engine dress up question?

[expo5.0]

part of my plan for sport truck dominance involves a little engine dress up.

what can i do other than polishing or powdercoated my intake, making a pretty air box, and painting a lot of the little black plastic pieces.

also- should something special be used to paint those pieces since its hot under there?

what have you done and what would you like to see?

 

[section525]

I'd look through the photo galleries at fordtruckworld.com. A lot of those F150 guys have some pretty over-the-top engine compartments. You can at least get ideas from that...

 

[expo5.0]

heres another pictures

 

[james t]

if you paint anything, go ahead and use engine paint. might wanna check out some different colored wiring loom to replace stock black loom. i recommend againts polishing the upper intake. too much trouble, and in a few months it will look like crap and need to be polished again.

 

[expo5.0]

what would you do to it then?

we were thinking that powdercoat would be cool? but what color

 

[JMT1SOMR]

Blue would look good I think. Also, just some random billet parts always look good IMO.

-Justin

 

[expo5.0]

yeah, we were thinking blue- particularly if i can get it to match the blue that will be on the truck in the spring (if you don't know its gonna have blue flames and a blue front end)

but i don't know if they can match powdercoat that well.

 

[Hartman]

Pick one or two theme colors, and paint/powdercoat pieces those two colors as needed. Maybe a little billet thrown in. Do those things plus keep everything clean and you'll be set.

 

[section525]

And use the mud flap lady as much as possible.

 

[X~FACTOR]

Painting the engine bay with body color would look good but since yours is white, it might not be such a good idea; oil loves white paint. Dark blue would work well. One trick I learn is that you could buy those small chrome bolt caps at JCWhitney for cheap. They come in different sizes. It's a perfect finishing touch once you have painted the piece.

 

[JMT1SOMR]

If you're podercoating the intake, are you going to do the same to the 5.0 emblem on it? I think it should be polished and put back on top.

-Justin

 

[EliteConcept]

i'd say no wire loom, been there done that, i think it makes for too much of a ricey look.