anyone have any good ideas to dress up your engine bay? pics?

 

there is tons you can do. I have a bunch of MBA (mallory billit alluminum) in the bay which makes a huge difference but I heard they went outta business (probably bc of outragous pricing)

-colored wire looms, quick and a HUGE difference

start with looms, make it nice and clean, all polished and armor all it to hell

to see what you want to do and where you want to go with it look at pictures, there are sooo many different color schemes and ideas that the possibilites come to seem endless

-brent franker has an appearance guide with more ideas and color schemes to find out what you want, not sure if there is an engine bay pic section tho and I dont feel like going there now to look but check it out, there is a TON of appearance mods and it seems like they are almost as fun as performance mods...

 

i looked at your site, clean bay....do the !wire mod

-it will get rid of all those wires on the pass side of the bay, huge difference as well and you can see that nice mobil badge you got, like me!

hey we have the same name too...

red is better than pewter.... :roll eyes:

 

ok, thanks. I am basically keeping it black under the hood...just want a clean polished look. I am also going to get a set of fuel rail covers.

 

polish it up
remove your hood insulator
wire mod
don't do colored tubing.....it looks cheesy
remove AIR
valve covers
etc.

 

hood insulators? I dont have any. What is the wire mod?

 

You don't have padding on the underside of your hood?

 

no. only the z's and v6's did. the SS's all are fiberglass hoods, and SLP didnt feel the need to put the insulators on. At least this is the case on mine and all that i have seen.

 

the wire mod is where you take the wires on the pass. side fender and relocate em (search for a guide to do it) so that you have a clean fender and it just looks cool

 

I cant find a guide to relocate the wires on a 98-02. is it the same as on the 93-97? do i have to cut and drill for this to work?

 

Simple green and brass brushes do wonders for polishing. Armor all works for a great black shine. My brake fluid res. is nice an yellow from the years, I plan to clean it some time... maybe even spray paint it, and get a billet cap. That being said, billet caps. Color wire looms are a personal preference, I don't like them... some people do. If you have a v6, paint the "3800 Series II" on your motor, looks great. Aftermarket intakes do wonders for making the bay look better. Just try things that you think you'll like.

 

You're not kidding about the aftermarket intakes. My SLP CAI really changed the overall look of the bay.

When I do my thermostat, airfoil, and intake elbow work next week I'm gonna try and detail as much as I can.

 

you all really think wire looms are that bad looking?

 

I agree. The colored looms look bad. Just keep it black. Or maybe only accent a few wires, not the entire bay.

Also, can someone please point me in the direction to re-rout my wires on the passanger side. Do i have to cut a hole in the inner fender? also, do i have to disconnect the throttle wire?

 

Its basically the same for LS1's as it is for LT1's, but here is an LS1 page. The person on this page, didnt want to cut a very large hole, so he cut all the wires and then lengthened them. I didnt want to do this, plus, I wanted to route my amp power cable through this, so i used a dremel to cut a larger hole and i simply slide everything through it.

http://www.poltergeist.us/Misc/WireMod/--LS1 Page

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showp...3&postcount=18--Some pics of what I did