I'm wondering if it still wouldn't be a good idea to buy one of these without powdercoat and send it out to be ceramic-coated; especially if Joe Black (or anybody else on their own) creates a heat shield for the cone-filter.

I like the look of the powdercoat but still would like to go the ceramic-coat route...perhaps powdercoating afterwards for aesthetics.

I've even given some thought to perhaps running naca ducts to the cone filter which would have a heat shield between the filter and engine and ceramic coating on the intake-tube to motor?

Perhaps run Naca Ducts from the grille holes adjacent to the turn signals under the main grille or create vents on the front cladding or pull in cool air from behind bumper somewhere???