suggestions on making the engine bay pretty

LeePeyton · 09-11-2009, 03:18 AM

I'm in the middle of putting my motor back together and I was curious what input you guys would have on engine bay beautification.

Thanks.

ebouwman · 09-11-2009, 07:19 AM

How about some flowers

Ashmen · 09-11-2009, 11:14 AM

Move the fuse box to the trunk next to the ECU to open up a good chunk of space in there. Get one of these, MR2 Owners Club Message Board™, to clean it up some and free more space.

LeePeyton · 09-13-2009, 09:09 PM

flowers you say?

Sang · 09-13-2009, 09:11 PM

Lots of sand paper, sanding block, and mothers metal polish.

Ben · 09-14-2009, 12:52 AM

Powdercoating

TreyMR2 · 09-14-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sang

Lots of sand paper, sanding block, and mothers metal polish.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

Powdercoating

+2 Lol also degrease the crap outta your engine bay, maybe even repaint it. Also I tore out that crappy black heat sheild and got some nice new heat and sound proofing stuff from summit. I think that changed the look of the engine bay a whole lot by itself.

edit: here's a pic of what I'm talking about. This is mine when I was doing my motor swap.

mr29180 · 09-14-2009, 11:24 PM

Wire tucked and paint or power coated...

328FTW · 09-15-2009, 03:39 AM

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When I get around to a basic wire tuck and a nice set of leads etc it will look a lot better still, there is about $35 in that engine bay polishing by the time you add up sandpaper, paint and the amount of polish used but it looks purdy. I've also been meaning to do what TreyMR2 did to really tidy up the firewall but all in time its still running a flexitube intake

So yeah my vote is with polish and paint because it is cheap and looks good the only downside is its very time consuming

09-11-2009, 03:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
LeePeyton Building Motor from Hell Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tennessee/USA Posts: 1,696 Thanks: 23 Thanked 67 Times in 61 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	suggestions on making the engine bay pretty I'm in the middle of putting my motor back together and I was curious what input you guys would have on engine bay beautification. Thanks.

09-15-2009, 03:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
328FTW Crazy Nasty Honey Badger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,236 Thanks: 24 Thanked 266 Times in 239 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	+ + + = When I get around to a basic wire tuck and a nice set of leads etc it will look a lot better still, there is about $35 in that engine bay polishing by the time you add up sandpaper, paint and the amount of polish used but it looks purdy. I've also been meaning to do what TreyMR2 did to really tidy up the firewall but all in time its still running a flexitube intake So yeah my vote is with polish and paint because it is cheap and looks good the only downside is its very time consuming

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09-11-2009, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
ebouwman Curve Hugger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: BC Posts: 1,600 Thanks: 19 Thanked 51 Times in 51 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	How about some flowers

09-11-2009, 11:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ashmen Beams Owners Group Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: AL Posts: 381 Thanks: 10 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	Move the fuse box to the trunk next to the ECU to open up a good chunk of space in there. Get one of these, MR2 Owners Club Message Board™, to clean it up some and free more space.

09-13-2009, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
LeePeyton Building Motor from Hell Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tennessee/USA Posts: 1,696 Thanks: 23 Thanked 67 Times in 61 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	flowers you say?

09-13-2009, 09:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sang Turtle Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FL Posts: 4,096 Thanks: 18 Thanked 267 Times in 246 Posts iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	Lots of sand paper, sanding block, and mothers metal polish.

09-14-2009, 12:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ben Same In The End Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oceanside, CA / Reno, NV Posts: 4,274 Thanks: 20 Thanked 309 Times in 284 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (16/100% )	Powdercoating

09-14-2009, 11:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
mr29180 Cage fighter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Frisco (bay area) Posts: 1,368 Thanks: 7 Thanked 42 Times in 37 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Wire tucked and paint or power coated...