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throttlebodies are *IN*



Scott,

Very very nice. I like the color a lot. What kind of header is that?

1) Leave the shocks yellow

2) Paint the valve cover body color and just shine the raised "fins"

-- Craig


>From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: throttlebodies are *IN*
>Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 10:08:44 -0400
>
>Can you believe it? After seven years of build up my Mk1 is actually coming
>together. The engine bay is now painted in VW "ink blue". With that done 
>and
>the paint hardened, we dropped the motor and trans in there yesterday. The
>really fun part was installing the throttlebodies, themselves. The pictures
>speak for themselves, so I'll let them:
>
>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/williams892/throttlebodies/
>
>Okay, now I've got to figure out what color to paint my struts/shocks.
>Yellow dampers (Bilstein Sport front/Koni adjustable rear) just don't jive
>with the rest of the car. Can y'all make some suggestions? I don't want to
>paint them black and have them disappear entirely in my wheel wells. Nor do
>I want a garish-looking contrast. Please help! :^)
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Scott F. Williams
>NJ Scirocco nut
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>
>
>
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