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Old 03-22-2007, 07:24 PM
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Default which engine bay set up looks better?

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

 
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Old 03-22-2007, 07:36 PM
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Iprefer all one color
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 07:57 PM
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i also prefer all one color, preferably matching the car
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 08:31 PM
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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....
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 08:33 PM
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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
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 08:55 PM
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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.
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 09:00 PM
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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...
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 09:12 PM
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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?
 
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Old 03-22-2007, 09:27 PM
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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...
 
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I've got a combo of chrome and red under the hood of mine.
 


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