Engine Bay Thread
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BTW, for those of you who have unpainted, black plastic surfaces in your engine bay (which is most of us, LOL), do yourself the solid of exploring Meguiar's Endurance Tire Gel. It's not just for tires. And it's AMAZING on things like the radiator cover, and the black area of the engine cover. Absolutely amazing.
You don't have to use much. And buff it out really well, otherwise it's tacky (because gel).
It also works really, really well on black plastic cladding, like on my wife's Honda CR-V. Puts Mother's Back-2-Black to shame. I had half a bottle of Back-2-Black sitting around, and I just threw it away.
You don't have to use much. And buff it out really well, otherwise it's tacky (because gel).
It also works really, really well on black plastic cladding, like on my wife's Honda CR-V. Puts Mother's Back-2-Black to shame. I had half a bottle of Back-2-Black sitting around, and I just threw it away.
Last edited by Rochester; 09-11-2013 at 12:26 PM.
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Not sure what to do next. Strongly considering having the FSTB powder-coated to match the Black Nickle on the R2C intake mid-pipes.
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You're right, high temp is unnecessary. Prime, paint, done.
The trick is in the details. Start by masking as good as humanly possible, but afterwards go over all the lines with some really tiny brushes, the kind you can find at a hobby store. (And in my case, some reading glasses couldn't hurt, too.) This is actually a two-fold effort: one with the new color, and another in flat black.
The trick is in the details. Start by masking as good as humanly possible, but afterwards go over all the lines with some really tiny brushes, the kind you can find at a hobby store. (And in my case, some reading glasses couldn't hurt, too.) This is actually a two-fold effort: one with the new color, and another in flat black.
#278
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I was installing the grounding wires today and I kept looking at my hood liner and thinking about Rochester's *naked* hood.
On an impulse, I tried to pry off one of the fasteners just by squeezing a finger under the lip of the peg and pulling it out. It didn't yield, so I quit. I'm still mulling it over. I can't think of any reason *not* to, but where would I put it after I take it off? If my engine bay doesn't get hot enough to melt the myriad of rubber hoses or to damage the regular paint I put DIRECTLY on top of the engine, I doubt the heat will have detrimental effects on the hood paint. What to do, what to do.....
On an impulse, I tried to pry off one of the fasteners just by squeezing a finger under the lip of the peg and pulling it out. It didn't yield, so I quit. I'm still mulling it over. I can't think of any reason *not* to, but where would I put it after I take it off? If my engine bay doesn't get hot enough to melt the myriad of rubber hoses or to damage the regular paint I put DIRECTLY on top of the engine, I doubt the heat will have detrimental effects on the hood paint. What to do, what to do.....
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You have to be more aggressive with those clips. Use a flat-head screwdriver.
If you want to re-install the sound-deadening liner, but trash the clips during removal, no biggie... just get a handful of new ones.
If you want to re-install the sound-deadening liner, but trash the clips during removal, no biggie... just get a handful of new ones.
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Black, aluminum washer fluid cap, from ZeeToyz.com.