Engine bay "dress up"

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

So the guy who owned the car before me made my engine bay look like garbage and tried painting things and took things out that he prolly didn't need but should have left in to make it still look clean and stock...
i was wondering if there were any websites that i could go to, to get the OEM parts back or to get newer ones that are "better"

this is what my engine bay looks like currently....:

AaRoN · Feb 14, 2008

www.uprproducts.com sells some nice dress-up items for the engine bay :thumb:

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

I want BLACK parts.
Not like chrome or anything. Nothing flashy. Just nice clean products

AaRoN · Feb 14, 2008

my96gtstang said:
I want BLACK parts.
Not like chrome or anything. Nothing flashy. Just nice clean products

I'd try your local salvage yards. That would probably be the cheapest. Keep an eye out in our classifieds as well.

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

I'm not big on junk yards, the ones here are really.... ridicously is the only word i can think of..
this area kinda sucks as far as car scene goes... not that many good shops either

AaRoN · Feb 14, 2008

I'd try ebay then and your local craigslist.

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

hahah... yeah.... not big on ebay or craiglist... don't trust people these days....

that's why i was wondering about any shops or online stores that do oem replacements or like mods for those parts.

looking at my engine bay pic... what do you suggest, what do you see wrong, what do you see missing???!?!

AaRoN · Feb 14, 2008

At a quick glance;
You need a radiator shroud. And to clean up the coolant resevoir. The rest of the engine bay justs needs some good ol' fashion elbow grease.

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

What is the best way to attack this?
As far as cleaning it.
I don't want to ruin anything but I want it to be CLEAN, I mean CLEAN!!!!!!!!!
I will also prolly get my car up on a lift or something and clean the underbody from just random stuff..
Where can I get that shroud?

jfor441 · Feb 14, 2008

my96gtstang said:
What is the best way to attack this?
As far as cleaning it.
I don't want to ruin anything but I want it to be CLEAN, I mean CLEAN!!!!!!!!!
I will also prolly get my car up on a lift or something and clean the underbody from just random stuff..
Where can I get that shroud?

Google is your friend.

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

I'm at work.. can't really surf the web. My IT manager said he doesn't care about the forum but don't go to wild on car stuff.

jfor441 · Feb 14, 2008

I am the IT manager!

moot09 · Feb 14, 2008

u could try some of the sponsor sites for the forum like american muscle or what ever works. either that like the guy above me said google is your friend

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

Haha, i'm an IT intern.
Soo, would ya mind?!?
If you HAPPEN to come across anything just let me know.

AaRoN · Feb 14, 2008

You can pick up engine degreasers/cleaners at any autoparts or dept. store. They have directions on the can. They usually work pretty decent. Just make sure you cover all the elec. stuff.

Brian95SVT · Feb 14, 2008

I have a bottle of that stuff... last time I did it... it didn't really work and made my car smell weird for a while haha

what all would I wrap again?
Alt, coils, cia filter, battery, fuse box.... anything else?