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ive got some dosh lying around and needed a engine bay clean up (have had some dodgy backyard DIY projects lately) so i was hoping that all the stuff be blinged up, chromed, and fabricated.

anyone know a friend of a friend(workshop)

:P

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ive got some dosh lying around and needed a engine bay clean up (have had some dodgy backyard DIY projects lately) so i was hoping that all the stuff be blinged up, chromed, and fabricated.

anyone know a friend of a friend(workshop)

:P

I hear u can get a Wicked one done for like 10k :P

What sort of "clean up" are u talking about??? All ya pipes cabling..

Mate list could be miles long ya know.

ahahhaha u c**ts are quite persistent eh?

nehoo just the standard stuff like, chroming pipes, changing factory silicon houses, braided lines n shit like that.

maybe fabricating a new intake pipe.

cuz i just ordered one of those plazmaman plenums and thought since its all chromed up and clean, why not do the rest of the bay

good clean of the engine bay after.

so nismoid, hows ur car? i hear its nearly as old as you, might need a candy paintjob soon huh?

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polish the top of your engine, won't cost much... get all the little metal hoses, clamps and bits zinc coated and chemically polished... there's places that do em in bulk for a couple of hundred bucks, and they come out shiny as. cover up your electrical bits and give your whole engine bay a good hosedown with grease remover that they sell in autobahn, don't get it on clearcoat, but on any other paint its OK and the grease n dirt will wash off. after that just tidy up your wiring and put all the polished bits back on and you'll have a nice engine bay.

polish the top of your engine, won't cost much... get all the little metal hoses, clamps and bits zinc coated and chemically polished... there's places that do em in bulk for a couple of hundred bucks, and they come out shiny as. cover up your electrical bits and give your whole engine bay a good hosedown with grease remover that they sell in autobahn, don't get it on clearcoat, but on any other paint its OK and the grease n dirt will wash off. after that just tidy up your wiring and put all the polished bits back on and you'll have a nice engine bay.

i dont really have alot of time on my hands cuz i work n skool it, but sounds good man. i really wanna find a workshop who knows wth they doin, saves me time, not a biggie if i have to pay a lil extra.

You reckon if i get a candy paint job i could sell try sell it for $44,000 like you did for your stock GT-t ?

hahahaahha, its a lil hard to say cuz mines still factory paint, but give it a go pops, try use the search button aswell, its there for a reason, right "admin" :P

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On a serious note hanging something from the fan belt or maybe some big dice from the rear view mirror that gives u an extra 20kw and adds 5k :)

LOL yea look at places like nengun and other shops like that to get parts.

chroming u can have that done anywhere look in the yellow pages.

But make sure u paint the engine bay something *ucken MAD!!!!

Pear or something will look nuts bro

As a cheap and easy alternative, if you have the dosh lying around, why not put that under the engine bay to "bling it up". 20c coin style rocker cover and $2 coin turbo definately brings out the bling! :)

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