Which would you rather use?

[silverWS6]

Okay so i have both the slp lid with a k&n filter and the k&n fipk2. I like the fipk2 cause well it looks pretty sweet but I've read that it sucks a lot of hot air in and it does get dirty quick for me. The slp lid well it just whatever to me and i do wanna do some nice paint scheme with it or something but i havent decided what i want. Anyways I'm pretty sure there isn't much or maybe any hp difference. So which would you use?

Pics of each:

[ff_jeff]

I have seen a lot of the slp's... but non of the other. I willing to guess there is probably a reason.

[silverWS6]

I have seen a lot of the slp's... but non of the other. I willing to guess there is probably a reason.

The fipk2 is like $300 i think so that may be why Only reason i have it is cause it came with my car when i bought it

[ls1camino]

I love the clean look of the lids...Volant and FIPK2 are not good looking imo.

Also, I think there is not much difference in hp numbers...I'd say lid is more.

[Firebirdjones]

I like the clean look of a nice lid. That other thing is just fugly and looks completely out of place.

[karpetcm]

SLP lid looks much better.

[xmarkx]

your strut tower brace is bad ass, what company is that from?

[allbaugh_04]

SLP

[silverWS6]

your strut tower brace is bad ass, what company is that from?

Thanks, its from Hotchkis. Im not sure what the retail price on it is. I only have it cause i got it off a wrecked SS at a junkyard for $50



Yea i like the clean look of the lid too but the fipk2 looks like it really gets the ram air job done I really wanna paint my lid but idk what to do with it so it'll stand out but not so much.

[bryceslu]

Definitly the Lid. as said above...looks so much cleaner and not out of place.

[sjsingle1]

i luvs my KN fipk2

[Firebirdjones]

I really wanna paint my lid but idk what to do with it so it'll stand out but not so much.

For ideas on that I can tell you what I did. I'm also more of a subtle person and don't like things to jump out too much.
My wifes is silver like yours, and her car had a carbon fiber lid (from somebody, I don't know where or what) but it had some cracks in it I had to fix (stupid carbon fiber crap is brittle).
After I fixed and sanded the cracks I had to paint it something to cover the repairs, so I just painted it body color (silver). It doesn't really stand out and kinda just blends with the rest of the car.

[nuckingfutzz]

I say go with the SLP setup

[silverWS6]

For ideas on that I can tell you what I did. I'm also more of a subtle person and don't like things to jump out too much.
My wifes is silver like yours, and her car had a carbon fiber lid (from somebody, I don't know where or what) but it had some cracks in it I had to fix (stupid carbon fiber crap is brittle).
After I fixed and sanded the cracks I had to paint it something to cover the repairs, so I just painted it body color (silver). It doesn't really stand out and kinda just blends with the rest of the car.

Yea i kinda wanted to do this but i was afraid it would stand out too much. Do you have any pics of it? I might add a Firebird on it too

[Firebirdjones]

Here you go, sorry for the delay, I had to go out and snap this one, not a great shot since it's sitting in the garage, hopefully it will help though.

[silverWS6]

Here you go, sorry for the delay, I had to go out and snap this one, not a great shot since it's sitting in the garage, hopefully it will help though.

That looks pretty good, i just might start sanding mine here soon and throw on the fipk2 meanwhile

[Firebirdjones]

Thanks. Honestly I would have just painted it black, but I already had paint mixed and sitting around from when I made that shock tower brace and painted that silver, so I thought, why not.

In the end, nobody sees it anyway, the car is just a driver for my wife, I don't take it anywhere to show it, and if I did the hood would stay shut anyway

[35th-ANV-SS]

One of the few items from SLP worth a damn....the lid.

[Firebirdjones]

One of the few items from SLP worth a damn....the lid.

Ya I run the SLP lid on our other SS, and the neck rubs the bottom of the hood, other than that I have no complaints.

The lid in the picture of my wifes car actually fits better and doesn't rub anything, but I have no idea who makes that one. It was on the car. I can tell you it's carbon fiber though, and that's my only complaint on that one.

[35th-ANV-SS]

Ya I run the SLP lid on our other SS, and the neck rubs the bottom of the hood, other than that I have no complaints.

The lid in the picture of my wifes car actually fits better and doesn't rub anything, but I have no idea who makes that one. It was on the car. I can tell you it's carbon fiber though, and that's my only complaint on that one.

I have the "Blackwing" SLP lid and mine doesn't fit "perfect", but I have no complaints with it either.