Superman09

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Hey, while i am completing bolt ons i want to spice up my engine compartment. My car is pretty loaded with appearance except for under the hood. I have some plans. I was thinking....
1.) Fill in the "corvette" on my FRCs and get them custom painted a shiny black with "Trans Am" painted in red and have some dark red flames around the letters or soemthing of that theme and have my LS6 intake painted shiny black with dark red flames. The take my suncoast airbox and have the box part itself sprayed shiny black with some flames. Then i was trying to find a "red" or black filter for it since mine is sort of purple.

I was then thinking of polishing up some stuff, get mirrors for the hood, get some LOTB emblems for the wheel well areas, then use something over all my wires in red. What do you think about this? Who can custom paint all my pieces for a good price? Any suggestions/opinions? Heres my engine bay so far.

NBM7278

It seems a lot of people like the clean look the best with a few accents. I've seen all sorts of themes and ideas for engine bays. To me, most look good since they're either unique, clean, or a mixture. So far, your engine is looking good. I'd add the red accents to the FRCs and polish some stuff up. Personally not a big fan of colored wires (or loom), prefer the wire mod. Either way, get what you like. I have the hood mirrors and really like them, but I've had several poke fun about it. Again, I like them and they stay on all the time. To each their own.

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

Awesome, well i really want my engine bay to stand out, so when people see it they say, WOW. I definately want the dark red fire theme goin on. Know anyone on the board here that paints really well o nthis type of stuff?

sprung_monkey

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well your way ahead of me in the underhood area but your ideas sound real good but like her said im not big on the colored wires either but to each is own

i added the mobil 1 badge and cap and that acctually helped alot

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

k maybe ill skip the wires. Anyone know if i can get a black or "red" filter?

PontiacFan

iTrader: (104)

Yea, skip the colored wire loom, ...
There's a person here somewhere that does the 'true-fire' thing. See if you can find his username, ..., He might be able to help ya there with the flamejob.

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

oh is that stryker? I forgot about him, he already said hed do osme stuff for me. Wish his prices were a little more friendly but iguess you get what you pay for, lol

z28C4maro82z

iTrader: (33)

Do headers first lol

DriverJ

what strut tower brace is that? I've been looking for something like that powered coated red as well...

Y2K Pewter SS

iTrader: (18)

Thats currently what my motor looks like. I am having my FRCs painted in pewter with black lettering as well. I like most of your ideas, adding some red to your FRCs will help a lot, and maybe add some red MSD wires. The red wire loom idea would't look too good I am afraid. I did chrome wire looms on my previous LS1 and it was kinda blah in retrospect. Get some Mother's and you can polish up your dryer and that will be a nice touch. If you plan to put an LS6 intake on soon, I would acquire it first and get it painted the way you want then install it. I wouldn't waste the energy or resources painting your LS1 intake unless you plan to keep it long term. Your other ideas are good IMHO, good luck with it all.

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

Ok yea, def getting ls6 intake and having it painted first. The STB is the Hotchkis one. Any other ideas...... First of all, anyone know if i can get a red or black filter?

LawmanSS

iTrader: (19)

K&N filters are the only red ones I know of...

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

ah they are not really red tho, thats what mine is. mroe purple than red if you ask me

Superman09

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Anyone know if it would be safe to spray paint my filter? If it is, i could get the bird outline in red, and rest of it black! Oh snaps, thatd be cool! haha

Hayze

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spray paint would restrict a lot of airflow if you paitnted the filter

Sgt. Spuds

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I wouldn't paint a filiter, not that I have a real reason why not, It just doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but maybe someone who knows will chime in. I think the !wires mod will do a lot for the looks, when it gets warm out I plan on doing it to mine, I cant wait to get that ugly blob outta their Another idea would be to get one of those decals for the AC thing. I've seen em somewhere, they are octangular, and dress it up nicely...

You should look up a local vinal or sign maker and have them make ya some black Trans-Am stickers, and put one on your STB, facing front, that would look nice


have fun and go wild !

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

haha yea, the bay should look pretty sweet when done. I am thinking painting the filter would be abad idea too, but someone that knows for sure maybe can chime in.

nhra-trans-am

iTrader: (103)

I heard that the color of the filter depends on the oil that is used to clean it, not sure though. For the AC decal go to fourthcircledesigns.com

2 SSlow

iTrader: (26)

That is an LS6 intake, sanded smooth, then base/clear.

Im working on polishing some aluminum components as of now, but its still a work in progress. I have some Corvette FRC's, but i dont like the way they look, so im just going to either polish, or powdercoat the valvecover.

BTW, wire look better hidden, look up the wire mod or something. No wires is better than making wire looms stand out.

Superman09

iTrader: (65)

Yea i really like your intake.. im gunna have to check out that site for the ac decal. Any other opinions/options?