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I have a big car show coming up soon and i'd really like to dress up my engine bay. What's some good cheap mods? I plan on painting the strut

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Old 02-19-2012, 11:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a big car show coming up soon and i'd really like to dress up my engine bay. What's some good cheap mods? I plan on painting the strut bar, and that's all I can think of. All I have done that's visible is blue cobb intake hoses.
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pw:jdm covers, radiator cap, dress up bolts?
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Samco radiator hoses and all of above
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Are Dressupbolts even around anymore? Would be nice to get a set, but haven't seen much activity out of them recently...
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paint the engine covers.... order some cheap bolts from ebay.... get all the silicone hoses from z1 that costs 20 bucks only
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Thanks guys.. I think I'm gonna get the dress up bolts, some hoses and paint the engine cover. What color should I do the engine cover, blue or red? I don't want there to be too much blue.
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One thing i like is the stickers of the companies of the mods you have on the underside of the hood, in a neat column. Also, you never go wrong with the classic gold on blue for the dress up bits. ^^
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If you get the bolts, let us know how many and where they fit. I've heard a number of people talk about them, but never seen a photo of where they can actually go.
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Radiator hoses, follow the DIY for color match your engine cover, Z1 hoses for sure

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Thanks guys.. I think I'm gonna get the dress up bolts, some hoses and paint the engine cover. What color should I do the engine cover, blue or red? I don't want there to be too much blue.
dont do red bro... they actually turn orangey red after a while... thats why i think ill replace all my hoses with black
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