GT Bill I think all of them will be out of warranty by now. Mine had not warped yet but I changed them with petunia's side and top vents. Shadowman did the painting for both sets. My car is white/blue stripe and I stayed with the stock colours. Shadowman did a perfect job matching, you can't tell if they are the stock or new ones unless you touch them and feel the difference.
Clam Shell Vents
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GT Bill I think all of them will be out of warranty by now. Mine had not warped yet but I changed them with petunia's side and top vents. Shadowman did the painting for both sets. My car is white/blue stripe and I stayed with the stock colours. Shadowman did a perfect job matching, you can't tell if they are the stock or new ones unless you touch them and feel the difference.
NJF
GT Owner
fjpikul
GT Owner
NJF, it's a matter of taste.I prefer the stock look and have been extremely pleased with the stock look billet. There are picture here for comparison.
AJB
GT
I just received my stock-look billet parts from pe2unia -2 top and 2side and oil filter cover---lovely. I plan to leave them in the bare aluminium condition with the small cutter-tool-cutter-path markings left on them. I would like to put a protective coating on them before installing. Pe2unia gave me some recommendations but I was wondering if anyone has 'clear-coated' their parts and did it last? crack, yellow, chip etc over time?
I plan to install after Christmas.
AJB
I plan to install after Christmas.
AJB
Ford replaced mine under warranty 12/28/2010 - they also replaced the ducts that are covered by lemans stripes under warranty as well
NJF
GT Owner
AJB
GT
I just got mine back clear-coated. The shop that did mine:
1. cleaned carefully
2 used standard automotive body panel clear-coat
3. used bake oven to bake the parts.
As stated earlier, I did not polish or remove any of the tooling marks.
They look beautiful - totally clear.
I will install once the weather gets above 20 degrees F. here in Detroit !
AJB andy
1. cleaned carefully
2 used standard automotive body panel clear-coat
3. used bake oven to bake the parts.
As stated earlier, I did not polish or remove any of the tooling marks.
They look beautiful - totally clear.
I will install once the weather gets above 20 degrees F. here in Detroit !
AJB andy
fordgt6
GT Owner
If I purchase a set of clamshell vents , can I still get Shadowman to paint them. They are for a white car with blue stripes. Thank You
fjpikul
GT Owner
ShadowMan didn't paint them. He had a good paint guy that did it for us in CA. Excellent work, but you should be able to find a good shop in FL or closer.
MAD IN NC
Proud Owner/ BOD blah bla
FordGT6, to what Frank said, that was then, today suggest you "search" the forum and find the color code for the blue stripe (i know its here in the forum somewhere) which will give you the recipe to have them painted or powder coated....
I like Frank went stock for the top vents as I went through 3 sets of Ford replacement parts pre billet. Also think about replacing the long side vents on the clamshell as originals also warp and Pe2unia also milled those "stock" replacements.