So with a bank holiday weekend I decided to spruce up my engine bay a little. The biggest item on show obviously is the intake, figured I'll start with that then.
To start at the beginning it looked like this
Never been cleaned since it left the factory in '93. Quick scrub and sprayed silver and that was it for a while. My bay looking tidier
However, I got a bit bored and decided it needed to look better. So yesterday I took it back out, gave a quick scrub and sprayed it white giving me a blank canvas
Really gotta clean the valve cover too at some point
Anyways then I started masking the entire thing. Easier said than done, it took ages!!
Time for a doodle on it
Then figured the lines would get confusing so a quick squiggle with a sharpie to life easier
Then I'm afraid I spent so long cutting the masking out I forgot to take pics so I threw some red paint at it and with fingers crossed I started to unmask.
The ACIS cover seemed to turn out ok
Only a very small amount of white being peeled off in the bottom left corner
Then I did the same with the intake & unmasked with baited breath!
The final article! Turned out ok I reckon, just gotta throw it back in the bay
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Good work!
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love it
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Man, looking sick! Get some pics of it fitted!
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Awesome, you should fit the ACIS spacer whilst you've got it all apart. Does wonders for the engine
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I'm seeing a lot of dress up threads, is it really as simple as remove, spray, refit? Looks fantastic dude!
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Yup it's that easy! Hardest bit is masking, it's a ballache & takes forever!! As for the spacer cuz it's a freebie I'm still waiting on it. But as requested here's a pic of it all back together
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I know my bodywork is filthy but I will be washing it today
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Great work fancy doing mine
My TRD WIDEBODY build thread http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=164957
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Thanks glad you all like it Matt, mate it's easy enough to do.
Whilst doing the spruce up I figured I'd have a clean and polish and cut some vinyls and paint a bit.
To start with this is how the car looked when I got it
After a flick of paint on the wheels and a dab of VHT on the brakes, they now look like this
It's actually Ford Ash Black, it has a metallic purple flake in it
The brakes look tidier
The outcome
Next up was the rear panel and taillights were also painted
By this point the exhaust had already gone on too. Still got this bit kicking around after realising its actually of no use to me what-so-ever! I spent ages trying to figure out how to use it
Next was to pop a pair of spacers on the rear, about an inch either side made me happy
Then a skip around the great Bay of E got me a scoop in the right colour
Back on the Bay to get some black vinyl for the rub strips and then I finished up with little spit and polish and this is how my pride & joy sits today
So far so good. The only part of the entire car I'm not happy with is the colour of the seats, the search goes on for someone who wants to swap.
Whilst doing the spruce up I figured I'd have a clean and polish and cut some vinyls and paint a bit.
To start with this is how the car looked when I got it
After a flick of paint on the wheels and a dab of VHT on the brakes, they now look like this
It's actually Ford Ash Black, it has a metallic purple flake in it
The brakes look tidier
The outcome
Next up was the rear panel and taillights were also painted
By this point the exhaust had already gone on too. Still got this bit kicking around after realising its actually of no use to me what-so-ever! I spent ages trying to figure out how to use it
Next was to pop a pair of spacers on the rear, about an inch either side made me happy
Then a skip around the great Bay of E got me a scoop in the right colour
Back on the Bay to get some black vinyl for the rub strips and then I finished up with little spit and polish and this is how my pride & joy sits today
So far so good. The only part of the entire car I'm not happy with is the colour of the seats, the search goes on for someone who wants to swap.
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Still gotta get rid of the UK side repeaters(genius idea from the previous owner)
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that is brilliant!! top knotch effort mate.. love it
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So having spruced the bay I wanted to be able to put it on show, with no bay lights I took a trip back on to eBlag for some led strips and a quick trip to Halfords for a door switch like this one
Then wired in the strips and this was the outcome
Then I thought while I'm at it I'd change the boot light too cuz it had all the lighting capabilities of a swan vesta
And both together
Then wired in the strips and this was the outcome
Then I thought while I'm at it I'd change the boot light too cuz it had all the lighting capabilities of a swan vesta
And both together
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What paint did you use
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Halfords Appliance White in a rattle can and Halfords Toyota Red 3E5 in a rattle can. I've done intakes before using regular car paint so I know it'll stand up to heat
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Nice thread, i used to be a bit of a detailer but been too busy working 6-7days now but once i get mines back i think ill take some of ur ideas
FORGED BUILD (424hp @ hubs): http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=170916
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Here we go again, similar design but with "JDM AS F*CK" on it too, and it'll have a better finish as I don't need it to have the car running because it's a spare.
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This is the outcome on the second intake. And for those with Facebook and Rev3/4 N/A it's being auctioned to raise some cash for one of the dog rescues I work with