My engine bay project (ITR)

A few months back I started an engine bay clean-up and have a few pics of my progress along the way. I did a small wire tuck, did some polishing, and added a few show pieces along the way.

Here is the bay about a week after I bought the car. You can notice the wires on the strut tower from the headlights, battery, and washer bottle.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/typerengine.jpg

Got bored one night and rerouted the driver’s side headlight harness through the fender, alont with the washer fluid lines. I alsow painted the washer bottle flat black and added a header, ingition, pulleys and a few dress up parts.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/IMG_0187.jpg

Next I painted the wire cover gloss black, made some customer carbon fiber covers for the fuse boxes, and added a GReddy carbon kevlar cooling plate to clean up the rad area. At this point I was still to lazy to start messing with the wires an the pass. side.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/ROTY9.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/ROTY8.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/ROTY7.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/ROTY6.jpg

Yesterday I finally had some free time to finish the pass. side. I ran the wires that I could throught the fender, shortened up some of the battery wires, and cleaned up the ground wires. The I degreesed the engine bay and used Meg’s hot rims on the block and tranny case. After the bay was dry I used Meg’s body scrub, cleaner wax, and Mother’s Reflections wax on the painted parts. Finally I took a drymel and some polish and polished the p/s line and motor mount. Here’s some finished pics.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED7.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED6.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED5.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED4.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/ED1.jpg

…and some shots of the whole car:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/OS4.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/OS3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/OS2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/jharter/Engine%20Detail/OS1.jpg

Thanks for looking comments/Questions welcome.

the car looks great
nicely done

she is clean

Cleaner than any car I’ll ever own, nice nice nice

nice ride
do i spy a fa5(2007 si sedan)?

Yep, it’s my fiance’s. I was just getting ready to detail it next.

anything done it the si yet

i see you have the window visor’s are they the mugen one’s

Ya they are the Mugen Visors. Nothing yet we’re not goin to do anything till the warrenty is up except window tint and maybe a Mugen spoiler.

lookin good

wow… now thats the way an import should look… :bigthumb:

thats wat i like to see, another honda family

nice

Beautiful ITR, good work

I love those cars in white.

Lookin great! Keep it clean.

clean, but whats up with all the ground wires?

Looks really nice man i wish i had time to have my si down so i could redo theharness and tuck it a bit, but thats for later i guess

beautiful!

Jon. your car makes me sick, like want to masturbate sick. Well done!:bigthumb:

car looks great…Im in need of a detail like that!!! —but the mix of my laziness and time restraints keep me from doing so.