It was something I had to think long and hard about. The stock had was absolutely flawless but I didn't feel it would have looked right. I actually picked up another hat that I'm going to shave the EGR and I AC off of and then have it powder coated againI actually prefer the stock look of the factory intake for the b head engines. the black looks badass to but I'm just a sucker for a clean factory intake for this car, looks much better than others.