heres the deal guys......ive recently started tightening up my engine bay for a meet we got coming up soon...stainless steel braided hose sleeve with red connectors are going in tomorrow....i'll have a powered by ford intake cover coming in soon and i want to get custom airbrush done on the radiator cover and the intake cover.....i want the design to flow from the radiator cover and into the intake cover so both will look like one design.....i am completely blank as for what theme to go for or what look to pull....my bay is pretty much going to be black, white, and red......any of your artists out there have any airbrush design ideas???

here is my ride.....




thanks in advance.....

 

100 bucks I will prep and paint some valve covers red for ya. And if you want, if I can get out of work completely on the 1st I will head to Orlando early and we can make the swap right before the cruise...

 

Also, a cover for the intake somehow.
Those modern cars have such ugly plastic stuff...

A twin screw would look right at home and blend in sooooooo good.

 

I am a big fan of the billett strut tower caps - don"t see them too much. You see alot of people with the chrome fuse box covers and things along those lines too. Good luck. Update us with some PICs along the way.

 

How about the chrome/brushed alum caps for the washer fluid, oil cap, dipstick handle, radiator overflow, fusebox cover and etc. Also you could do the radiator cover. Check out UPR and MGW as they have good engine dress-up items.

 

a chick on my forum has these..... (the core support extensions)



I think I will be getting these soon

 

ya, an intake cover is on the way....
(im looking for custom airbrush design ideas for my radiator cover and intake cover...)

the engine dress up caps would be awesome but im hardpressed to pay over $200 for a few caps...

the strut tower caps would be nice, and ill eventually get them....

those radiator extensions that go over the headlights are available at midwestautogear.com and you can get them painted too....

im posting to see if any of you guys had any "airbrush design" ideas....my mind is at a blank......

and BOOZ, i will take you up on that...ill give you a holler soon!

 

ya the $100 for painted valve covers is a good deal.. and help on install..

does any one have any for sale or that would give me them.. i have an idea...


and mike.. its already lookin 100% better..

as far as ideas for paint.. i already said about the painted carbon fiber.. would match the elbow perfectly.. but another idea.. would be somehting like riveted metal.. like they paint on the choppers and stuff.. (i think one of the OCC bikes they first did.. stealth bike maybe.. had that design in the paint.. ) that looks awesome.. but i would say stay clear of flames... maybe do somethign incorporating roush.. or another idea is to just get chrome/aluminum radiator cover and do somethign special wiht the plenum cover..

i duno man.. so many diff things you could do..

good luck

 

Since you have a nice, almost all-white exterior I think you should do the same with the engine compartment. Go with white and clearcoated to make cleaning a bit easier.
Here's a quick photochop.
Just slapping on dress-up caps isn't doing anything for me or your car! Get the caps and covers, but have each one painted white and maybe do any lettering in red.
This will give you originality and attention to detail, especially if each cap has the correct information in red.
For the plenum cover, paint it white but maybe do the stripes in red.

Unless you want the same thing that everyone else at every car show has!


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dont waste your time with silly airbrushing of plenum covers and other nonsense, just do this: