Imprezer
07-07-2001, 07:14 PM
What do you guys do to make your engine bay look pretty? I mean we all wash the cars and wax them, but I know I do "special" things to make that heart of my car look nice and clean.
Of course, you can clean the bay and wax the paint where possible, armour all all the plastic and rubber peices and do some other stuff, but this is what I do/want to do to my WRX's engine bay.
First of all, of course, I clean it as often as I clean my car. I use 409 All Purpose Cleaner and wet rags. I recommend staying away from Armour All, as it makes things look greasy and attracts dust in a major way. This is about all I did so far on my WRX besides polishing the turbo heat sheild on a wheel buffer.
This is what I want to do. I want to replace the coolant hoses with high quality Samco hoses. Maybe in Red or Blue. This way I will do both, pretty it out and make sure that no coolant line will ever bust open. Of course, I will use high quality hose clamps which will also provide max clamping, no hose damage and hey, they are shiny. ;)
Then, I will re-run all the additional wiring I had to make (gauges, TEC, ect) to make it invisible.
Then, maybe get some color vacuum lines. Then, once my fuel rails are done, my fuel lines will be replaced with EARLs SS ones with EARLs ends. Once again, performance and looks.
I think at this point I ran out of ideas. What do you guys do/want to do. And please be serious. Those who don't care about the way their cars look can save their silly comments to themselves.
-Alex
Of course, you can clean the bay and wax the paint where possible, armour all all the plastic and rubber peices and do some other stuff, but this is what I do/want to do to my WRX's engine bay.
First of all, of course, I clean it as often as I clean my car. I use 409 All Purpose Cleaner and wet rags. I recommend staying away from Armour All, as it makes things look greasy and attracts dust in a major way. This is about all I did so far on my WRX besides polishing the turbo heat sheild on a wheel buffer.
This is what I want to do. I want to replace the coolant hoses with high quality Samco hoses. Maybe in Red or Blue. This way I will do both, pretty it out and make sure that no coolant line will ever bust open. Of course, I will use high quality hose clamps which will also provide max clamping, no hose damage and hey, they are shiny. ;)
Then, I will re-run all the additional wiring I had to make (gauges, TEC, ect) to make it invisible.
Then, maybe get some color vacuum lines. Then, once my fuel rails are done, my fuel lines will be replaced with EARLs SS ones with EARLs ends. Once again, performance and looks.
I think at this point I ran out of ideas. What do you guys do/want to do. And please be serious. Those who don't care about the way their cars look can save their silly comments to themselves.
-Alex