Dressing up the engine bay
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Dressing up the engine bay
What are some easy, and inexpensive things you can add to dress up the engine bay? I plan on adding a hood liner with the Corvette flags, and if the car I buy doesn't already come with them, I'd like to add the red valve cover covers (what are they called)? Where's a good place to buy these parts?
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What are some easy, and inexpensive things you can add to dress up the engine bay? I plan on adding a hood liner with the Corvette flags, and if the car I buy doesn't already come with them, I'd like to add the red valve cover covers (what are they called)? Where's a good place to buy these parts?
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And depending on what color you end up with, someone might be selling some used dress up pieces that would compliment the color.
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FRC, 'fuel rail cover'.
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What are some easy, and inexpensive things you can add to dress up the engine bay? I plan on adding a hood liner with the Corvette flags, and if the car I buy doesn't already come with them, I'd like to add the red valve cover covers (what are they called)? Where's a good place to buy these parts?
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The hard part is "cheap".
What are some easy, and inexpensive things you can add to dress up the engine bay? I plan on adding a hood liner with the Corvette flags, and if the car I buy doesn't already come with them, I'd like to add the red valve cover covers (what are they called)? Where's a good place to buy these parts?
I was lucky enough to buy a C5 at a great price, and some previous owner had spent maybe $ 1000+ under the hood. All this simply sticks on w/ velcro, but I think it looks good:
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First, spend a couple of hours hitting every nook and cranny. A clean engine bay looks better than one dressed up with little trinkets w/o the attention to detail.
Also, don't forget that sometimes less = more. Don't go overboard and make it gaudy. There is one yellow corvette on this forum that went waaay too far in that direction. The owner shall remain nameless.....
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Easiest way to always have a clean engine bay. Everything is covered and makes a great crowd pleaser.
The coil covers are wet decal dipped with carbon design and light grey base coat.
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If you don't mind a project you can polish aluminum...
I've got about $100 in polishing supplies and a lot of time spent.
The power steering pulley bracket was $100 and the aluminum intake was bought for around $300 unpolished if I remember correctly. The rest is time.
Block timing cover and valley cover ready
Alt bracket
Alternator
Water pump
Mock up with the water pump/tb installed
PS pump and bracket installed on the engine, also steering rack/ebcm.
Assembled
Coolant Crossover bolted down with more polished button heads
The power steering pulley bracket was $100 and the aluminum intake was bought for around $300 unpolished if I remember correctly. The rest is time.
Block timing cover and valley cover ready
Alt bracket
Alternator
Water pump
Mock up with the water pump/tb installed
PS pump and bracket installed on the engine, also steering rack/ebcm.
Assembled
Coolant Crossover bolted down with more polished button heads
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Awesome work Josh!
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I think I know who you are referring too... Unfortunately I think there are many more on this forum with the same. To each their own. I started going down that path, but now I'm course correcting and going with the naked approach.
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The OP did say inexpensive ???? I bought all my Stainless as a kit from e-bay for 300 dollars, all the painted stuff I did myself with base/coat clear coat spray cans from Automotive touch-up.com !!
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