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    Default Engine bay ideas zenki s14 (road car)

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    have the engine out being built at the min,planning on moving the battery to the boot and removng any unnecessary holes,bracket ancillaries etc!...

    the dilemma...do i paint the bay a mad accent colour ie candy pink or similar or just keep the lp2,or keep lp2 and add a metal flake?...ideas suggestions welcome!


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    Quote Originally Posted by tom.com View Post
    right first of all,heres the car




    have the engine out being built at the min,planning on moving the battery to the boot and removng any unnecessary holes,bracket ancillaries etc!...

    the dilemma...do i paint the bay a mad accent colour ie candy pink or similar or just keep the lp2,or keep lp2 and add a metal flake?...ideas suggestions welcome!
    Nothing mad... nice and simple . Cover all holes up . move anything that can be moved out of there. keep the lp2


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    Will Ya tub the front arches while your at it? Might need it in the future might aswell get it done now as its not alot of extra work as there will be a few holes to weld in the standerd tubs anyway? You can buy car trailer tubs off e bay, Cut in half weld them up and presto.

    Keep lp2 and polish the rocker cover and eeverythin else,and hide as much wiring as possible. Its a classy looking car no need to go lary in the engine bay.


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    I'd say keep it the standard colour and smooth it. Depends how mad you want to go though and is it for show too, if youve the engine out I'm sure you clean it up a bit.
    But once you start smoothing it's hard to know when to stop.

    This is nice and looks clean but took a lot of relocation:



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    Quote Originally Posted by ali-d1936 View Post
    Will Ya tub the front arches while your at it? Might need it in the future might aswell get it done now as its not alot of extra work as there will be a few holes to weld in the standerd tubs anyway? You can buy car trailer tubs off e bay, Cut in half weld them up and presto.

    Keep lp2 and polish the rocker cover and eeverythin else,and hide as much wiring as possible. Its a classy looking car no need to go lary in the engine bay.
    ah jesus i dunno i wonder what sort of extra cost that would be entailing...what benefits do they give me??


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    id say fire out all the un needed crap, wash it and stick the engine back in and drive the crap out of it who is going to be looking under the bonnet when your drifting it??


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    Quote Originally Posted by gem-s13 View Post
    id say fire out all the un needed crap, wash it and stick the engine back in and drive the crap out of it who is going to be looking under the bonnet when your drifting it??
    its gonna be a road car man


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    Ah i suppose Ya might never need it it would give you more clearance for wider wheels i had to beat mine in a bit to make room for lock on the new wheels, ill be doing it down the road, should need it for extra lock but Im not sure on the latter. If i was going through the hassle of painting and cleaning it up id do it. Look up DOD on here his ps13, he just bought his tub off the bay i believe Cut and welded it up and it looks awsome. Will pay if you ever need it in future


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    since the car is very subtle and clean looking putting a pink or other wild colour in the engine bay will make it look tacky imo.
    pearl grey imo would be the perfect colour for any clean engine bay. have the bay smooth and grey pearl with then engine block silver and the rocker cover lp2 with polished IC pipes etc will make it look so much better.
    this is petries s13 not in pearl but it draws more attention to the engine and parts inside the bay a good bit better


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    LP2 as a coloure, Tubed arches look shit as in above picture !! We'll do something with wiring and relocate few bits and remove few other unwanted bits my opinion dude, don't go all show car it's not everyone's taste, and sure it's your daily, so no point !!


 

 

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