anybody give me some tips on what I can do to style the engine bay of a Stilo for shows etc? the standard one is bland and I'm thinking of binning the engine cover.
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Shminkypinky
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wait for PNL to post a picture of his engine bay!!! looks the muts nuts!!!
alternatively do a search for threads by PNL and you should find it!
alternatively do a search for threads by PNL and you should find it!
Shminkypinky
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Do them blue hoses just go over the black ones? or are they a replacement?
EDIT: nevermind just read through the post and they're covers, first thing on my list then
Would I have any trouble with removing the engine cover on an Abarth? I doubt water would get that far up the engine bay anyway, unless we had floods like the other day.
EDIT: nevermind just read through the post and they're covers, first thing on my list then
Would I have any trouble with removing the engine cover on an Abarth? I doubt water would get that far up the engine bay anyway, unless we had floods like the other day.
Oh and what colour should I get? My car is black.
I removed mine and had no problems and I have been out in all kinds of weather in it some say its there to protect the ecu and I suppose thats fare comment but I have had no problems with mine ..it holds in a bit of heat in there as well to the cover and thats why I originally took it off and have never looked back since ..you have to admit you would rather be looking at a dressed engine than a drab and boring engine cover however well its painted
Thats up to you but pick a colour that goes with black and set one against the other and it will look great ..lift your bonnet up at a show and guess who's car the crowd will be looking at
Hiya Dan mate,
All I did on mine was went to the local car shop.
Bought:
1x spraycan of platic primer (so that the paint sticks to the plastic and doesnt flake off in a few weeks)
1x spraycan of standard grey primer
1x spraycan of silver paint (or whatever colour you like)
&
1x spraycan of clear laquer
Cleaned the covers, let them dry, plastic primer 1 or 2 coats, primer 1 or 2 coats, then paint few coats then to finish laquer.
Job Done and I think it looks quite smart
check out the pictures from fastfest the other day they are in the gallery!
James
All I did on mine was went to the local car shop.
Bought:
1x spraycan of platic primer (so that the paint sticks to the plastic and doesnt flake off in a few weeks)
1x spraycan of standard grey primer
1x spraycan of silver paint (or whatever colour you like)
&
1x spraycan of clear laquer
Cleaned the covers, let them dry, plastic primer 1 or 2 coats, primer 1 or 2 coats, then paint few coats then to finish laquer.
Job Done and I think it looks quite smart
check out the pictures from fastfest the other day they are in the gallery!
James
I removed mine and had no problems and I have been out in all kinds of weather in it some say its there to protect the ecu and I suppose thats fare comment but I have had no problems with mine ..it holds in a bit of heat in there as well to the cover and thats why I originally took it off and have never looked back since ..you have to admit you would rather be looking at a dressed engine than a drab and boring engine cover however well its painted
I'd rather never have to lift the bonnet and look at the engine at all! Looking out of the windscreen is my preferred view
Calling it dressed makes me think of crab!Your blue pipes do look nice......you should colour code the strut brace for maximum bling!
As for what colour with black........red or silver definitely.
Well I've changed my mind completley now and painted the engine and battery cover
Here's a pic of them on the car
And I used this stuff
It says it's tempreature resistant up to 150C so it shoud be ok, I'll have to wait and see
The paint is a bit rough around the edges, but I didn't have time to make the finishing touches today.
Here's a pic of them on the car
And I used this stuff
It says it's tempreature resistant up to 150C so it shoud be ok, I'll have to wait and see
The paint is a bit rough around the edges, but I didn't have time to make the finishing touches today.
Looks very nice.
Good stand out colours too.
Good stand out colours too.
I'd rather never have to lift the bonnet and look at the engine at all! Looking out of the windscreen is my preferred view
Your blue pipes do look nice......you should colour code the strut brace for maximum bling!
As for what colour with black........red or silver definitely.
I am going to paint the strut brace as you suggested but it will be one of the new custom ones I am building
not sure about the blue strips, i would have gone with black ones to match your car!
garsenior
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nice very nice, looks good, would never have thought of doing that, might have to pinch your idea now:devil:
looks good!!! did you plastic prime it first????
that looks really cool nice work!!
Well I didn't prime it because Halfords told me that I didn't need to didn't really believe them though.
And I couldn't be bothered
If it does start to bubble then I'll prime it next time.
EDIT: I did sand it down before painting, I didn't just paint it on
didn't really believe them though.And I couldn't be bothered
If it does start to bubble then I'll prime it next time.
EDIT: I did sand it down before painting, I didn't just paint it on
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got bored with it, started flaking, whoops!
got a new cover now after looking at DAX car
got a new cover now after looking at DAX car
got bored with it, started flaking, whoops!
got a new cover now after looking at DAX car
Would look even nicer if you painted it like this?
did mine red and silver, with red hoses
