[fsurfer]

Going to make a start on dressing up the engine bay.

Have various diam of yellow trunking for wiring loom, to match yello MSD engine badge..
Will trim and polish, Plenum hose screw clips.

Whats been done:-
New 2.6 Rad cover, new coolant bottle + pipes and battery cover fitted.
Lined metal edges with weather strip
Air intake section lined, clean and tidy.

Any idea's?

Colour the Plenum? Pipercross crankcase filters?

[matt-m]

ill post you some stuff up tomorrow bud theres loads you can change or alter

[fsurfer]

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	Originally Posted by matt-m ill post you some stuff up tomorrow bud theres loads you can change or alter

You're a star Matt

[matt-m]

VAUXHALL VECTRA V6 PLENUM CHAMBER SILICONE HOSES ROOSE on eBay (end time 15-Oct-10 15:10:24 BST)

VAUXHALL VECTRA V6 AIR INDUCTION SILICONE HOSES ROOSE on eBay (end time 24-Sep-10 17:28:01 BST)

RED HOSE KIT (corsa astra calibra cavalier vectra gsi) on eBay (end time 28-Sep-10 01:06:34 BST)

Blue HOSE KIT (corsa astra calibra cavalier vectra gsi) on eBay (end time 26-Sep-10 17:00:24 BST)

Chrome Look Paint VAUXHALL Vectra Hatchback 05 on on eBay (end time 26-Sep-10 11:55:28 BST)

and i know you can get a chrome oil filer cap and a battery cover aswell

[fsurfer]

Cheers Matt,
I'll give the Roose stuff a miss as I did try their Plenum hoses before via LMFVauxhall, they discoloured and bubbled, after a months use! I returned so they could check and apparently there was a fault in that particular batch, so once bitten twice shy.

[fsurfer]

Decide to clean up rather than paint the Plenums.

Read that I can use Gunk, Carb-cleaner or halfords in the bike section and there's some stuff called muk-off. obviously I would remove them.

Also I read somewhere that removing the bonnet carpet will help keep the plenums clean, the engine will not be mufffled and help with air flow.

Any thoughts

[matt-m]

i always remove mine only down side is vaux where cheap and didnt paint under the bonnet fully on every car some are some arent but benifits increase in noise (induction) and helps the car to run cooler as well if ure is the un[painted center you can buy reflrctive/mirror film to cover it and it makes the bay look cleaner

[fsurfer]

Thanks Matt I used the reflective film by the air intake, so I'll see if that guy on Ebay still has some.

Edit yes he has loads, white spirit to clean I imagine.

[matt-m]

yes bud makes loads of difrence

[fsurfer]

Just checked and it looks finished under the blanket. Roughly 49"(125cm) x 33"(84cm) so I can buy that reflective stuff for under a tenner.

Might be easy to fit a couple of bonnet vents, later on