Car looks good man. Glad to see your taking care of her :-)
i would reroute the fuse box, get all the tubes running from the coolant reservoir the same color (preferably black), and get rid of all that blue and red wiring, either tuck it, or get new black product. other than that i wouldn't change a whole lot.
oh and take all the stickers off the radiator cover, i love mine now that there's nothing on it.
looks clean though bro, nice work.
also, and this is just a personal preferance thing here, i would polish the idi cover instead of black. but that's just me. also, anything else in the bay that can be polished, polish it.
Thanks Luke, I am glad to see you are checking up on her. Everything has been going great. I have changed the interior a bit and a few exterior changes and I have it really where I want it and could not be happier with the car. Thanks again for everything.
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there's an example of the radiator cover with no stickers
and a rerouted fusebox
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It was polished but I had a hard time keeping it clean and it didn't look right with the supercharger not being polished to me, so I had a stock IDI done in black so it would be easier to clean and match everything else. I spent hours trying to clean up the polished parts. I agree with everything else,I will probably try to get rid of the red/blue stuff in the bay and move the fuse box. I don't show the car really or anything like that, but I would def. like to keep it tidy. Thanks !
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blucavvy wrote:
there's an example of the radiator cover with no stickers
and a rerouted fusebox
where did the fuebox get relocated to?
i think a gloss black blower would look sexy in that engine bay.
I completely agree, I was going to have that done, but the blower would have to be completely disassembled to be coated, If there was a way to do it I def. would have, I think it would look really nice as well !
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Philly D wrote:blucavvy wrote:
there's an example of the radiator cover with no stickers
and a rerouted fusebox
where did the fuebox get relocated to?
Looks like it is under the filter of the intake, which looks crappy to me. Maybe in a glance in a picture it looks clean, but in real life, looks junky.
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EvoFire wrote:i think a gloss black blower would look sexy in that engine bay.
X1020345023405626020 and do the strut bar black as well....
looks great man.
Screaming for Mercy!! wrote:Philly D wrote:blucavvy wrote:
there's an example of the radiator cover with no stickers
and a rerouted fusebox
where did the fuebox get relocated to?
Looks like it is under the filter of the intake, which looks crappy to me. Maybe in a glance in a picture it looks clean, but in real life, looks junky.
I have a little more sense than to put it under the intake
EvoFire wrote:i think a gloss black blower would look sexy in that engine bay. Karnage wrote:I completely agree, I was going to have that done, but the blower would have to be completely disassembled to be coated, If there was a way to do it I def. would have, I think it would look really nice as well !
You could always have it painted by a body shop or do it yourself. DupliColor makes a great engine paint that comes in gloss black.
Thats a really good idea, I didnt think about using engine paint, I might try out a few different things and see what looks good, I would just be afraid of doing too much and making it look cheesy, and thats def. not what I would want to do, or have it start chipping and look like @!#$.
Thanks for the ideas and the comments, It has been really constructive so far !
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I like everything BUT the VC. Maybe if you had polished the 2.4 yadda yadda on it, and bombed the rest black: but looks too- Uniform.
jamie fix wrote:I like everything BUT the VC. Maybe if you had polished the 2.4 yadda yadda on it, and bombed the rest black: but looks too- Uniform.
I thought the same thing... maybe take a dremel or wirewheel to the "2.4 Twin Cam" and the cooling fins? It looks great, as always. Keep it up, dude
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I think it looks good, but the coolant reservoir needs to be black IMO as well.
If you don't mind pulling the fuel rail the CPS and injector wiring is easily tucked behind the rail too, nice change on the focal point of the engine bay.
Karnage wrote:Thats a really good idea, I didnt think about using engine paint, I might try out a few different things and see what looks good, I would just be afraid of doing too much and making it look cheesy, and thats def. not what I would want to do, or have it start chipping and look like @!#$.
Earlier this year I painted the exhaust manifold heat shield on my Vibe with
DupliColor GM/Chrysler low gloss black engine paint and it has held up really well so far. No chipping, peeling, cracking, etc. and the heat shield gets hot as hell. I actually went to a local powder coating place to see about getting it powder coated and the guy told me it looked great the way it was and it would look the same if it were powder coated so I shouldn't waste my money on powder coating.
I sanded it down with a 3M red scuff pad, cleaned it with dish soap and water, sprayed a couple coats of DupliColor engine primer and finally a bunch of light coats of the paint. I didn't use any clear coat because I didn't want it to be shiny.
geez high moment, looks nice !
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