James12345

Not bad for $20 and an hour outside. I think I'm gonna polish my valve cover too. =)

ThumpinMaxima

whats so ricey about that...its clean...

KLoWnPR109

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If you believe that the blue hoses give you extra hp

Looks clean

dmontzsta

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James you need to get at me...

darrick

thats clean!!

SEguy182

wait i thought yellow was the official color of the rice boy???
Looks good tho james

Maxima_Van_WA

Wow, that looks great!

Rungi

Nice nice!
Not too hot underhood for all that plastic?
Where'd ya get that FSTB?

Thanks,
Rungi

D-sta

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looks good. i think i'm gonna do that to my car in blue also. Looks good i always wondered what it would look like. Thanks for the pics.

SkyMax

Your starting to look more and more like SkyMax

James12345

Thanks fella's....I was gonna go with the yellow (more hp of course) but decided against it seeing as how my CAI is blue. I shoulda cleaned my engine bay before the pics, but oh well...

The butt dyno seems to register about a 9 hp increase, I'd suggest you fella's all do this for some cheap hp.

I'm actually surprised how cheap it was (7 bucks for like 15 ft. lol) If you guys are wanting to do this, pick up several sizes: 1/2" diameter, 3/4" diameter, and 1" diamater. That'll get ya all covered.

Rungi....that FSTB is the 2k Maxima bar that Stealth Max sells....$45 shipped

Nevin I wish mine would look as good as yours did

Wait till you guys see the full new custom mesh grille I'm doing. Making a mold and everything.

Aaron92SE

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... you do this ...



No really, your engine bay looks clean... I might do something like that one day.


*edit* Sorry, I just realized that I already had this photo in my sig. I spent so much time hooking it up, that I had to share it with the org.

Maximan190

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engine looks relatively clean for its age, although with the looms/colored hoses id never do something like that; imo whats the point

JDwyer2821

That stillen sticker must add alot of ponies

slickwillie

That looks really good I was think of doing the smaething to my VG but in red to match the valve covers. About a month ago i bought the Meguires Tire gel that is said to last for weeks (which it does)and I tried it on my fading winshield wiper arms, on my faded and turning white trim on the doors, on the trim on my sunroof, and rearview mirror all of which now shine like new and have lasted for a month through extreamly hard rail and hail and blazing sun, it still has not washed off or faded away. I also used it on all the vac hoses I could reach and all the wires and spark plug arms inbetween the silver air manifold and the valve covers. I did that about a month ago, and with all the heat and dust that gets in the engine bay they still havent faded. I recomend this product to everyone. Its a little expensive $8.00 a bottle but it well worth it.

maxmizd27

It is. Click the link in my sig to my Cardomain page and see.

DaBoxSE

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That looks good. I had yellow in my VG at one point, but I didnt really like it shortly after so I removed it. That is a clean engine bay for its age. I think my VG pretty clean too, but my VE needs lots of elbow grease to get it clean. Soon enough though. Keep up the nice work.

James12345

That's actually where I got the idea.

maxmizd27

Kewl. To return the compliment I'm going to try to copy your mesh grill.

MrGone

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for the books, it could be considered ricey in the fact that it doesnt really add any ponies. it does clean it up though, possiably make wires easier to grab or direct. i suppose if you wrapped your emmissions lines in hopes to make the air move faster, it might work, or if you some how managed to wrap a cooler pad around your radiator hoses to keep temps down it might help. its kinda a questionable item, if it is going to be considered ricey, i dont think its as bad as other things that could be done. atleast its organized.

either way
good work/effort
MrGone

dmontzsta

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Its all about show!

MrGone

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yeah, i know, but just gotta have some fun.
still, for $20, not too bad of a show.
MrGone

maxmizd27

Actually, it is, if your car still goes to shows like mine does. Factory black rubber hoses and black wire loom with nothing else but a pop charger, strut bar and UDP under the hood aren't much to look at for a judge or a show spectator. If you don't take your car to shows and no one else every sees under your hood, who cares? There's no point to it. It serves no function and I hope no one really thinks it does. As they say, "It's all in the presentation."

James12345

I'm selling a mesh grille...it's a brand new grille (not OEM though), but the guy who was supposed to get it is flaking out on me from what I can tell.

I painted it black for him, but if you're interested I'll sell it to you (I'll even paint it if I can find the matching paint).

If not, anyone else whose interested let me know. I'm out $125 on that grille and kinda need to make my money back on it.

pearl93max

I did mine too....just need some bigger loom to finish it off.

dmontzsta

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Ricer yellow

Brave Ulysses

Can you post some good, detailed, close-up pics of the grille?

James12345

I dont have any pictures of this specific grille, but here's some I've done in the past:

James12345

More...





^^^ Another angle of the one in the first post



^^^ Mine

If you want though, I can get you some good pics of this specific grille, just lemme know

darrick

I would like to see a photo if you still have it

maxmizd27

We're everywhere!

James, what do you use to adhere the mesh to the plastic?

James12345

The best stuff on earth....

JB Weld

pearl93max

yeah, well....I wanted white, but i'll get dirty too easily. When Greg gets the FSTB finished, i'll change to red to match the strut bar.

nubiannupe

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James12345 - Nice engine. I had just bought the hose kits from Greg earlier today when I saw this post... Go figure!

slickwillie - That's a good idea about that Maguire's. I was wondering about dressing up some of my engine.

The Sleeper

james- i'd be interested in the grille, if you can paint it metallic blue to match my 93 se. i might try to make my own- drop me a line glwgb@aol.com