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Old 07-24-11, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy-KY
Sounds good!


here's a pic. now i'm super tired.

i'm sitting in a detailing shop right now getting my car hand washed in and out + full interior steam clean

ohh yea, engine shampoo too
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Originally Posted by EEngineer
if you are running a 1MZ, there are direct bolt on Y-pipes that are much beefier and flows much nicer.
OBX makes one and it is a good choice. bang for the buck
I'm running a 3VZ 5 speed, hence the sig, lol! BTW, I was thinking of buying the headers, use the y-pipe part and fabricate the pieces to fit my stock manifolds.
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very nice!
sorry for the confusion. i guess you can go the same route then, get the obx and have someone custom weld u the inlet tips to fit the 3vz
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I started a 2 week long project where I will buff out a pair of spare valve covers and paint them and replace the gasket at the same time and swap them on the car.



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I wonder how the valve covers would look if you painted them to match your brake calipers
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LOL no gold valve covers thanks! it'll just look weird
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Polished??
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Or why not straight black?
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i would love to polish my valve covers, but i don't think i have the patience to do such a task. I do work full time M-F 9~5 lol....plus a full time gf, my spare time is very limited.
so I guess I'll just have to paint mine glossy black with high heat enamel.

the sanding is almost done from like 3 evenings of work. still need to order a new PCV valve grommet.
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sick. this is my dream ES come to life. nice work sir...the camry rocked and this is even sicker!
this is charmcityES from TN.
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^the infamous corcamry now aka charmES

thanks!

your ride is very nice too
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Thanks man....i keep her clean and stockish for now
eventualy will come drop and 18in BBS when i get a prius or some ***** to DD
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no explanations needed!
more updates coming!
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Old 07-31-11, 10:34 AM
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wow! black does look good!! I dunno why i said gold to match your calipers... this actually looks much better.

I wonder what color scheme your going to go with, when you include the plastic cover that goes on the valve covers


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