I decided in preparation for the X-charger I would start cleaning up my engine bay. To that end painted alot of things blue and continued my silver stripes over the radiator cover.

I know the intake manifold and air tube will be removed when the X-charger arives, but I could stop myself!

 

Looks great!

 

Awesome, I love seeing the stripes continued on the radiator cover, it's a nice touch

 

If you don't mind, what is your stripe configuration? (gaps and stripe width)

I should be getting my stripes painted in the next couple of weeks.

 

Looks great..... what prep work did you do and what paint if you don't mind me asking?

 

The small stripes are 3/4 inch, with a 3/4 inch gap, then the lagre stripes are 7-3/4.

I bought the paint from a local shop that did my bumper cover. I think it was 3M paint. I only needed about a quart, so they gave it to me in a generic can.
As far as prep work, I did a light sanding on the parts, then wash with dish soap & water.
I used a spray on prep/adhesive promoter(From PepBoys), then wiped with a clean cloth. Sprayed on the paint and let it dry overnight. I also applied a clearcoat layer that gave it a glossy look.

Thanks for the nice remarks, I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I think won't paint the supercharger blue, (when it arrives) like in manifold, Maybe silver though.

 

The X comes silver/gray.

 

did you have to use high temp for the manifold...

 

Probably should have, but since I hope to be swaping it out in a few weeks I didn't worry about high temp paint. Hopefully nothing else will get that hot.

 

Stripes on the radiator cover look great!

Why do you not have the very lower part of the bumper striped?