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5K views 36 replies 11 participants last post by  JFD328 
#1 ·
Hey guys,

Thinking about getting a Billet Technology CC, but don't know which color i should get. It's between black, red or blue. Just so you know I have a Maximum Steel Metallic WK2. I personally am leaning more towards the red, but I'm also thinking about getting the Mopar CAI. I hate that the Mopar's piping is stainless steel and would prefer either black for the piping or red. So the real question i am asking here is If i were to get the red CC is there any way I can spray paint and polish the Mopar CAI red to have the same sort of color as the CC. Im a little crazy and don't want to have a ton of different colors in my engine bay.

Thanks in advance,

JFD328
 
#2 ·
You should be able to color match the Mopar CAI tubing to your CC choice. I assume it can be painted or powder coated. The body shop had a DuPont guy take a pic of my anodized red BT goodies to make the paint code to match the anodized red to paint some of my under hood plastics. Anything is possible.


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#3 ·
Do you have any picture of this? I would like to see how it came out.
 
#6 ·
I did my engine bay over the course of like 8 months. My bwoody intake I order anodized red and that was the first piece. I figured red would look good with the mineral gray and black engine parts. So red was going to be my engine bay theme. I painted my hood liner "SRT" to match as a cheap mod and to add more red. One thing lead to another lol. I picked up the throttle body cover and then a few months later ordered all the BT goodies. But then it didn't seem balanced anymore, so I had the covers painted. I think I'm around $1500 for the under hood work. That's CAI, BT parts, and painting. I got my eye on a few other BT parts but I need to research if they will work.

Thanks for the compliments.

I'm not sure what color your jeep looks like, but I assume its gray, if so red should work. But it's your Jeep and your choice. Just figure out your end game before you start so you have something to work towards and not waste money changing your mind.


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#7 ·
I don't think i can go wrong with red in the engine bay with my jeep being maximum steel metallic. I feel that red really goes with every color. Im actually planning on blacking out my jeep, but i still would like some color under the hood.
 
#9 ·
Thanks spiros for the pictures of your set-up. How did you paint your engine cover red? I really like it how it adds some character to you jeep.
 
#10 ·
I wanted a blue can to somewhat match the True Blue exterior color, but ended up scoring a new Polished Billet Technology catch can on eBay for $30...so that made the decision pretty easy. ;)
 
#11 ·
I have maximum steel too and went with a polished can and the Volant. I wanted to keep it looking as close to factory as I could. But if I had to choose I would go blue because that would accent the blue flake in the paint and the blue filter on the Mopar CAI.
 
#14 ·
Hey guys,

Sorry for the late update, but i just realized i wrote my response for this thread in a different thread. Just wanted to let you all know i ordered my red CC. and an stoked to get it in the next few weeks or so.
 
#16 ·
Will do... Hope installation is easy because i am a novice at doing modifications myself.
 
#18 ·
Totally Ignorant

Before joining JeepGarage I never heard of a catch can. Reading the various threads, the best I can figure is their purpose is to keep the engine comparment clean. Is that correct? If so, do Jeep engines spew more all than others?
 
#20 ·
Before joining JeepGarage I never heard of a catch can. Reading the various threads, the best I can figure is their purpose is to keep the engine comparment clean. Is that correct? If so, do Jeep engines spew more all than others?
I've been running one in my 2011 Mustang 5.0. Keeps oil blow by out of the intake where it normally would be recirculated. I catch a lot more in the Hemi can than I ever did in the Mustang. 2k miles and mines a quarter to a third full already, took about 5k in the Mustang to catch that much and the can was half the size.
 
#19 ·
Do you know if someone wrote-up a "How to install a CC" thread? i've been looking and can't find one.
 
#22 ·
Ok. thats what I was thinking, but I just wanted to make sure.
Again, it look awesome.
 
#25 ·
Man, I am not sure if I should feel guilty about how 'not clean' I keep my engine bay....

I have to know, with the catch can on an every day driver, are you really getting better gas milage, and/or going to save the intake sensors? If so --- why would a 'catch can' not be included by the engineers with the OEM configuration?
 
#27 ·
Thats disgusting. How can jeep think that is acceptable to allow all that oil vapor to go into the engine air intake just after just 280 miles? I don't want to know how much oil vapor went into my engine air intake with just 1600 miles on it. Im glad im getting a CC in a few weeks :).
 
#29 ·
Until a couple of days ago, until HYTEK explained what they do, I had never heard of a catch can. Thanks HYTEK.

That got me searching the internet for more information. This is from the net, so I can't vouch for it's accuracy ...

But on a couple of sites it was indicated that the oil that goes back into the intake is only a problem on direct injection systems. The theory was that the fuel, in a multi port system, actually cleaned the oil off the valves before it could build up.

Then I tried to find what kind of injection the 3.6 and 5.7 use, and best I can tell they both use multi port injection.

I would appreciate some discussion on this to either confirm or refute this information. Like I said, this is all new to me and any information/opinions would be appreciated.
 
#30 ·
Just got my BT CC dropped off today. Was expecting it be come in 2 weeks, but i guess they were not busy. Hopefully i will get this sucker on soon. Not so great will cars so i might have to get it installed professionally while i have my Mopar CAi installed as well. might get that done in the next week or two.
 
#31 ·
You can do it yourself...the BT CC should have instructions in the box, same with the CAI. I have a WK1 and I'm not the best mechanic and I was able to install mine no problem. I often take them off and clean them thoroughly and have no issues.
It should look good under there!
 
#33 ·
Hey guys,

Just installed my BT Catch Can and it looks awesome, but i have a question for those people who already installed there. The first picture if of the catch can. The second and third pictures are here because i want to know if its ok for the catch can hose to be this close to the belt motor. Thanks
 

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#35 ·
I'll probably redo the installation so i can cut the hose shorter later this weekend or next week.
 
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