| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 02:19 AM |
Engine Accenting/painting
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I know I will be flamed for this by all the people who say "If it doesnt make your car go faster it's rice"...I dont care:D . I think the yellow caps on the coolent, power steering, washer fluid etc. WERE ABSOLUTELY UGLY. I hated them and decided to paint them a color tha matched my short ram intake. So I went ahead and drove down to GI Joes and bought some "metal cast" or fake metal looking paint. I had a few problems with the plastic not accepting the paint but once I sanded them a little bit it went great. I also did the electronic cover on the passenger side and the pulley/alternator cover(dont know what its called) It looks good I think. I know this doesnt add horsepower, so some will criticize but I really didnt like that yellow plastic look. Tell me your opinions.:banana:
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| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 02:21 AM |
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| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 02:23 AM |
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| CU04BlackWRX | 12-31-2003 02:24 AM |
I think it looks good. You did a good job everthing looks professional done. But to each his own opinion. I say pick another color and paint the top of the engine ;)
| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 02:24 AM |
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| alster | 12-31-2003 02:26 AM |
Nice, but for the love of god paint your fuse cover holder blue to balance out the blueness. You can also paint the top of the engine block blue, although most people paint it STI red. :)
| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 02:29 AM |
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by alster [/i]
[B]Nice, but for the love of god paint your fuse cover holder blue to balance out the blueness. You can also paint the top of the engine block blue, although most people paint it STI red. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Didnt even think about that, thanks, gunna do that too. Isnt the top of the enginle block hard to remove??
[B]Nice, but for the love of god paint your fuse cover holder blue to balance out the blueness. You can also paint the top of the engine block blue, although most people paint it STI red. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Didnt even think about that, thanks, gunna do that too. Isnt the top of the enginle block hard to remove??
| Full_Clip | 12-31-2003 05:09 PM |
Buy a better camera before you buy more paint.
Full_Clip suspects camera-phone.
Full_Clip suspects camera-phone.
| MAD REX | 12-31-2003 05:15 PM |
Looks good. Your IC looks a little beat up though...
| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 05:16 PM |
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Full_Clip [/i]
[B]Buy a better camera before you buy more paint.
Full_Clip suspects camera-phone. [/B][/QUOTE]
Full_Clip is wrong:D . Its a digital camera from 6 years ago, one of the first to be really mass produced, less than 1 megapixel. Very bad quality.
[B]Buy a better camera before you buy more paint.
Full_Clip suspects camera-phone. [/B][/QUOTE]
Full_Clip is wrong:D . Its a digital camera from 6 years ago, one of the first to be really mass produced, less than 1 megapixel. Very bad quality.
| wrxplaya11 | 12-31-2003 05:19 PM |
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MAD REX[/i]
[B] Looks good. Your IC looks a little beat up though... [/B][/QUOTE]
Its not, just the quality of the camera.
[B] Looks good. Your IC looks a little beat up though... [/B][/QUOTE]
Its not, just the quality of the camera.
| X4 SRT | 12-31-2003 07:41 PM |
I think you did a good job, and it doesn't look like rice to me. Good work. Keep it up and keep positng those pics
| wrxplaya11 | 01-01-2004 04:59 AM |
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by alster [/i]
[B]Nice, but for the love of god paint your fuse cover holder blue to balance out the blueness. You can also paint the top of the engine block blue, although most people paint it STI red. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Just for you bud, JK, thanks for the idea.
[B]Nice, but for the love of god paint your fuse cover holder blue to balance out the blueness. You can also paint the top of the engine block blue, although most people paint it STI red. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Just for you bud, JK, thanks for the idea.
| subiekid | 01-02-2004 02:03 AM |
looks good.
| wrxplaya11 | 01-04-2004 12:22 AM |
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Now im done!!!
| wrxplaya11 | 01-04-2004 12:23 AM |
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close up of intercooler
| SDscooby | 01-04-2004 02:32 AM |
To each his own.
It looks like you did a pretty good job, but I just don't like the color.
It looks like you did a pretty good job, but I just don't like the color.
| kenchan | 01-04-2004 10:14 AM |
looks like a cusco front strutbar with the similar blue would finish it up. :D
| WRX03 | 01-05-2004 05:57 AM |
Looks good to me, but I'm another you might consider another color. I choose the same color of the car in my case. A non-matallic may actually look better with a silver car? But if you like it that's all that matters. :D
[IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387566/EBAY2029.jpg[/IMG]
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| QuickSilverSTi | 01-05-2004 07:30 AM |
I think I'll have to go the carbon fiber route. I doubt the paint will hold up over time and will start to look like, well, spray paint.
| grknss | 01-05-2004 08:34 AM |
I like it, very nice...
1 question how will the paint hold up with the heat of the engine? high temp paint was used I hope. I see no rice there either
1 question how will the paint hold up with the heat of the engine? high temp paint was used I hope. I see no rice there either
| CU04BlackWRX | 01-05-2004 11:23 AM |
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As I stated earlier it looks great but there's just one more thing missing that should be blue in my opinion. I didn't know what to call it so just look at the picture instead :)
| WRX03 | 01-05-2004 12:10 PM |
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CU04BlackWRX [/i]
[B]As I stated earlier it looks great but there's just one more thing missing that should be blue in my opinion. I didn't know what to call it so just look at the picture instead :) [/B][/QUOTE]
wrxplaya11 you should take the coolent cover off anyways. 02's black paint flakes off the bottom of the cover and goes into your coolent, some have had coolent blockage from it. :(
[B]As I stated earlier it looks great but there's just one more thing missing that should be blue in my opinion. I didn't know what to call it so just look at the picture instead :) [/B][/QUOTE]
wrxplaya11 you should take the coolent cover off anyways. 02's black paint flakes off the bottom of the cover and goes into your coolent, some have had coolent blockage from it. :(
| JMONEY007 | 01-06-2004 04:12 PM |
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I had done the same as you with the paint scheme... The only one that doesn't hold the paint is the washer fluid one. Its too thin off plastic and bends, causes the flakes to come off... I did mine in july, looks good in jan.
jeremy
jeremy
| _mo_ | 01-06-2004 04:34 PM |
Looks good
I think I just found my next project :D
mo
I think I just found my next project :D
mo
| PoopRSkupe | 01-06-2004 05:16 PM |
that looks cool!
| wrxplaya11 | 01-06-2004 05:25 PM |
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JMONEY007[/i]
[B] I had done the same as you with the paint scheme... The only one that doesn't hold the paint is the washer fluid one. Its too thin off plastic and bends, causes the flakes to come off... I did mine in july, looks good in jan.
jeremy [/B][/QUOTE]
I thought about that but with 3 coats of base, and 3 coats of blue I think im ok.
[B] I had done the same as you with the paint scheme... The only one that doesn't hold the paint is the washer fluid one. Its too thin off plastic and bends, causes the flakes to come off... I did mine in july, looks good in jan.
jeremy [/B][/QUOTE]
I thought about that but with 3 coats of base, and 3 coats of blue I think im ok.
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