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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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Default Gave my Stainless DC header a different look - yay or nay?

So a few months ago I brought my header back to life. It went from this:



To this:



But I got a little tired of the polished look, so I gave this a shot and it looked weird at first:





But then it turned gold and beautiful









Bling!



I think it looks much better now, more purposeful and less blingy
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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That looks damn good!! What did you use on the header??

And what intake arm do you have on the car?

That bay looks sick, good job as always
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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R u kidding?! YAY for sure! Nice lookin bay!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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much better, love how it turned out.. did you use a brillo pad?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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Good work! How'd you do it?

btw check my av
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Time for a mugen intake. That OEM aint cutting it
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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YAY!!!!!!!! POST A HOW TO!!!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by option_2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YAY!!!!!!!! POST A HOW TO!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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Default Re: Gave my Stainless DC header a different look - yay or nay? (Brewer)

nice, i like how they came out
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Is that the spray that turns steel to a Gold tint?
Looks like it but you never know
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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I &lt;3 your engine bay
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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brewer's bay = CLEAN!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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very clean
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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NICE i LIKE THE WAY IT TURNED OUT LOOKS NEW AND IT GIVES IT THAT JDM LOOK
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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brewer you love messing around with that header when youre bored huh , looks absolutely sick man
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Gave my Stainless DC header a different look - yay or nay? (Brewer)

Can you do that to my Comptech stainless 1-piece? Please?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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squeaky clean!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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yay!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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What happened to your ARC intake?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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I love a good detail project.
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC4KiD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What happened to your ARC intake?</TD></TR></TABLE>

If i remeber correctly he took it off cuz it made less power than what he has on there now.

By the way Brew you are such a pic *****
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by option_2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YAY!!!!!!!! POST A HOW TO!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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looks good
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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it looks like brushed stainless
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;-----i'm a brewer also

i so want to know what you did to make that header look that great..
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