just a thought, if you have a CAI as well. wouldnt this cause some effects if more heat was now created under your hood? the whole pupose of the CAI is to pull in cold air, well if this causes that much of an effect then the CAI would now be neutralized. your (minimal but still noticable) horsepower would be gone because you would be pulling in mixed air just like if you had a stock filter box still on there. well maybe not as much so to that effect but i think it would do something dont you?

i like the idea of painting/polishing it. and i think fastball was just trying to point out that you shouldnt go be an idiot and try to do it right after you drove your car. more like after your done driving your car, you wake up and its been sitting out and its cold all night. just my $.02