Best Accent Color for DSG

BYEPOLR

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It’s polar vortex time in Michigan so it’s also the perfect time to completely overhaul the engine bay/brakes on my TT DSG Termi. Much like most of you I’m BIG on attention to detail but I cannot stand overkill when it comes to accent colors. I like tasteful with a splash of color in the right places. Then again sometimes just a variety of silver tones with no color make for a really classy presentation.

For sure I know I have the following colors/textures:
Gloss DSG
Polished metal
Satin aluminum
Various Satin and gloss blacks

Which final color(s) should I introduce? I should also add that I’m not a standard red/ ford blue guy. If I’m adding a color I want it to be unique.

Here’s the bay I’m working with. Blank slate. I’ll be removing most if not all metal visible for either powder or polish to include both intakes, valve covers, all brackets, coolant tubes, the works.
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Last year I did my mystic in all bronze chrome (satin, flat and gloss) to accentuate the root beer tones in evening light
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Can never go wrong with black. Red or blue probably wouldn't look so bad either.
 

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If any of you other DSG guys with detailed bays feel like dropping a pic please feel free!


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^^^ I really like the black accents throughout your engine bay, including the blower. The red battery is a nice touch, too.
 

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Still need to have the piping to the TB redone and get it all powder coated something similar to dsg.


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all very clean looking! Keep em coming guys! Nobody likes pops of color to go with their sinister blacks and grays? I'm having two sets of cam covers powdercoated right now (Orange pearl and bright Atlantic blue) to see which ones mesh best
 

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all very clean looking! Keep em coming guys! Nobody likes pops of color to go with their sinister blacks and grays? I'm having two sets of cam covers powdercoated right now (Orange pearl and bright Atlantic blue) to see which ones mesh best

maybe if I had some other theme going...I did the VCs to match the shaker then did everything around that. I'm basically leaving the polished head unit as the thing to stand out
 

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There was a BADASS '03 DSG back in the day for sale on here. The whole engine bay was dolled up.
And I thought I had pics saved of it, can't find em

Stainless Steel braided lines
Polished
Chrome

are the best accent colors for DSG
 

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