Very creative...well done!

 

Does this cover come off easily?....I am going under the hood for the first time to add my Typhoon when it comes....didn't want to tempt myself too much, but this caught my eye as a nice mod to personalize under the hood for sure...

 

It's held in by 3 rubber stoppers. It comes up with a moderate amount of force, but no screws or anything so just tug on it and it should come off

 

Great mod, and fairly inexpensive!

 

Thanks for the info, Sandwich....I will have to break out my industrial designer side and see what I can come up with

 

great DIY, i love the way you posted up the steps and actually showed how to do it yourself. :glare:

 

everyone will do it differently, so no steps to be posted, except remove it. pretty self-explanatory

 

maybe it looks better in real life but i don't i like it =/ crinkle painted red would look pretty dope

 

This was done in his own style...this was shared with us to give us something to think about, not criticize...if you like to do yours in red crinkle paint, do it and show us how your style differs...there are infinate options one could do....his was just one

 

I was thinking of doing this. Still hope to at some point in time, but I just haven't cared enough to.
http://www.crzforum.com/forum/exterior-modifications/3773-painting-engine-cover.html
There's a link on that thread to the Fit forums where a bunch of people did it to theirs and they got some really cool results. People are going to call rice on it, but haters gonna hate.

 

People are going to call rice on it, but haters gonna hate.

Any mod should go with the flow of the car. The curves, body style, paint, etc. Any color theme should match the body paint color, black and white being the exception.

But really, you shouldn't give a crap what people think about your ride. The second you doubt something, don't do it. That's your subconscious saying "This ain't right".

 

Looks good bro! I did mine about 6 months ago...

Leftover Rust-Oleum High Performance Wheel Paint & Clearcoat (metallic graphite). I masked-off the Honda and IMA areas so it wasn't just "all grey". I love how it matches the SSM color of my car. My son did his in Bronze to match his Sparco wheels.

 

Leftover Rust-Oleum High Performance Wheel Paint & Clearcoat (metallic graphite). I masked-off the Honda and IMA areas so it wasn't just "all grey". I love how it matches the SSM color of my car. My son did his in Bronze to match his Sparco wheels.

This looks great, SS2CRZ.

 

so you don't really need to use high heat resistance spray paint? regular spray paint would be just fine?

 

did you use ordinary spray paint or high heat resistance paint?

 

Regaular spray paint works just fine. It's been several months and it's just like new.

 

Good job to both of you and I've gotta remember to get this new VHT wrinkle paint that's out, they make it in red AND blue, the blue is what I'm going for. I will post pics when its done:thumbsup:

 

think the cover would withstand 200 degrees for 20 min?

 

Uhhh... idk, but I would guess it might. Since it sits on the engine... dont take my word for it

 

I love how people say "To each his own" like they didn't just say someone's car looks like crap.

 

Even if I said it looks like crap, do you really care?

 

I'm liking all the carbon fiber vinyl covered ones off the fitfreak website
Especially the weksos one:blink:

 

"Fred" (if that is his real name) wraped his in CF vinyl. It looks really good.
http://www.crzforum.com/forum/39148-post1.html

 

Sounds like Fred is a BOSS
Would heat effect the cf vinyl? Seems like something I'd wanna try~

 

Here is my cover. I will take pictures of it installed later on.

 

Here is the piece re-installed:

wider view:

 

Too much flash. Does it match the Exterior?

 

it is slightly lighter than the exterior, i used a combination of silver and aluminum. the top portion has the hammered effect.

 

I think you guys are all still coming up with great ideas, I may have mine wrapped to with CF vinyl but gotta find out if it can handle it. I don't think this part gets too hot but someone asked earlier and I too would like to know, this would give me a second option.