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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 06:54 AM
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Jesus. There's so much space... well, time to fill it up with some more cubes!
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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looks good kyle, lol I should let you have my car for a few weeks, my engine bay looks a little better than your before pic
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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i think black woulda looked better instead of the red but that just me. Im not a big fan of red anywhere. My car is nbm and silver is my accent everywhere. I think the black would flow better especially with your rims. but im not trying to take away from your car at all just my .02

just looked again to confirm and yea it would tie in the black on your frc's too. Paint the stb and valve cover black and i think it will make it look even cleaner and flow awesome...again not to insult your taste or anything bro!
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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black is the color i had them painted originally, and it did look good. but i guess i was wantin my accent color to pop a little more, and while red is what EVEYONE seems to do, i just thought it looked better than black. black is just so hard to keep clean too....and the valve covers are kinda a tight spot to get into to clean on. but i agree, black looks good here too.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Wow very clean very smooth! Well done one of the best engine bays I have ever seen.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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That looks incredible! For a few more cheap easy things... pull the bracket for the AC drier and either paint it silver or have it ceramic-chrome coated, and hit the ABS block and lines either with some satin black or silver. Good job!
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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whistler thats a good idea, i didnt think of painting the ABS or the lines, the lines will not polish up like i want and look crappy now, i may hit them with some satin black with a foam brush or somethin, thanks for that pointer! i may do that later on tongiht. yall keep the sugestions commin, im always looking to make this thing better!
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Wow.. Looks Empty!! Really good job man. Engine bay looks real clean..
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Wow, that is without a doubt the cleanest 4th gen engine bay I have ever seen!

You have set the new standard.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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wow, i dont know about cleanest! theres some pretty sick bays out there that are far nicer than mine (LS2 Bait!), but thanks alot! truthfully, the paint couldve came out better but it looks real good from 5 ft away. just as long as the judges aint all up in my grill at the shows, ill be fine!
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 11:39 AM
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Very clean, great job
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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DAYUM!!!!

That looks sooooo much better
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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sweet tee website bad cop!
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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That looks freaking awesome! Good job!
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kyles2000z
hows it out of place? i have red valve covers. when you do things you gotta have a main color (silver) and an accent color (red) so everything isnt the same. what color would look better you think?
Black would of accented it better but everything else does look good...
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:21 AM
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Looks Awesome! I really wish there was a good write up on how to tuck wires. I am pretty ok with wiring. But when it comes to tucking and hiding stuff, I suck..I feel like im doing this all day
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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GReat job Kyles, would love to see a write up or stickey on how you did some of this stuff. The paint came out great, I have 0 skills when it comes to paint and color matching. Any pointers?
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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Way to bring back a year old thread

OP that bay looks great. I was thinking about doing the fuse box hide for a while but ended up copying a friends relocation...
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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Nice work!
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