Does this belong here? it's consider a "modification" anyways.

I'm extremely interested in making my engine bay look nicer. I've search forums and only found painting the covers. The most interesting one I found was a all carbon fiber engine bay. Well, what do you guys suggest?

Post some pictures, so I can get ideas. I would love to somehow wire up a lights that turn on when i pop the hood.

Thanks for any suggestions and positive feedback.

 

are you trying to make a Xmas tree? or a Ricemas Tree?
unless you're trying to improve visibility at night when working on the car, any other form of lights is gonna be chalked up to be about as ghetto fab as those LED window washer lights...


now there are tons of other "mods" that can get polishd up to make your engine bay look fly.

yes the CF cover is one of them, can't remember what the part is called but Acuratein and a few other members have it, nice huge stainless steel block over over the main engine head. of course you could get a chrome, black etc etc CAI, other than that, it's just organizing your bay or painting the frame.

please, no lights - you're not some civic ricer, you're in a luxery family sedan, make your high insurance cost for a luxery car worth it

 

how about you buy the type s engine cover I am selling for $30 shipped... then paint it to whatever you like... and if you don't like it, cut if up somehow and make something you like... cuz at the end of the day you cant beat the $30 price tag I have rofl

 

I think you're mis-spelling "LUXURY" but anyways thanks for your opinion. The lights would be to help visibility at night, and IMO I think it would look really clean. Trust me, None of my mods are ever going to be "rice."

Since I've been to a couple HIN's, I see the creativity of colors and cosmetic work done to engine bays and it amazes me. It makes you want to pop your hood and make people have that "WOW" on their face.

 

rofl

 

didnt mean to step on your toes.

sorry about the spelling, i'm trippin balls here, all nighter.



and yea, i understand the HIN look, alot of the lights at HIN and NOPI dont match up well unless you got the interior ICE as well....
but as personal preference, i think the real WOW factor is when you've got FI and the whine makes everyone that hears it do a double take.

 

thanks again for people actually giving me feedback.

stillhere153, what's the difference of your engine bay and mine? lol...

check up more on this 2m it's 446am, hope to see good positive feedback.

 

get them suade...

 

LOL wait i dont think he can use the TL-S engine cover! lol, the pins and holes are in different positions......plus...wtf is he gonna do with the 3.5 VTEC sign?

 

there is nothin different in fact it is the same... I was merely saying buy mine and doodle around with mine... keep yours for whenever you'd like to go back to stock

ps. dude... read we both have 07 type s' rofl

 

wow...


i need to goto sleep

 

adding the CT supercharged is the best cosmetic and performance mods.

 

CF Sticker... I actually saw a car with Carbon Fiber Stickers on the hood... It was an Acura too, old one but still... I laughed when I saw it.. But I still want to wrap my CAI in a sticker...

 

I say someone here recently post and said he is a vendor that sells Carbon Fiber engine bay...and i can not find the thread any more...

 

I was gonna suggest that... and have the manifolds polished too...!

 

First you could try cleaning it up a bit, that always helps it look better. After that, you could paint some small little things to "mod the motor bay" for example Tein Hood dampers, that light as you suggested, lightweight battery and battery tie-down, the usual oil cap and radiator cap, an aftermarket (accord) strut bar and a few other things.

 

thats an awesome bay!

shiny happy people

do I see a grounding kit wire not connected?

 

^ that would be erics car. lol

 

Nope haha that's Kennedy's car

 

I am actually thinking about putting my car in one of the HIN shows either in July or Dec.

I hadn't really thought too much about engine cosmetics, I made the mistake of thinking I wasn't going to try and do as much with the TL as I had my TSX, but lo and behold it's already begun.

I plan on keeping the covers in the engine bay, and I honestly think(since I swapped my interior for all red LED's) that some red lights shining out from under the covers on the engine(and my chrome CAI) would look pretty good, nothing too rice. And those would be the only exterior lights(no undercar lights, I got past that phase with my RSX), so it wouldn't be too "over the top"

 

That would be MY car...
Note differences: No crazy intercooler, no crazy gold foil. Note Lots of polished aluminum!

Eric's not the only guy here with a blown and badass WDP...

 

Why did the strut tower brace get replaced? Other than the clearance issues i like the stock round bar.

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I was thinking of getting some wire tubing for some bare wires, i'd like to rust proof anything i can..michigan is awful. (might have to get a winter car now)

 

He has the TEIN suspension with the Electronic controller, and the motors for the suspension do not fit with the stock bar, this one allows those little motors (black boxes right next to the bar) to fit.

 

Yep...

 

Yeah thats nice to have, alot easier than doing it manually.

 

hey hey chris... leave the gold foil alone...

how about buy the honda accord valve cover... it says honda on it... powder coat it

 

Haha, thanks guys good help. What type of paint do you guys use? Is it something I can buy at home depot or what? That might of sounded like a stupid question, but I need answers.

 

He already has one and they come black I think.

and just for shits and giggles: It's different now though

 

^ that looks pretty hot. Where did you buy the paint?

 

autozone... buy my cover paint it... tired of having it in my trunk

 

I'll consider it stillhere153.. $30 is very tempting.

 

This is where I was going (then I dicked it up and haven't taken time to start over):

 

here mine.... painted WDP

 

i'm sucha noob, lol. nice car kennedy. i've always loved your car.

mr. ballinfizzle's car is clean. inside and out!

 

hope you get some ideas from this...






...well it's not a TL but similar looking

 

j35a8 NAKED

 

Is that gold heat wrap or is that a polished finish?

 

I hope no one takes offense to that.

 

Eoanou, that is gold heat wrap on Stillhere153's intake.

 

it's a russian space suite

no but seriously yea it is heat wrap foil with an adhesive backing... it is what eric (accuratein) has all over his engine bay