Engine Bay Ideas

[Adz2332]

I hate lifting the boonet and showing the engine in my GTR r33. It looks a mess!!

Im thinking of spraying a few things. But problem is the engine covers etc are painted a purple like the outside of the car. I want to spray the fuse cover, penulium intake etc but i think it would be to much purple if i did it that colour. But dont know what a second colour would look like against the purplu engine....

Also i seem to have wires, hoses etc running all over the place looking shitty. what could be hidden.. removed? etc

Thirdly the underside of the bonnet, the bonnet covering thing is all ripped and torn. Could i just remove it or should i try and find a new one?

Edited February 28, 2008 by Adz2332

[Trent04]

hey mate, a metallic silver would look cool, also braided lines/hoses would dress it up a bit:)

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Painting/polishing engine

Plus you can pick up a braded lines kit. (the stainless mesh that runs over your heater pipes/oil lines/vacuum lines etc) and run that. Looks effective, very tidy, but no performance gain!

If you are handy with the solder and wiring, have a look and make a list of all the different coloured wiring in your car, and buy a bunch of lengths the same colours, and if you are confident enough, you can extend and hide any wiring you can see. Pick up some black loom tubing that you can run the main wires through.

Anything that is alloy, you can take it out and polish it. (plenum chamber, inlet pipes etc). anything faded or crackd/chipped paint, mask up and repaint. Spend a good couple of days on it, you'll be amazed! just make sure you take your time.

[Adz2332]

Yer im thinking of trying something this weekend.... just unsure or colour... and ill have a look at the wires.... might get rid of the catch can also...

and PS i know most will hate this but i do want to go blingy, for car shows.

Edited February 28, 2008 by Adz2332

[POLICE]

paint it all gold

[Bliksem]

Go purple like you said, but do it like this Endless-R High temp wrinkle coat which I think looks much better than the candy's and pearls you see so often.

[Adz2332]

damn that does look hot

[RusH_]

+1 for that hot purple, if u wana also go blingy, i think using a metallic gold would offset the purple nicely, ur car wit gold rims... similar idea..

[Adz2332]

wonder what its worth to buy hmmmm

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Its not too bad. Just give it a wipe down with a damp cloth.

My engine bay is all black and I don't have a coilpack cover so it looks all over the place.

[NA_Goodness]

Rip the engine out, smooth everything, replace only what is necesary, and hide the rest behind the fire wall. That is a good way to get a nice bay. I'd go with the purple and gold, and braided lines. Fill a few holes, hide some wiring, and it'll look cool.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Strip and polish. Im going for a 'terminator' look in my engine bay... Lots of shine with a few coloured accents.

[NYTSKY]

Very nice.My motor will be out soon and im going to go the brushed alloy look,or the same colour as the Greddy plenum.

[Dahtone Racing]

Rip the engine out, smooth everything, replace only what is necesary, and hide the rest behind the fire wall. That is a good way to get a nice bay. I'd go with the purple and gold, and braided lines. Fill a few holes, hide some wiring, and it'll look cool.

dont we all wish it was that easy LOL

we do custom harnesses and hidden fuseboxes etc at dahtone racing

[driftrx]

lol, just finished primering my engine bay (thanks to my mate beej foor spraying it!)

im curently in the process of moving the lights relay box to under the guard (accesible from the front air intake/vent, we were going to smooth all the spot weld bits out etc, but far, far to much effort and time for it, im just hiding what i can, using a greedy side inlet plenum to get rid of heaps of cooler piping, and just coding the rockers to the colour the cars going...

once thats done, if it still looks shit, i dunno what to do lol.

[Craved]

dont we all wish it was that easy LOL

we do custom harnesses and hidden fuseboxes etc at dahtone racing

Anthony,

Can i ask where you relocate the fuse box to ? is it in the cabin or under the guard??

[benm]

Also more info about the custom harness would be nice?

[NA_Goodness]

Easy? Who said it was easy?

Edited February 29, 2008 by NA_Goodness

[Dahtone Racingold]

we can relocate the fuse box to either place

inner guard then we have to seal it properly so its water tight

center console or glove box, the harness will need to be modded.

custom harnesses we make leave the engine bay looking like this

[linedup33]

how much would that cost roughly to relocated the fuse box? n also to hide all the wiring?