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08-11-2006, 02:36 PM
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I tried searching for the 'post pictures of your engine' but I couldnt find it.
right now what I am looking for is ideas, of what to do to my engine bay! Its painted and looks like crap.
what I want to do is:
- cover the hoses that I painted stupid blue in real silicone hoses, blue I think.
- powdercoat or polish a valve cover (no idea what colour to powder though)
- have a second colour that I paint all of the plastic pieces in (svt coolant cover, various caps, battery cover, etc)
right now i Have a blue FS strut brace, so I am assuming this would be my colour scheme:
blue hoses/ strut brace / silver caps, covers / powdercoated or polished valve cover.
here is the pic of what it looks like now :eek:
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so I was thinking of putting this in:
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with or without the mustang logo, havent decided yet..................
I think right now this looks dumb as hell, so any opinions would be greatly appreciated
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If you want blue silicon hoses check out SFS Performance. The make hose kits for the foci. They are out of the uk but they have got a NA dealer in the US...
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The oil cap is cool , the mustang could get covered by a blue insert.
Take a trip to the wreckers for a ford oval to stick in there (2 sided tape)
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I know there are chrome and diamond plate dress up kits we can buy for these motors. Is that moreless what your looking for?
Let me know...I'll help you search.
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You need practice on your wet sanding. :P
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08-12-2006, 02:05 AM
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my wet sanding is pretty tight. (nowadays)
I did those back when I had no clue what I was doing.. SO, the paint refused to stick, and was uneven. had no ieda why. so I removed all the paint and used a brush to put caliper paint on HAHA. trust me, it looks like crap in person, thats why im changing it.
Im not looking for functional silicone hoses, I am looking for covers basically, slit in one end, and wrap them around the stock hoses.
Quote:The oil cap is cool , the mustang could get covered by a blue insert.
yes it is, and only $2.95! but I decided to go for a 2toned blue/chrome one.
But yes, I am looking for some sort of chrome dressup, but I wanted my valve cover polished, and the fuel rail cover, or whatever that thing is. Also I dont know what to do with my cam cover, I dont have it anymore, but i would like to get another one just to protect that belt.
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08-13-2006, 06:07 AM
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These Ford Racing covers are rediculously cheap, I think they cost about as much as the plug wire covers, You can also get the stainless polished battery box/distribution box covers from ebay as well that say stuff like "Focus" "ZX3" "Ford" "Steeda" "Zetec" etc...
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Pick up a metal Contour Zetec valve cover and polish it and clearcoat it.
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Honkeytonk Monkey,Aug 12 2006, 08:07 PM Wrote:These Ford Racing covers are rediculously cheap, I think they cost about as much as the plug wire covers, You can also get the stainless polished battery box/distribution box covers from ebay as well that say stuff like "Focus" "ZX3" "Ford" "Steeda" "Zetec" etc...
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dammit,, the stupid thing I did was JUST went and bought a FC sprak plug cover.
polishing the valve cover is my only way to go.
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ford racing cover is redicoulosly cheap??
umm..USD$60 isn't cheap to me..
i used to have one but had problem with it..
when engine shakes hard, cover touches valve cover and makes noise..
so i had to put some kind of foam behind there..
but i think i m gonna go back to FR cover again..
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Oh dear god... it's my "most hated word of the month".
It's RIDICULOUS, not rediculous. No offense to anyone in particular, but that damn word has seen a HUGE upswing in mis-usage of late.
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08-24-2006, 04:33 AM
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NOS2Go4Me,Aug 23 2006, 12:15 PM Wrote:Oh dear god... it's my "most hated word of the month".
It's RIDICULOUS, not rediculous. No offense to anyone in particular, but that damn word has seen a HUGE upswing in mis-usage of late.
The spelling Nazi.
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im starting to think that ur an English teacher....not that there's anything wrong with it :)
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NikiterZTS,Aug 23 2006, 02:33 PM Wrote:NOS2Go4Me,Aug 23 2006, 12:15 PM Wrote:Oh dear god... it's my "most hated word of the month".
It's RIDICULOUS, not rediculous. No offense to anyone in particular, but that damn word has seen a HUGE upswing in mis-usage of late.
The spelling Nazi.
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im starting to think that ur an English teacher....not that there's anything wrong with it :)
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Flofocus,Aug 23 2006, 02:37 PM Wrote:No, hes just anal. :lol:
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:rofl: :rofl: ... I could twist that in SO many ways! :lol:
Oh wait, that sounds wrong too :ph34r:
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NOS2Go4Me,Aug 23 2006, 02:38 PM Wrote:Oh wait, that sounds wrong too :ph34r:
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um...okay..ridiculous.. :P
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well I have on order
zetec valve cover (its going to be polished, can you polish a plastic valve cover?)
FC spark plug cover,
that blue oil cap arrvied.
what I will be adding:
cam cover (not sure if I am going to paint it or not)
blue silicone hoses to cover the original hoses,
what I havent figured out yet:
if I should change back the colours on all of the parts I painted silver, or if I should leave them alone?
and what colour to paint my cam cover (or if I should try and polish it?)
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PerfectSaiyan,Aug 26 2006, 09:20 PM Wrote:zetec valve cover (its going to be polished, can you polish a plastic valve cover?)
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How would you polish something that isn't metal? If you get a valve cover off some of the earlier ford models, ie a contour, they're metal and you could polish that.
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if you go to http://www.focussport.com, you can pick up a blue or red powdercoated valve cover, or an unfinished one that they say "or uncoated finish if you want to polish or do a custom paint/powdercoat job on it"
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