waketek516
Pedal to the Metal!
Hey All,
While I save up some money for the parts I need to finish up my Nitrous kit, I decided to overhaul the engine bay. I played around with a couple of designs in photoshop, and ultimately settled on a scheme that should match my current black & blue combo:
Current shot:
Photoshop of completed project:
Intake off the car:
Pony off and sanding down the cover:
I didn't exactly take step-by-step pics since I was working with a few pieces at once while others dried. So here's the intake after being degreased, cleaned, sprayed with adhesion promoter, and covered in an awesome wrinkle finish:
I also decided along the way I'd "blackout" my Zex kit so that it's not so noticeable once its installed.
Before:
After
Next I wanted to do my new C&L intake in the same wrinkle finish, but with my tuner's logo popping through in chrome (Racer's Edge Tuning). This was a totally spur of the moment idea, and it actually came out really sweet!
Prepping for polish - sanded down with 1,000 grit:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l151/waketek516/1d4035ff.jpg
First run through with the buffing wheel on my drill
Polished up with the vinyl decal in place:
Fast forward - here it is all finished up - came out awesome!
Next was my ported/polished GT500 TB:
Before
After
Next up - Is to spray the intake cover blue, then carefully mask off the lettering and "fins" on the intake cover & I paint it black. Let it dry a few days and peel it off - then the blue will pop right out!
More pics on that to come as the masking alone on that amount of lettering is making me go cross-eyed!
While I save up some money for the parts I need to finish up my Nitrous kit, I decided to overhaul the engine bay. I played around with a couple of designs in photoshop, and ultimately settled on a scheme that should match my current black & blue combo:
Current shot:
Photoshop of completed project:
Intake off the car:
Pony off and sanding down the cover:
I didn't exactly take step-by-step pics since I was working with a few pieces at once while others dried. So here's the intake after being degreased, cleaned, sprayed with adhesion promoter, and covered in an awesome wrinkle finish:
I also decided along the way I'd "blackout" my Zex kit so that it's not so noticeable once its installed.
Before:
After
Next I wanted to do my new C&L intake in the same wrinkle finish, but with my tuner's logo popping through in chrome (Racer's Edge Tuning). This was a totally spur of the moment idea, and it actually came out really sweet!
Prepping for polish - sanded down with 1,000 grit:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l151/waketek516/1d4035ff.jpg
First run through with the buffing wheel on my drill
Polished up with the vinyl decal in place:
Fast forward - here it is all finished up - came out awesome!
Next was my ported/polished GT500 TB:
Before
After
Next up - Is to spray the intake cover blue, then carefully mask off the lettering and "fins" on the intake cover & I paint it black. Let it dry a few days and peel it off - then the blue will pop right out!
More pics on that to come as the masking alone on that amount of lettering is making me go cross-eyed!
