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Old 05-27-2007, 04:12 AM
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Default Wanting to dress up engine bay...

Now I know this has been asked before, but I need assistance in this field. I want to dress up my engine bay so i can score a little better at shows, since the engine is the only place where im lacking... Right now I have already done or planned the below things:

1. Paint engine cover
2. Killerglass radiator hose
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Now what are some other simple, cheap things to do to the engine bay to make it appealing?
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Old 05-27-2007, 04:28 AM
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quick and cheap...maybe swap the vacuum line for a colored one, paint fuse box covers And how about makin a plexi fuse rack you can bolt on top of ur battery. There was a pic of a sweet one awhile back
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I'd like to see the plexi fuse rack it'd be sweet also yeah fimd some non cheapo look wire loom. Maybe if you wanna paint certain brackets to match the car all the black one I mean
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DIY a battery tie down, or paint stock one
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Apologies for posting this in ICE, anyway i can move it to engine/powertrain... or just the xB lounge...
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Wire loom............
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Wire loom x2
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Old 05-28-2007, 01:23 AM
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Wire loom, something I can get at Ricerzone *ahem excuse me, Autozone I take it right?
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cheaper if you buy it at home depot or a hardware store actually, and you can get it in colors there or for that matter you could probably paint it with some of that krylon plastic paint
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I got Blue at Lowe's actually got a comment from Tomas so I'm proud. It doesn't look like the average crappy stuff.

Stainless steel make a radiator shroud or whatever its called
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