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hey all

im slowly slowly tidying up my engine bay, and just wanted to know if there was any idea out there that might help with the look of my engine bay....

here is what it used to look like:

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and now:

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what do you guys think?

is there anything else i should do?

ive also put the engine cover back on too

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I would only use 3 colours to detail your engine bay. They would be black, chrome and colour that suits your car. The only prob is its hard to stop once you start :)

Id look at getting a cover for your battery and fuse box, braided lines with silver fittings or colour that suits your car, one piece pipe for your pod and tidy up the wiring(re tape)

Or you could go 2GUUP style ;)

I would only use 3 colours to detail your engine bay. They would be black, chrome and colour that suits your car. The only prob is its hard to stop once you start :)

Id look at getting a cover for your battery and fuse box, braided lines with silver fittings or colour that suits your car, one piece pipe for your pod and tidy up the wiring(re tape)

Or you could go 2GUUP style ;)

+1

rocker covers have been painted, just a silver colour, nothing to flash, but it looks much better than what they did,

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and the engine cover is still that black/silver/red.

and suggestions colour wise for the engine cover?

ive heard that if you braided line you have to do everything braided line......is this true? or could i just do like the main hoses and whatnot you will be able to see?

what about getting the silicon hoses for the radiator? what are your thoughts on that? id go blue, because the colour for the car is blue (hence why she has the blue bits on the intake piping)

also no point in spending over $1000 on a greddy plenum when my car is non turbo :whistling:

ive painted my extractors too

I'm thinking bout spraying the NEO cover. Too many hoses and what not messing up the look of it otherwise :down:

how about enclosing your pod (cover over top)?

im not too sure what colour to do the neo cover tho? i think if i do it blue it will be too much of an overkill with the blue silicon hoses on the intake pipe

arnt braided lines illegal in adelaide, like defectable?

not sure to be honest

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