dennsterTA

Hey everyone. I've been looking for some good pics of cylinder head plates installed and couldnt find a lot out there. I recently removed my EGR/AIR and was most likely going to make my own plate but was curious of what others have. So if ya got a pic post it! A red engine bay would be perfect of course

PontiacFan

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http://rides.webshots.com/album/555072451iEtjkO

justin hover

http://pix.kg/p/405325226311%3A776204029/sct.
Heres a shitty pic. Honestly, unless I point it out to someone, you can hardly see it.

jaxcam02

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sokr915

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do you make those? I found one I really want in that album.

BOBS99SS

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im going to have one made black with the punisher skull on it

NW-99SS

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BoricuaHec01

I still have my EGR/AIR

Camaroking1996

Anyone have any funny ones?

dennsterTA

Thanks for the pics, they look great!! Keep em coming if ya got em.

PUNISHER TA

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I dont understand the point of these... or pretty much any other random pieces of chrome/polished...



A few reasons why I wish this fad would go away...

Most people that run them have an otherwise stock engine bay... This just creates a huge delta between the rusty manifolds and the extremely shiny head plate

(sorry jaxcam, your picture is here, so you're the example...)

Also, why do you want a mirror finish? What "image" will be shown? The back of your waterpump and tensioner...

Lastly, it creates an asymmetry, which I really dislike..

dennsterTA

I can understand your point on stock engine bays or dirty engines etc. However on a clean show engine bay or like nw-9ss's bay I think it looks great. Its a personal preference item for sure. As for the asymmetry...I think the steering pump already ruins it.

Snake_Skinner

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Cool thread, this is probably my favorite aesthetic piece under the hood and the one I see the least I would have to say. To me the head plate sticks out like a giant sore thumb and is just screaming for a pretty head plate to be put on it. I can't stand to look at a pretty engine bay with painted lids/intakes/valve covers, fuse box/battery covers, !wire mod, pcm covers, etc and then see a giant blank dull spot almost the size of my hand sitting there wide open. The only time I'm not a fan is if someone has some aftermarket heads, then it's not needed b/c you can just show off the logo instead.

ZeeSNuttS

easy to make guys, mock up one with cardboard then cut it out in the metal you like. Same with the piece on top of are ls6 intake where the egr goes on the 98-2000

jaxcam02

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Its all good, For one I just bought my car last spring and slowly working on the "rusty manifold" situation Ive just been working on small things first on a student budget, Headers are for sure in my future. And the engine bay plastics on are painted gloss black. Its all personal preference and with the plans I have I think its gonna look way better having a subtle way of showing my build number without having 100 stickers all over the engine bay with #----. Contrast is the key to make anything look good and that eyesore of a bare spot of the head without the plate is rather annoying. And as far as why I got mirror finish, I like to be able to see parts and pieces that normally you wouldnt see or notice, its the engineer part of my brain that likes to see the inner workings and mechanics of different technologies. It may just be a water pump and tensioner to you but to me its mechanical physics and chemical bonds and the engineering it takes to make them structurally sound, if that makes any sense to anyone lol.

a98ws6

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Anybody want to post pics of mine? I have pics on my phone. No rusty or dirty parts. No emissions, or power steering. Its sitting on a motor stand. It also has a head plate on each side.

ZeeSNuttS

photobucket! easy to do.

BoricuaHec01

First thing I'm doing once I do a egr/air delete is put a head plate. Oh why didn't I buy a '01-'02 Camaro

ZeeSNuttS

The reason is in your name bro LOL jk sup man? Where's that fool from FL at? lol Vince.

BoricuaHec01

Haha, man this name is killing me but nm dude just bored at work lol. Wow, Vince sold his SS and bought a Lancer (non Evo) and bailed on tech to join a Lancer forum (true story), smh. I keep in touch alil bit with him via fb, dude even plasti-dipped some of the front end