Alex41

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So.... I post here often and give folks advice on how to clean up under the hoods of their F-bodies and don't have one of my own. I did this before on my old TA but that's a long sad story.

Any way now I have another one to tinker with and here's what I did so far. There is much more to come so stay tuned. Enjoy.

Before



After

crimson_bird

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wow. very nice, much cleaner. so, you painted the wheel well areas with duplicolor?

JunkyardZ

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lookin alot better already...
whats next?

may i suggest painting the lid/base black and clearcoat really helps it pop. go after the engine bay with some simple green and tire shine...and also paint and clear the wiper cowl and that will get you off to a great start.

Alex41

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Yes. I had to weld up the dozen or so holes first, then bondo, filler prime, wet sand, paint black, then emerald green, then dust lighly with aqua metallic and then clear. I plan on doing the core support soon and then on to the engine. Thanks for the copliment.

Super-Bat

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Is that rattle can? That looks great! Good job.

crimson_bird

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dude, you're my inspiration. the only reason i never did the wire mod was because i knew if i did i'd want to fill all the holes and repaint it all, but i was shaky about it. now i feel like i might just try it out.

fbodyrs96

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looks great

evilZO6

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Am i missing something? WHy on earth would you want your engine bay a completely separate color from the rest of your car? Is it going to tie in later? Because if your cars one color, and then bam under hood i another, i have to say its going to look like you got a hella cheap paint job where they didnt match anything. Like so many honda owners i know. I lOVE what you did with the !wire etc, its hella cleaner, i just don't get where you're coming from with the whole mis-matched paint idea. Its a VERY nice color, i just don't know why you would want different colors on different parts of your car.

crimson_bird

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^check the 3rd picture down. you can see the exterior color of the car. even though the car looks a little dirty, the colors seem to be pretty close to me. were you thinking it was the silver car in his sig? if so, i was thinking the same thing at first, till i saw the 3rd pic

Alex41

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thanks guys

Alex41

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I did some more work today on the core support and all the light brackets. It took me at least 4 hours to do this but I think the outcome is well worth it. Enjoy.

srpoweredcoupeNWH

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Very nice work Alex that looks damn clean. I'm glad you like the car and it went to someone who will take care of it and enjoy it

Alex41

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Here are a few nice shots of it in the sun. This looks more like real life then the other shots.

jdiddyws6

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Been busy have we Mr. Rotundo?

Alex41

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I ordered some Taylor wires to relocate my coils but ran into an issue. I have truck coils. So after a few tries here's what I came up with. Enjoy.

98NBM1

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dude that looks awesome. im gonna have to try this when summer rolls back around my engine bay is looking kind of rough

JunkyardZ

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paint the top of the ugly headlights!!!! everything else is starting to look good though

redracer1

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Great job..!!!

Alex41

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Got it taken care of tonight. I did them in the flat black the brackets are done in. I'll make sure to get a wide angle shot once I do up my new valve covers this coming week.


On that note, what color do you guys think I should do the new covers? I really don't care for the green, it seems there is too much in there already. I also need to get an LS6 intake, smooth it and paint it as well. Give me ideas on the intake and valve covers.

nightmarechevy

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Looks good. Is that the Typhoon intake manifold?