Engine Bay Dress-Up Project Begins!!! Pics!!!
 

I've decided to dress up my engine bay and am close to completing phase 1, which is painting my LS6 intake and putting it on. So far I have it painted and hopefully will get it put on this week. Plans are to add custom painted fuel rail covers, polish some pieces under the hood (TB, MAF, A/C, etc.), maybe a clear, maybe paint the strut towers and such, and some others I just haven't thought of yet. I used Dupli-Color adhesion promotor, high-build primer, silver metallic paint, and clear coat. Anyway, here are some pics of the intake. I'm adding pics of the pre-paint process since I didn't see any when I was researching the project just to show my fellow rookies what it will probably look like for them. The finished pic is from my cell phone...sorry. I'll post more when I get it on the car.

After sanding with 120 grit and then 320 grit to remove texture. TOOK FOREVER!!!

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Primered.

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Done!

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looks good. what did you paint it with?

Wow, you sanded that thing smooth as a baby's ass! Nice work it looks awesome

Looks great! All that hard work paid off!

nice! some one should do a write up on this hint hint you lol

shiney and very nice.

prep is the number one thing, that thing was sanded in every crack in crevice. that's why it looks so good now finished.

wow! that really makes me want to take mine off and do it. Great work!

tel me about it. i feel like going out and doing it right now. that looks gorgeous

Great job..

I added some more pics...the first one is a little overexposed. Thanks for the compliments. Keep an eye out for pics of it on the car.

I used Dupli-Color adhesion promotor, high-build primer, silver metallic paint, and clear coat.

Someone already has. :) It's in the stickies in the paint and body work forum. Painting Plastic (Intake, etc.) I used the high build primer method.

DO IT!!! :thumb:

Update: Made some progress today. I did the !EGR, !AIR, and got my intake off. I think I'm going to paint my fuel rails silver so the line that crosses over the intake blends in. It may be hard to do on the car though but from the looks of it you need a special tool to get the fuel line loose from the rails. Anybody know for sure?

It's all in the prep, and those pictures prove it, nice job dude

Yeah there is a special tool to release the fuel line from the rail. You should be able to purchase it from an auto parts store.

Damn. I was hoping you were going to tell me I was wrong.

yeah you can get the cheap ones for like 15 bucks i believe from orielly's, just find the right size that fits the line push it in and pull the fuel line out...

intake looks good, your crazy for sanding that shit down so much... when i painted some plastic textures like on my truck i just cleaned it real good, put some primer on it were it had rolls and stuff to fill in the cracks sanded it smooth and that worked for me... just another option for anyone who wants to try that...

Since I'm a rookie at this I used the link above for directions on how to do it. It said sand it, so I sanded it. I'm kind of glad I did too because I think it turned out pretty nice.

That looks great. I am definately doing this to the LS6 Intake before instal.

Thanks. I'd say to anyone who is on the fence whether or not to do it...definitely do it. I'm by no means a painting/body work stud and pulled it off pretty easy with just a few grits of sandpaper and spray paint. Like many said earlier in the thread, just take your time with the prep work to get your best results.

Did you use silver engine enamel for the paint and clear engine enamel for the clear?

If not, what did you use, as the end result looks killer.