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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Pics of Engine Bay: Polished Valve Cover and Wire Hiding

Ok, tell me what you think. Please be gentle, still a work in progress, I have a Carbon Fiber spark plug cover coming in soon. Any advice to help it look better would be awesome. Thanks all!












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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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You did a really good job on the tuck. I would suggest some steel braided lines would help, also a JNZ spark cover. You said you ordered a carbon cover I don't know how good that will look. It does look very nice though.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Thanks, the JNZ sounds like a better idea then the carbon fiber. I will see how it turns out with the Carbon, but the steel braided lines is a definite!
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Looks good bro! Keep us updated on the progress! Noticed you polished the BPV as well.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Polished aluminum radiator hard pipes, Ralliart strut bar (comes fully polished, including brackets), COMPLX spark plug cover, polished up...

HKS oil cap (I think those come polished...)
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:44 AM
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looking good
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:26 AM
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Polished aluminum radiator hard pipes, Ralliart strut bar (comes fully polished, including brackets), COMPLX spark plug cover, polished up...

HKS oil cap (I think those come polished...)
I might throw in some red powder coating to the strut bar. Any benefit to running aluminum radiator hard pipes? Was thinking of going with the AMS red radiator lines.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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The polished valve cover and the red anodized fuel rail sets off nicely. But I am sure it looks killer in the daytime. I'm sure the night shots don't do justice.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Tachyon56
I might throw in some red powder coating to the strut bar. Any benefit to running aluminum radiator hard pipes? Was thinking of going with the AMS red radiator lines.
No real benefit. I think of it like this:

Stock hoses can sometimes collapse, they often get cruddy looking

Samco hoses do a good job preventing collapse because they're like 3-ply or something, and the outside finish stays nice and pretty with a simple wiping down

Hard pipes have to be custom made and will be shiny




Just get the red hoses


Btw the HKS oil cap has some red in it I think... would look great with your little theme there.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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Man..... that looks good.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Frankiago
No real benefit. I think of it like this:

Stock hoses can sometimes collapse, they often get cruddy looking

Samco hoses do a good job preventing collapse because they're like 3-ply or something, and the outside finish stays nice and pretty with a simple wiping down

Hard pipes have to be custom made and will be shiny




Just get the red hoses

Added some daytime pics.



Btw the HKS oil cap has some red in it I think... would look great with your little theme there.
Thanks for the heads up
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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get a new oil cap...just my opinion but the stock one looks a little outta place with that polished cover. maybe the ralliart one or something would spice it up a bit
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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Look'in Good
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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looks good for evo x bay i would get some custom radaitor pipes im getting some made right now so best bet go into weilding section and ask one of them to fab some up for you
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Looks real good, I wanna get my valve cover wrinkled black but its my DD so I cant have down time.
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