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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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I'm thinking off painting the air boxes and front engine cover. I am thinking red to kind if mimic the brabus rocket look. Or white will also be a cool neutral color. I'm stumped on what color to do. Or do you guys think just keep the original amg silver? Any suggestion?
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 02:11 AM
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Go red. Looks good. How you gonna paint them?
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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Go red. Looks good. How you gonna paint them?
I'm thinking of getting red high heat paint from like auto zone. Taping off the maf sensor and other things like that tube that goes into the y pipe so it all stays clean. I'll keep you guys updated with pics soon.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Anyone else think it would be cool to paint the air boxes and engine cover? Or do you think just keep it the original silver?
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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Don't try to paint while the parts are on the car though.
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Old May 18, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Red with black AMG logo or white with black AMG logo would look good
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Old May 19, 2010 | 01:55 AM
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The only engine color i have liked was AMGfans. I have seen brabus, mkb, costume painted and not my taste.

Just get the carbon air box and you have the best look you can go for
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Old May 22, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Zod
The only engine color i have liked was AMGfans. I have seen brabus, mkb, costume painted and not my taste.

Just get the carbon air box and you have the best look you can go for
I was looking into the cf ones but I have heard that the fitment isn't that great. Plus I have no cf theme on my car. I like the idea of either white or red with the amg logos being black.
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What this guy said.
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Originally Posted by dacls63amg
Anyone else think it would be cool to paint the air boxes and engine cover? Or do you think just keep it the original silver?
I've done it on a few cars of mine. I have a CF cover on my CLK, but my BMW X5 has a red engine cover. That's the best I can do to give you an idea.......
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I'm probably going to go with just painting the amg badges on the air boxes black so they be color matched with the exterior of the car.
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