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Old 09-14-2012 | 11:51 AM
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I wimped out of the spray can job & had mine black powder coated along with all the engine sheet metal pieces, makes it all look a lot cleaner. Caliper red is an awesome colour to use though for the shroud.
Old 09-14-2012 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by WingChun
I wimped out of the spray can job & had mine black powder coated along with all the engine sheet metal pieces, makes it all look a lot cleaner. Caliper red is an awesome colour to use though for the shroud.
Pics please or it didn't happen....

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Old 09-14-2012 | 10:42 PM
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Here's my shroud. Alois had it made, and I'm told was so proud of it he hung it in his office for serveral weeks while the car was being worked on.
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Old 09-15-2012 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 993RUF
Here's my shroud. Alois had it made, and I'm told was so proud of it he hung it in his office for serveral weeks while the car was being worked on.
Your shroud (and center exhaust) were the inspiration for me painting my shroud. Of course, I used a rattle can, being a cheap bastid.
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Old 09-15-2012 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Marshy
Pics please or it didn't happen....

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I didn't take any pics before I fitted the panels , so they're not great but very pleased with the finish and it holds up well to the heat etc.
Next job will be to get the fan out and have it painted silver.
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Old 09-16-2012 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ca993twin
Your shroud (and center exhaust) were the inspiration for me painting my shroud. Of course, I used a rattle can, being a cheap bastid.
Wow, nice job. That looks really good.
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Old 12-29-2015 | 10:26 PM
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Done by the previous owner but love it.
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Old 12-30-2015 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 96PorscheTwinTurbo
Done by the previous owner but love it.
That looks great but I suspect the mesh over the engine air intake is robbing you of 50+bhp!
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Not sure about "50 HP", maybe 5. Had a guy chime in on my SS mesh, saying I was losing 25% (or more) of my intake air. If that was the case, I should have seen a spike in engine temps. Even at the track I rarely see temps above "9 o-clock". I agree that there may be some reduction in volume, but believe it's negligible. I surely don't notice any reduction in "oomph".
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ended up having mine powder coated red and it came out great. will post pix in the spring when it comes out of storage



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