life of think of me what color to do them. Truck is silver birch, so a loud color probably wouldn't go with it. Maybe gloss black would be the best, but i do have the max logos on the side and a painted red bowtie to match so red may work...i dont know just tossing around some ideas.... What paint did you use? Duplicolor? Yes, i know i could take it to a paint shop, but I would rather do it. Trust me, when i go into something and think I probably cant do it, i hand it over to those who can, this is not one of those things.

I just dont get why they all are 2 1/2"....if they would have been 3" i prolly would have considered them just because they probably look good under the hood... But i chose function over form...1 3/4 but that is fine, my truck is pretty much stock and am glad i didnt shift my peaks higher in the band

Just gonna copper spray the gasket, might buy that 50$ kit that bolts to the accessory bolts on the back of the head.

I dont know anyone that i trust enough to do it...i do have a buddy that helicoiled some header bolts on his z06 back in the day but it is just such a tight space, and no one i know has a welder. I have read up on using the washer and nut welded to get it out.

Jason, how do you like the 305s? Are your wheels 8.5" wide?

PB blast is magic...dont understand how the hell it gets in there, but as long as it creeps i don't care how...there is already one manifold bolt broke at no fault of my own, so i am gonna make sure that i dont break one.

Keep it up and you will be offering 150000.00 before you know it lol Glwts btw