Revamped my Engine Bay
09-03-2012, 03:12 PM
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By far one of the cleanest engine bays I've ever seen on tech, actually, your whole car is insanely clean. You're really making me want to do this but I know it'll be a pain in the *** to paint everything.
I think the two things that made the biggest difference are painting the radiator support and surrounding areas black, then the frc's.
Only thing I would change is to shoot a few coats of clear on the strut tower area where you painted it red, but that's because I like gloss. Nice work!
I think the two things that made the biggest difference are painting the radiator support and surrounding areas black, then the frc's.
Only thing I would change is to shoot a few coats of clear on the strut tower area where you painted it red, but that's because I like gloss. Nice work!
09-04-2012, 02:25 AM
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^thanks
I REALLY thought hard about that one when I was doing the painting. finally decided against it as I actually really liked the way it was looking non-cleared. But thanks!
By far one of the cleanest engine bays I've ever seen on tech, actually, your whole car is insanely clean. You're really making me want to do this but I know it'll be a pain in the *** to paint everything.
I think the two things that made the biggest difference are painting the radiator support and surrounding areas black, then the frc's.
Only thing I would change is to shoot a few coats of clear on the strut tower area where you painted it red, but that's because I like gloss. Nice work!
I think the two things that made the biggest difference are painting the radiator support and surrounding areas black, then the frc's.
Only thing I would change is to shoot a few coats of clear on the strut tower area where you painted it red, but that's because I like gloss. Nice work!
09-04-2012, 06:59 PM
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Nice & clean, ..., 
But the airlid-base sticks out like a sore thumb.
Wrap it, or go black like the rest.
But the airlid-base sticks out like a sore thumb.
Wrap it, or go black like the rest.
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09-04-2012, 08:22 PM
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09-06-2012, 01:35 AM
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Once you've got the vinyl it's like wrapping a gift lol. It's hard to describe, but it's essentially the same idea. You'll need the vinyl, a razor blade, and a squeegee tool to help lay it down. A heat gun is a huge help as well, and can be had for a little over $20. Search "scotchprint 1080" on YouTube and checkout some videos of people using it. It takes some getting used to, so buy more thn you need. I was originally planning to wrap my targa, splitter, sail panel, and the top of the spoiler, so I got a 25' roll. Ended up only doing the targa and splitter so had a rediculous amount left. So after searching for things to wrap I finally found my way under the hood, I didn't want to use it in the interior at all since it didn't look right with my interior. Although I did do my door sills, but they don't really count since you never see them.
Still have like 10' on the roll with a bunch of scrap pieces large enough to wrap plenty of other things. Thinking about wrapping my laptop lol.
Still have like 10' on the roll with a bunch of scrap pieces large enough to wrap plenty of other things. Thinking about wrapping my laptop lol.
09-06-2012, 04:18 PM
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you guys got to me, I'm starting to reconsider the grey box. I mean, I like it, but I think it can look better. I was trying to figure out why it did seem to be sticking out more than it did in the past, and it just hit me.. before I had the FRC's painted the same color, so they all tied together much better. Now that I've switched those it is the only think that color. But still I dont want to wrap, so I think I'm gonna try to find a darker grey to better match the strut tower brace. If i cant find that I'll probably end up going black with it.
