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which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 5:24:13 PM    thunder_x Posts: 955 Joined: 10/2/2005 From: southern california Status: offline ive seen many engine bays, and they are either a variety of colors, or just straight one color for example, the intake, spark plug wires, strut bar, and valve cover would all be blue, or they would all be different colors which one do you think looks best? im wondering because i cant decide on what looks better on my car _____________________________ Project 91 ACCORD-193k miles All-Motor F22A1 cb7tunercom/vbb/showthread.php?t=108490 Post #: 1

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 5:36:49 PM    00AccordLX5spd Posts: 3815 Joined: 1/16/2007 Status: offline I prefer all one color _____________________________ 2000 Accord LX Sedan F23A1 5spd -Short Shift Adapter -eBay SRI w/ K&N 1995 Accord V6 Sedan AT - AKA "the money pit" 1991 Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible - my daily driver all through college - now sits in my dad''s garage - needs a little TLC (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 2

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 5:57:50 PM    live2rice Posts: 3459 Joined: 10/18/2006 From: Keene, NH/New Haven, CT Status: offline i also prefer all one color, preferably matching the car _____________________________ quote: ORIGINAL: hondadude I would not put a fram filter on a lawnmower engine... 1997 Fiji Blue Pearl CD7 1995 Sage Green Metallic CD5 (in reply to 00AccordLX5spd) Post #: 3

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 6:31:11 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline I'd have to agree on one color matching the car.... unless your car is multiple colors... it would just look odd to me to open a hood and see a rainbow.... chrome is the exception, I think you can add chrome under the hood with any color.... It's the whole brown shoes with a black belt thing that women always talk about.... _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to live2rice) Post #: 4

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 6:33:27 PM    thunder_x Posts: 955 Joined: 10/2/2005 From: southern california Status: offline but dont you think it looks weird if the valve cover, spark plug wires, intake, and the strut bar are all blue? show me some pictures to convince me _____________________________ Project 91 ACCORD-193k miles All-Motor F22A1 cb7tunercom/vbb/showthread.php?t=108490 (in reply to sir_nasty) Post #: 5

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 6:55:58 PM    poser_pilot6 Posts: 1036 Joined: 11/2/2006 Status: offline I think it looks weird if you have different colors under the hood.  Pretty much stick with one color, it looks cleaner and organized, not like you just threw a bunch of whatever in there.  If you want pictures, look at pretty much any show car.  Thats the way the majority of them do it. _____________________________ 1994 Accord LX four door Bomz SRI w/ K&N filter 194k miles (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 6

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 7:00:29 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline Look under the hood of an old ford mustang that has been properly restored and you'll see how/why all blue and/or all blue/chrome looks good....  Blue is a great color... _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 7

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 7:12:20 PM    thunder_x Posts: 955 Joined: 10/2/2005 From: southern california Status: offline so im thinking about some stainless steel headers, polished silver strut bar, blue spark plug wires, blue valve cover, and what color intake? blue or polished silver? _____________________________ Project 91 ACCORD-193k miles All-Motor F22A1 cb7tunercom/vbb/showthread.php?t=108490 (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 8

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 7:27:11 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline I'd go with blue on the intake, unless you can get chrome.... polished silver will look a bit odd with all the chrome/blue... just my opinion... _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 9

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/22/2007 10:18:19 PM    Shadow1992 Posts: 332 Joined: 1/10/2007 Status: offline I've got a combo of chrome and red under the hood of mine. (in reply to sir_nasty) Post #: 10

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/23/2007 12:48:21 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline I found your blue motor.... just came accross it while searching for some info.... honda made one with stock blue valve covers... http://asia.vtec.net/article/CF4/ scroll down a ways and you can see pics _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to Shadow1992) Post #: 11

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/23/2007 5:25:45 PM    thunder_x Posts: 955 Joined: 10/2/2005 From: southern california Status: offline does a blue valve cover look good with blue spark plug wires? isnt it TOO blue? _____________________________ Project 91 ACCORD-193k miles All-Motor F22A1 cb7tunercom/vbb/showthread.php?t=108490 (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 12

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/23/2007 6:21:45 PM    sir_nasty Posts: 6309 Joined: 2/23/2006 Status: offline nah that's not to blue.... if you were concerned about it though or wanted the wires to stand out a bit then black would be just fine.... _____________________________ 1981 Civic Station Wagon - ROhnda (Really Old Honda) 1981 Honda CB650 Motorcylce - WHEE What More can I say? 2000 Lexus RX 300 - Oooh baby my wife let me drive it once!! Quote: Life''''s great but it''''s not all beer and skittles (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 13

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/23/2007 11:53:14 PM    thunder_x Posts: 955 Joined: 10/2/2005 From: southern california Status: offline black is too plain, everyone uses black, lol _____________________________ Project 91 ACCORD-193k miles All-Motor F22A1 cb7tunercom/vbb/showthread.php?t=108490 (in reply to sir_nasty) Post #: 14

RE: which engine bay set up looks better? - 3/26/2007 5:12:57 PM    19Accord97   Posts: 3171 Joined: 3/5/2006 Status: offline I would say just use one color.  But like others have said chrome goes w/ anything.  Check out my engine, Ive got red/maroon and chrome headers and it looks pretty good imho  For my sub wiring I covered it w/ black (ah shoot i forget the name of the plastic stuff you put wires in).  They have it at wal mart for pretty cheap, and if you dont like the color, just excahnge it! _____________________________ Scopin out my old turf...... (in reply to thunder_x) Post #: 15

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