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Old 06-24-2010, 09:13 PM
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Carbon Fiber Engine Covers
Got Ucald4 to wrap my engine covers with carbon fiber and wanted to show some pics.









Some carbon fiber on the inside.




Got my subs wired up to.




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Old 06-24-2010, 09:24 PM
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can you wrap an engine cover with 3m dinoc?
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Damn that looks good! What did that set you back??
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Looks good Mike. Uncald4 does good work. Interior and exterior look great.
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Old 06-24-2010, 11:01 PM
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Damn that looks good! What did that set you back??
Looks real good, also wondering what that cost.
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Old 06-25-2010, 09:18 AM
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ok, where cn i get this done and how much???????
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I am not sure about price for the 3rd gen tl, but the cf engine cover that was made for the CL was $350. Basically it was too pricey for 99.9% of CL owners.
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I tried this myself and failed miserably. I sanded through the resin into the CF in several places which made the piece unsalvagable. Props to Uncald4 for doing such a good job.

$$$ is no object when you do something like this. I want to know how long it took?
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Originally Posted by mike421
Got Ucald4 to wrap my engine covers with carbon fiber and wanted to show some pics.









Some carbon fiber on the inside.




Got my subs wired up to.




Holy Schnikies batman. That is way too shiney. I think the engine cover would have been enough. And that sub is freaken huge. Guess you don't take many road trips. You crazy kids and your base.
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Old 06-25-2010, 01:37 PM
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^Fail for quoting the whole post.

OP I love the engine bay. That looks great!
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^Fail for quoting the whole post.

OP I love the engine bay. That looks great!
x2.

Looks good OP
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
^Fail for quoting the whole post.

OP I love the engine bay. That looks great!
+1, and misspelling bass
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Old 06-26-2010, 10:05 PM
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looks sweet...i would like to do this....but just to the engine cover....
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love the carbon fiber look great but whats up with the big a$$ box in ur trunk no trunk space
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Interior is NOT CF. Acura "CF" trim kit. Have the same thing. Agree on just the engine cover in CF.
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Looks sick!! is that high maintenance to keep it clean?
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Yeah so...what was the turnaround time for this?
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thats a gorgeous engine bay, /envy
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Looks great! I have the same pieces except for the most important part.... the engine shroud. Still can't find one.
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Old 06-30-2010, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bent09
Looks great! I have the same pieces except for the most important part.... the engine shroud. Still can't find one.
I bought a CF engine cover on eBay a few months ago. I'm not finding the vendor now, but the manufacturer was this company - http://carbonfiberwerks.stimuluscreations.com/

Not sure if they're still making them or not, but it might be worth contacting them. Here's how mine turned out:



Sorry the engine bay was a little dirty at the time I took the picture.
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^^ very nice!
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Damn that's hot. I hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for that?
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Old 07-10-2010, 08:39 AM
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bro thats awesome i wanna do mine how much was the cost for the whole thing....
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I like the center engine cover done in Carbon Fiber, but now it seems like the rest should be done too.
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Yea, I'm with you Steve !!! But man that would cost some $$$ wonder if we can get a group buy.

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I like the center engine cover done in Carbon Fiber, but now it seems like the rest should be done too.
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can you wrap an engine cover with 3m dinoc?
i would really like to know this too
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i would really like to know this too
Yes but it would melt in about 3 hours of driving.
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So basically NO.

Damn that sucks.
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Damn that's hot. I hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for that?
Not sure if you were talking to the OP or me, but my cover for just the engine was $225.
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
I like the center engine cover done in Carbon Fiber, but now it seems like the rest should be done too.
Yeah...I hear you. But, it does look better when it's clean (which my engine bay was not in that picture).
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Very nice and clean.
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That looks awesome!
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