What have you done to tidy up/make your engine bay...

Website · Post by **Lawso** » Sun May 10, 2009 11:56 pm

mr-charisma wrote:
lawsochap wrote:1. buy 2 cans of degreaser
2. dual wield
3. go ape s**t
4. high pressure hose
5. cheap engine bay shine
A few things;
Shouldn't use the aerosol degreasers you can get @ supercheap for $2 .. theres a reason it's so cheap
Shouldn't use high pressure hoses in the engine bay, especially after spraying the cheap degreaser .. the degreasers can wear away the protective sealant in the electrical plugs & then the high pressure water gets all up in there & starts making funny stuff happen
Dual wielding is aweasome.

1.) Get some liquid degreaser, the kind that is like a detergent - truckies use this stuff to clean their rigs.. it's less harmful to the electrical sealants etc..
2.) Get a heap of rags soaked in degreaser & dual wield
3.) Go ape S**t
4.) Wipe off degreaser with clean, damp rags, or if you have to , use a normal garden hose .. cover the air filter etc with plastic bags first though & tape it up.. if you don't have it boxed..
5.) A bit more hard work, & elbow grease .. but good result..

don't worry mr charisma, its only a ford focus i did it on

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Sun May 10, 2009 11:59 pm

lawsochap wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
lawsochap wrote:1. buy 2 cans of degreaser
2. dual wield
3. go ape s**t
4. high pressure hose
5. cheap engine bay shine
A few things;
Shouldn't use the aerosol degreasers you can get @ supercheap for $2 .. theres a reason it's so cheap
Shouldn't use high pressure hoses in the engine bay, especially after spraying the cheap degreaser .. the degreasers can wear away the protective sealant in the electrical plugs & then the high pressure water gets all up in there & starts making funny stuff happen
Dual wielding is aweasome.

1.) Get some liquid degreaser, the kind that is like a detergent - truckies use this stuff to clean their rigs.. it's less harmful to the electrical sealants etc..
2.) Get a heap of rags soaked in degreaser & dual wield
3.) Go ape S**t
4.) Wipe off degreaser with clean, damp rags, or if you have to , use a normal garden hose .. cover the air filter etc with plastic bags first though & tape it up.. if you don't have it boxed..
5.) A bit more hard work, & elbow grease .. but good result..
don't worry mr charisma, its only a ford focus i did it on

yeah, it might be good enough for a ford focus, but I wouldn't be telling anyone to do it on an FTO ..

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:11 pm

ENGINE BAY OVERHAUL - PHASE I

Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..

Ignore how dirty the engine bay is right now .. give me a couple of weeks & it shall have "the stink of cleannn"

Polished Intake manifold / TB & Painted Bolts in Anodized Metallic Red .. (The bolts for obvious reasons, need a bit of a touch up after being fitted

)

Started work on Polishing the Turbo housing as well..

and.. my babies parked undercover together

DIY Guide for Polishing Intake Manifold / other parts to follow ..
This one took me the best part of a week to do, including non stop hard yakka during every waking hour of the last long weekend.. & it could be a lot better .. (will have to re-do it next time I take the manifold off..)

PHASE II - Coming soon...

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:50 pm

looks sweet man, good job

maxleng · Post by **maxleng** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:06 am

nice pics

red fto's have grown on me heaps

sweet engine bay too

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:18 am

J · Post by J » Wed May 13, 2009 5:08 pm

^^^ NICE!!!

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:37 am

J wrote:^^^ NICE!!!

Yeah, I have to agree. That looks mint mate. Awesome conversion yeah?

Eltnot · Post by **Eltnot** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:43 pm

tintin wrote:

Each time I look at this pic, I expect to see a "My Pink Pony" or something hidden in the picture.

It's not my taste, but I respect the effort. Otherwise I love it. Would love to see it in action.

J · Post by J » Thu May 14, 2009 4:40 pm

hey tintin is your mivec cover real carbon fibre? it looks real in pic1 but then looks matt black in the second pic

manofwood · Post by **manofwood** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:12 pm

Yeah, move to Blacktown, leave your bonnet open, and someone might key the engine bay for you.

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:51 am

J wrote:hey tintin is your mivec cover real carbon fibre? it looks real in pic1 but then looks matt black in the second pic

yes its real carbon

the sencond pic is and older pic the 1st one was taken on the weekend when i was at a show

it pulls the crowds at shows

and it is fun to drive i got a 14.66 at my last 1/4 mile ( getting closer to that 13

)

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:13 pm

nice looking engine bay tintin... looks tops

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun May 17, 2009 8:38 pm

koolio1234 wrote:nice looking engine bay tintin... looks tops

cheers

theres a few more things i need to get powderd coated that ive ran out of things to paint in the engine bay

Post by **dstocks** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:30 pm

Finally got Azas polished manifold installed (and one or 2 other bits). Here are the up to date pics of mine now....

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:33 pm

Im speechless......

Post by **aza013** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:51 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm god that looks hot

even the blue is almost a perfect match to the rest of the bay.

I have to say after seeing that I now have to get some more work done on my bay and get some more manafolds done for other members

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:01 pm

that look nice

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:16 pm

Tidiest engine bay evAr!

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:38 pm

that looks brilliant!