Powder coated parts are in - help me decide!

[TxCobrA98]

okay, well i had my timing chain cover, valve covers, and upper intake powder coated satin black for my engine rebuild. The plaques got discolored in the baking process, turning them gold. So i decided to get the gold material off with some nail polish remover.

http://sn95forums.com/index.php/topic,38956.0.html <---- engine rebuild

Help me out and tell me what you guys/gals like better between these two. first pic is how the upper intake looks now, second is just a photoshop.
Gold Cobra

Silver Cobra

More pics!

 

[duff daddy]

i kinda like that gold but it doesnt go with your wheels, so id say silver

 

[98mstanggt]

I say silver

 

[Dairy King]

The gold looks cool, but would be out of place. Go with silver

 

[OnyxCobra]

I gotta agree with everyone else thus far. It's not a Subaru so no gold ccasion14:

 

[Dalamar]

that looks nice Trey.

How about a red snake?

 

[TxCobrA98]

i was thinking about that Jeff, but im not sure i feel up to painting all those tiny tiny parts of the cobra lol.

 

[Dalamar]

another idea: spray all the background around the snake black, that will make it stand out more.

 

[94 DropTop]

i like the gold

 

[Dalamar]

ok, I changed my mind.
Pink. definately pink!

 

[TxCobrA98]

ok, I changed my mind.
Pink. definately pink!

haha STI style over here.. ill probably go silver, no lie. im not 100% though... ahhhhhhh

 

[2slo95fiveoh]

Silver looks good, or maybe you could get creative and mask off the intake except the Cobra, then paint the cobra red,
then wipe off the raised portions of the emblem, sort of like the red Cobra fender emblems...
like this: http://www.yourhotcar.com/productImages_thumbBIG/454296fd_45600.jpeg

 

[joekd]

I gotta say that I really like the gold but red would looks much better

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

I like the gold too, but also think it would be out of place with everything else silver.

 

[DropTopPony]

I think the gold looks sweet, i wouldn't do it but it does stand out.

 

[CC'S95GT]

man you mod guys have some weird looking parts.
BTW, gold looks better but doesn't fit with the rest of the car so go silver

 

[Jorden]

Gold looks way better and you gotta choose it because it was destiny!

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

go with a red Cobra that would look sick with all the black

 

[Paul]

Silver.

I would've sanded the parts some more before coating too, and probably went with a sheen or gloss black too, or perhaps another color altogether. It looks like the powder they used doesn't lay as flat as some I've seen. The gunmetal gray color I often use doesn't lay as flat as the mirror black.

There's some outgassing on the valve cover - it sucks because sometimes it doesn't seem to matter how long you pre-bake a part, you can still get stupid outgassing in the finish. It drives me nuts.

Looks cool man - glad you decided to get it done. :grin:

Paul.

 

[duh09]

I actually like the gold Snake. It makes it stand out a lot and you know you will never see it again. It doesn't exactly match everything else, but at the same time, its not like its purple, it works good IMO.