Group Buy: 505 Intake Manifold Round 2

[Spiced MSP]

and the excitement continues to build

 

[mazdaspeedp]

Bump

 

[505zoom]

Just got word that they are ready for me to pick up. (rockon)


Swinging down to the shop tomorrow at lunch to pick them up, and taking them straight over to the coaters.

 

[Spiced MSP]

YESSSSS!!!! best news I have heard all day

 

[spicyprotevo]

I'm so excited for this! Finally!!! woot woot

 

[Jaleik]

Any idea of when you will able to ship them? This took so long I bought a new house in the mean time and need to have it shipped somewhere else

 

[505zoom]

Any idea of when you will able to ship them? This took so long I bought a new house in the mean time and need to have it shipped somewhere else

No problem at all. I will be confirming shipping addys before I ship. Sorry it took so long.

The coater has been very quick every time I have used them for work. I am expecting manifolds to start going out from here over the next two weeks. The odds and ends have started to show up for each kit, so all of the hurdles are cleared.

 

[mazdaspeedp]

Sweet im looking forward to getting this part i really wanna use it for my build

 

[SCMP3]

Man I wish I woulda stayed on this gb since my other source bailed on me :'(

 

[2.0t03speed]

Man I wish I woulda stayed on this gb since my other source bailed on me :'(

yea yea yea get over it lol if you want trade me my hood back for the manifold lol

 

[SCMP3]

Lol tempting.....

 

[mazdaspeedp]

These are gonna be sick when there painted iwanna see pictures lol

 

[hdiddy27]

I just ordered a Corksport Downpipe and the install will be at the same time as this intake. My car is gonna be completely different. I am so excited.

 

[jbrewer4639]

Just received my ported head to pair this manifold with.

 

[505zoom]

The manifolds got dropped off at powdercoat the other day as planned... they estimated a week and a half to 2 week turnaround. We'll see how that goes with all the different colors on this batch.

I picked out all new colors from the new catalogs.

"Extreme Chrome" is now called "Ultra Chrome". Same overall look but less grey and more mirror. They are going to shoot an extra coat of clear for us to give a slight boost to the shine.

For the flat black ones I went with "Black Magic Flat Matte". This was as close as I could find to a factory plastic part, but overall it isn't much different from the black ones in the first batch.

"City Sparks" is what I chose for metallic red. The only way I can describe it is apple red mixed with fire engine red for the base, with a mix of pearl and gold flake for the second stage. Clear on top to finish it. Ends up kinda candy-ish, and it had the best mix overall when I took it back and forth from sunlight to shop light.

The gloss black was also a tough one. Ended up choosing "Misty Lava". It has almost the same mica flake that is in the black MSP's, but it's covered by a triple stage of clear so it looks piano-ish glossy in lower light.

Black chrome replica with powder just doesn't work in all lighting. I found one that looked close in the straight sun but was just really a dark grey in lower light. The guys down there also do plating and they agreed that you can't replicate black chrome with powdercoat.

 

[Spiced MSP]

awesome, thanks for the update

 

[hdiddy27]

You are kinda scarring me with the gloss black paint chip! It looks kinda brown to me

 

[Protegebuddy]

So will they be shipped when they are all are completely coated or shipped as each different batch of colors become finished?

 

[mazdaspeedp]

city sparks looks sick

 

[Jaleik]

I'm getting mine city sparks, can't wait to see it in person.