Engine Styling

22nd August 2008, 21:21

I am going to be doing some work on my grubby engine.. Such as refurbishing rocker cover etc. Just wondering if those hose kits are look any good or whether they look tacky? ive seen pictures of them on ebay but never actually on a car. I am thinking of having a blue theme, anybody have any pictures of what they look like on a saxo?

23rd August 2008, 22:30

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Originally Posted by labtec104

I am going to be doing some work on my grubby engine.. Such as refurbishing rocker cover etc. Just wondering if those hose kits are look any good or whether they look tacky? ive seen pictures of them on ebay but never actually on a car. I am thinking of having a blue theme, anybody have any pictures of what they look like on a saxo?

Got some chrome covers on mine,looks good so far...

25th August 2008, 09:34

ace.. yeah i think im going to buy the chrome covers - they do look pretty sweet - seen some from a company called "BADASS" on ebay - look pretty sweet.

Anyone know if the hose kits look any good?

25th August 2008, 09:48

My bay is done in chrome if you want to see some pictures just pm me.

25th August 2008, 10:14

Hose kits look nice but provide very little benefit in my opinion. If you want your engine bay to look nice, you can try and tidy all the wires away, maybe install a grounding kit, buy some hoses... don't get Samco as they're rip-off prices... paint your rocker cover, buy a nice polished manifold cover, or get a stainless steel manifold and take the manifold cover off. Induction kit always looks good. Polish up your ECU maybe? Strange, but it looks funky.

25th August 2008, 15:03

Hose Kits Look Good Mate.

25th August 2008, 15:31

This is what mine looks like.

25th August 2008, 18:26

That is a sweet bay.
How often do you need to polish every thing to keep it like that??
I like that induction kit to, does it make a nice sound??

25th August 2008, 20:16

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Originally Posted by AMO247

This is what mine looks like.

Thats spot on! looks ace!

Cheers guys! Im gonna start doing mine! I've cleaned it down today and it now looks pretty clean. I am definately gonna use the chrome covers. I was thinkin about blue hose kit and spraying the rocker cover blue too! I have blue calipers so be cool to keep a theme goin!

25th August 2008, 20:22

that engine bay looks lush 10/10

25th August 2008, 20:42

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Originally Posted by monster-saxo

That is a sweet bay.
How often do you need to polish every thing to keep it like that??
I like that induction kit to, does it make a nice sound??

I only polish it about once every week to a week and a half.
Yes the induction makes a lovely sound aswell.
thanks for the comments.

Quote:

Originally Posted by labtec104

Thats spot on! looks ace!

Thanks for the comment.

Cheers guys! Im gonna start doing mine! I've cleaned it down today and it now looks pretty clean. I am definately gonna use the chrome covers. I was thinkin about blue hose kit and spraying the rocker cover blue too! I have blue calipers so be cool to keep a theme goin!

Sure it will look nice when you have done dont forget some pictures on here during and after one.

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Originally Posted by m4tty

that engine bay looks lush 10/10

Thanks for the comments and the marks.

25th August 2008, 23:13

I remember that engine bay in its design stages mate

27th August 2008, 18:42

Thats pretty damn shiny

27th August 2008, 18:44

love the shiny bay, would love mine to luk the same!

28th August 2008, 21:42

not finnished yet either

28th August 2008, 22:14

Carbon Fiber FTW!

29th August 2008, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Rawlinz

Carbon Fiber FTW!

FTW what do you mean?

29th August 2008, 19:12

For the win!

29th August 2008, 21:11

this was my old vtr which i did.

29th August 2008, 21:33

Someone say engine styling...

From

To

And then

Got bored

Fancied a change

And how it is now

Chrome and carbon fibre both look shit imo, cant beat using the standard bits, make use of what you have

29th August 2008, 21:38

looks very clean mate,thats how i now want my vts engine to look,what did you use to spray the rocker cover and did you use some sort of silicone spray to buff up the covers?

29th August 2008, 21:41

should all have a vote off.lol

29th August 2008, 21:43

its just normal paint on the cam covers mate

the black bits have had all kind on, wd40, ag sillicone spray, ag bumper care lol

29th August 2008, 21:49

guna re do mine tomorrow then,even though its clean can still look better.
what do you mean normal paint mate?is it special heat stuff?is it gloss?

29th August 2008, 22:20

Mines in progress

although I didn't get a picture before I started

1st September 2008, 23:53

cheers yates,sprayed my covers yesturday,did the rocker covers metalic black but is more a dark grey but looks nice and did the centre cover silver and ordered a black badge with white chevrons and cleaned all over covers with silicone,looks loads beter,will get some pictures uo tomorrow when my badge comes.thanks again,rep given

2nd September 2008, 23:22

all the bays posted here look sweet!!! how do you get the actual engine looking so clean in the first place???

3rd September 2008, 12:47

alot of hard work and effort,if its really dirty you can start off by jet washing the engine bay,then use silicone or back to black to make the covers shine and just get into every gap and clean it.

3rd September 2008, 12:56

Where do you buy the chrome rocker covers and how much?

3rd September 2008, 19:58

use to be a company called s-link but think they dont exist any more,other comanys do them,do a search,was a guy on here that did it if you sent him a rocker cover he would di it but cant remember who,sorry,again just do a search.

3rd September 2008, 23:59

where is a cheap place to get these covers?? there are none on ebay atm...websites????

thanks

4th September 2008, 12:55

spec-r.co.uk badass demontweaks use to sell them but they were fairly expensive,just search a round mate.

4th September 2008, 13:12

you just popped your bonnet and jetwashed your engine=S

4th September 2008, 19:00

yes mate,loads of people do it but you got to cover your battery else might not start but i just kept engine running,cant do it for ages,just a quick blast.why?

4th September 2008, 21:23

all of them are very nice

4th September 2008, 21:31

Here is my old engine bay

ahh bring on the CRX/Del Sol

5th September 2008, 01:08

nice mate,as said earlier in post we should do some kind of engine bay competition?

5th September 2008, 02:36

dont know if that would work lol.

recan alot of people would get heart broken if there engine bay lost LOL.
me I could not care less as my engine bay does not exist anymore!

try posting your idea's in the suggestions/improvements section on the site
see what response you get

5th September 2008, 14:07

that sounds like fighting talk mate.lol

5th September 2008, 14:35

heres mine. looks a bit like a space ship.

5th September 2008, 14:52

wow thats a big tube.wouldnt look too bad if the rocker cover was chrome too.

5th September 2008, 14:59

The easiest way to make an engine bay look nice and is pretty easy is to jut get in there and give it a decent clean and polish. Paint some stuff black and bobs your uncle

Been meaning to do it to mine for a while.
I personally think it looks better than a shed load of chrome lol

5th September 2008, 16:41

haha thats washing machein ducting.

i personaly think that the raceland enclosed filter is good at hiding dirty gearboxes ect

5th September 2008, 19:14

ha ha fair play mate,must be getting enough air.

6th September 2008, 01:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMO247

This is what mine looks like.

That looks sweet mate

6th September 2008, 14:36

theres quite alot of tidy bays on here i love the standard look of the bay, few little bits to tidy up

check out samcooks as well, also mattwesty