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Painting Intake Tube?

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Pepperoni

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My CAI tube is boring black and I want to spray paint it. Do you think the paint would affect intake temperature enough for me to care?
 

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what kind of tube?
 

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oh, and heck no paint wont affect your intake temp.
 

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JLT does it so can you.
 

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Nah paiting it wont make any differance. Just make sure you do all the prep work right. You dont want the paint peeling off in 6months.
 

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Here's what I came up with

 

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well if you want the intake tube to be the center of attention, well done!
 

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lol its not quite as gaudy as it looks in the picture, but yeah its a bit ridiculous

oh well, if I ever regret doing it its not a big deal
 
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