ENGINE BAY HELP

[Danadaman_3]

im looking to tart n tidy my engine bay up a bit. any recommendations on what i can do to it?

thought about
<ul> colour coding rocker cover coloured hosing for wires and tubes etc (but im unsure how i would go about this still!) any help appreciated adding tubing to my induction filter to take it to the front of engine bay for more cold air![/list]

also what do you use to clean your engines up and make them shine!?
thats about it really! any help appreciated!

cheers

dan

[DAZ1985]

WD-40 i clean my engine with seems safe enough to me does the job. It disperses water and prevents rust starting where it shouldnt.

[Danadaman_3]

WD-40 is a lubricant aint it? what do you clean with it?

[DAZ1985]

Yes its a lubricant but what is wrong using it as a cleaner. I find it protects and shines.

[Danadaman_3]

lol ok then il try it tomorrow and see if it works! cheers for that anyhow!

has anybody painted their own rocker cover? how do you do it?

[DAZ1985]

Powder coating is best for a rocker cover. I thinksmileys/smiley3.gif

[Danadaman_3]

Do you need to take the cover off to paint it though? if so how does it come off?!

cheers any help appreciated

[l1ukeRS]

i clean my engine with wd-40
i can get your rocker chromed for £50 and manifold cover polished

[Danadaman_3]

was thinking of giving it a go myself really as iv done most work on my car myself up til now with a bit of help from me old man.

what is used to polish manifold cover may i ask?

[saxoash]

was thinking of giving it a go myself really as iv done most work on my car myself up til now with a bit of help from me old man.

what is used to polish manifold cover may i ask?

you can only polish vts rocker covers, youll haev to get yours chromed

[DAZ1985]

was thinking of giving it a go myself really as iv done most work on my car myself up til now with a bit of help from me old man.

what is used to polish manifold cover may i ask?

you can only polish vts rocker covers, youll haev to get yours chromed

He refered to the manifold cover in that one. I think smileys/smiley2.gif

[Danadaman_3]

lol yeh am going to spray colour code my rocker cover and polish up my manifold cover but its dirty as feck. going to take it off tomorow and give it a seeing to. smileys/smiley2.gif

[darrensvtr]

loads ya can do mate,either get your ecu and fuse covers and rocker sprayed or buy some chrome/alloy covers from places like badass.co.uk , spec-r.co.uk, or custom-covers.co.uk. get some hoses or apriro do different coloured covers.also look on ebay,loadsa bits on there.i sometimes use abit on back to black in the engine on the black bits and autoglym metal polish and just water and elbow grease.heres mine to give some ideas mate.

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[spencer_cammedvts]

nice!!!

[bristol_stevie]

that is very nice

[Danadaman_3]

thats awesome dude! inspiring infact! cheers i will check them sites out!

[rushy_23]

Damn that engine bay is very impressive!

[fitzuk86]

Ok thats very sexy, can u go over what's in that sexy engine bay, Are the hose's samco ? because i hear they produce good engine hoses

[darrensvtr]

green enclosed induction kit,s/s piper exhaust system,cituning 4-1 manifold and sports cat,manifold heat wraped,pipecross breather filter.sparco strut brace.
samco and sfs red water and vacume hoses,spec-r battery,fuse,cam belt and ecu covers,
strut top caps,battery tray,washer cap,brake res.cover,slam panel caps,one off alloy dipstick,
s-link chrome rocker cover and bonnet stay,custom covers brake fluid cover
and water cap.and areas painted silver with e-tech heat resistant paint.
thats it mate.

[DAZ1985]

green enclosed induction kit,s/s piper exhaust system,cituning 4-1 manifold and sports cat,manifold heat wraped,pipecross breather filter.sparco strut brace.
samco and sfs red water and vacume hoses,spec-r battery,fuse,cam belt and ecu covers,
strut top caps,battery tray,washer cap,brake res.cover,slam panel caps,one off alloy dipstick,
s-link chrome rocker cover and bonnet stay,custom covers brake fluid cover
and water cap.and areas painted silver with e-tech heat resistant paint.
thats it mate.


Easy !!! Nice work mate. Car must be immaculate thoughout to have that much attention to detail under the bonnet. Very effective though

[darrensvtr]

yeah i do have a bit of a cleaning disorder when it comes to my car.lol.started doing engine bout 18months ago coz wasnt really anyone doing the clean chrome/alloy thing then but gets a right pain keeping it clean.

[Danadaman_3]

well worth it though mate! it looks awesome! can tell a lot of hard work and effort has gone into it! let alone a bit of cash injection!

[squeeler]

Auto Glym do some sort of engine clean, very good stuff!, then auto glym with there bumper slick stuff, then a general clean down of the bay painted areas, always works for me!!!!

[blackvts]

That looks the DB's mate! wish mine looked as mint as that smileys/smiley19.gif