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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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Yes its the ford Dark blue, by Dupli-Color Engine.

kpaulhus - Thanks for the complement. The CAI was from VMP tuning they are a great company and I highly recommend them. They do have some other blues that are lighter and I think you will find what you want.

CommanderCOOL - I'll do them for $200..lol...its a lot of work.
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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you beat me to this!!! i'm loving it... so much that I think tomorrow i'm gonna go grab paint and start laying things out!

i'm loving the blue!!!
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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Looks good, mine took 15 hours. Did you primer them first? I also went ahead and got new gaskets (car only had 8500 on the originals) under the "just in case" theory.
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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15 Hours!!! I don't understand what the heck takes you guys so long to do this...

9 coats of primer/paint/clear and 10 minute between coats. 1.5 hours plus the 5 minutes it takes to paint each coat. So we are looking at 2 hour 15 minutes in paint.

I would recommend letting dry over night, but whatever. You can't count that as time it took, that's just not fair...

Then it only take no more than 2 hours by yourself 1.5 hours with help to uninstall and reinstall...

So why is it I keep reading 9 hour 15 hours 6 hours, WHAT GIVES!?!?!? (OH YEAH AND THAT INCLUDES PAINTING THE THROTTLE BODY TOO!!!




Old Jun 16, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Man I love the look of your engine bayBoozshey.[sm=drooldude.gif]
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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Nice fuse box cover!
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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Lookin good!!
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Those that removed their stock covers and re-installed, did you just re-use the stock screws?
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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How did it take you so long? Did you include removal/installation time?
Old Jun 16, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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Yup.....I reused my stock bolts. They looked good.






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