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Engine dress up - Will97 - 23-02-2015
Hi, I'm hopefully not repeating a previous thread however I'm interested in finding out whether there is any form of dress up kit available for the engine bay of any phase 306 running a tu lump.
RE: Engine dress up - bashbarnard - 23-02-2015
nope all diy
RE: Engine dress up - Eeyore - 23-02-2015
do not just buy one of the dress up conduit kits. Just put some time in cleaning and degreasing the bay and it will come up well. If you want to tart up the engine bay get a strut brace. It may actually do something as well unlike a dress up kit!
RE: Engine dress up - RetroPug - 24-02-2015
My experience of engine bay "dressing up" is that if you buy brand new, good quality hoses and replace the old, tired ones it looks good and purposeful and like a well cared-for car.
If you slap loads of plastic sheathing all over everything in a garish colour it just looks a bit tacky and like you're trying to polish a turd particularly if everything around them is still grotty and perished and crusty.
RE: Engine dress up - bashbarnard - 24-02-2015
(24-02-2015, 12:11 PM)RetroPug Wrote: My experience of engine bay "dressing up" is that if you buy brand new, good quality hoses and replace the old, tired ones it looks good and purposeful and like a well cared-for car.
If you slap loads of plastic sheathing all over everything in a garish colour it just looks a bit tacky and like you're trying to polish a turd particularly if everything around them is still grotty and perished and crusty.
Totally agree with this. My current build ATM I'm trying to keep everything looking oem and clean. This to me looks better than colored stuff. Saying this though is just an opinion
RE: Engine dress up - Will97 - 25-02-2015
Thanks for all your help, as far as hoses etc are concerned .. My top hose (being 21 years old) has gone a bit soft and gummy as they all eventually do. Was wondering whether anyone knows of somewhere which would sell a silicone one as I'm already going to have to replace it anyway?
RE: Engine dress up - Will97 - 25-02-2015
Thanks for all your help, as far as hoses etc are concerned .. My top hose (being 21 years old) has gone a bit soft and gummy as they all eventually do. Was wondering whether anyone knows of somewhere which would sell a silicone one as I'm already going to have to replace it anyway?
RE: Engine dress up - John1.4 - 25-02-2015
as far as i know there's nowhere that does a silicone top hose for a 306 tu, might get a response if you asked around though?