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Sep 13, 2011 | 03:57 PM

throttlejunkie1

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Made engine bay covers

UPDATE: PCM cover on post #36

Got some spare 2024 T-3 and decided to make a couple of my own covers that i've seen on here before. My engine bay is dirty but I think the covers came out decent. I just simply cut them out with card board, made the appropriate trim cuts, bend radius, and rounded them off.

Then took the pieces of cardboard to work and sheared some aluminum to the shapes I wanted and applied the bends with our new metal break.

After cleaning and filing everything up, I scuffed them with a medium grade scotch brite, primed, and painted. Here they are!

No clearance issues...Any feedback??? Does it look tacky?

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Sep 13, 2011 | 04:07 PM

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I think it looks good! On a black car really blends in.

Sep 13, 2011 | 04:37 PM

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Good work sir.

Sep 13, 2011 | 05:20 PM

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Looks very nice.

Sep 13, 2011 | 06:15 PM

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Thanks for the compliments. I believe i'll make one to cover the pcm next.

Sep 13, 2011 | 06:27 PM

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Well executed and not a hack job. Looks great and definitely beats buying them.

Sep 13, 2011 | 07:37 PM

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Looks clean, much like a vette engine bay. I like it. Maybe next make a cover for the washer fluid bottle area in front of the air intake?

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Sep 13, 2011 | 08:52 PM

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how hard was this to do? and how did you bend it? (i might have missed that one)

Sep 13, 2011 | 09:01 PM

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Thats cool..Id like to make a few things for mine but never make the time! Looks great!

Sep 13, 2011 | 11:02 PM

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Okay...hmmm...kinda looks like mine. But looks like they came out really nice.

Sep 13, 2011 | 11:10 PM

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He DID say they were like ones he already saw on here, may have been yours! I wanna see the PCM cover; if it looks nice I might beg for one! :-P

Sep 13, 2011 | 11:24 PM

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nicely done sir! i think ill make some in the next few days, iv been thinking of doing this but haven't seen any "homemade" plates yet. pleased with the looks tho!

Sep 14, 2011 | 04:18 AM

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LOL! I know...I was just saying. Here's the mockup for my battery cover:

And the mockup for my fuse box cover:

Sep 14, 2011 | 04:24 AM

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nice work op, now make me some lol

Sep 14, 2011 | 05:35 AM

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They turned out great!

Sep 14, 2011 | 11:50 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Conrad

Well executed and not a hack job. Looks great and definitely beats buying them.

Thanks! Always down for saving a dollar from time to time.

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Originally Posted by Double-aught_Z/28

Looks clean, much like a vette engine bay. I like it. Maybe next make a cover for the washer fluid bottle area in front of the air intake?

I'm actually going to repaint all that when I pull the front end off for paint when I get back from deployment. Gonna keep the windshield washer bottle in there though because I use it every so often. Clearnance might be a concern because of where the hood latch mechanism is.

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Looks good bro!

Thanks man

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Originally Posted by my bandit

how hard was this to do? and how did you bend it? (i might have missed that one)

Really wasn't hard at all. Made the bends from our new metal break at work based off my marks I made on the cardboard.

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Originally Posted by 223HAWK

Thats cool..Id like to make a few things for mine but never make the time! Looks great!

Home life was slow this week which so the opportunity was there

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Okay...hmmm...kinda looks like mine. But looks like they came out really nice.

Thanks! I searched on the forum but I never seen yours. I like yours alot! The ones I found were from a sponsor on here.

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He DID say they were like ones he already saw on here, may have been yours! I wanna see the PCM cover; if it looks nice I might beg for one! :-P

Haha! We'll see how it turns out. I'm going to start on that one this evening. You would be suprized how little effort this stuff takes with all the required tools available.

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nicely done sir! i think ill make some in the next few days, iv been thinking of doing this but haven't seen any "homemade" plates yet. pleased with the looks tho!

Thanks for the compliment!

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Originally Posted by BOBS99SS

nice work op, now make me some lol

I just "might" have to make some more then lol!

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Originally Posted by FASHOOTER

They turned out great!

Thanks!