dropped all intake pieces / FMIC off to get satin black heat dispersant coating on some pieces and satin black thermal barrier coating on the others. also, didn't like the blue GTM connectors for the intakes to throttle bodies so i went and ordered some red ones. intakes should match the crossmember and the red i think will look pretty good against the satin.
about to go in the garage and mount the alternator, powersteering pump, idler pulleys and hopefully if I have time, install the drive belt!