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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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Overflow bottles painted and installed

I Painted the washer and coolant tanks and fan and shroud, black same as the engine bay, Finished them off with billet caps,
what do you think?
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:21 PM
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Where did you get those caps at? Looks clean.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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I prefer good clean white bottles.


It does look good though...just not my choice.

Overall, that engine bay looks SWEEEET!!!:hail:
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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Looks good, I'm also interested in the caps......Share where you got them......
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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Dude that is a sick engine bay!! you did a good job but the painted bottles are not my cup of tea!
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 08:52 PM
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the caps are billet alum rad. caps custom made to fit the bottles, I know alot of people like the white bottles which I did buy, On all other color paint I think they look great but black the stick out like a sore thumb, this is a temp fix till I get them custom fab. out of alum and then polish them, heres a pic of them white
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 08:56 PM
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I think thats one killer looking engine bay oyu have there, if mine looked half as good Id show it off like crazy. I like the bottles but how do you tell how much washer fluid or coolant are left in the bottles, even looking down in them it would be hard to see all black like that.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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I think thats one killer looking engine bay oyu have there, if mine looked half as good Id show it off like crazy. I like the bottles but how do you tell how much washer fluid or coolant are left in the bottles, even looking down in them it would be hard to see all black like that.
Ahh I knew someone was going ask... In custom making the caps i used a similar dip stick plastic gauge that is on the power steering pump one..
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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Absolutely incrediable.....I love it!
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 09:43 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 10:51 PM
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That looks so much better........ Verry Nice.. No wonder you win Best of SHow all the time man...... Attention to detail..

Heres the car for anyone else who wants to see it.

SOrry for the crapy quality. This Pic doe sthe car NO justice at all.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 11:19 PM
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Looks good...
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 12:54 AM
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hey man, looks very nice. i was looking over the car and noticed the rocker emblems. where can i get some of those? im getting ground effects and dont want them to say anything that the car isnt like "iroc" the car is a normal camaro so i want to stick with that, that is one sick looking engine bay, you did a great job. let me know where you found those emblems please
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 01:16 AM
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i'm thinking of doing the same thing but i plan on leaving a strip of clear to see fluid level. looks great man!!! can i suggest a chrome looking lid for the brake fluid that would top it off nice
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:09 AM
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I must say, it looks very good. I like it a lot, and yet I don't think I could do it to a car that wasn't just a show car. Looks very nice though.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:13 AM
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looks nice and clean!

where are you located, i'd love to do a show with you sometime to see it in person. keep up the good work!!

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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:17 AM
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I never thought about it before....can you get new cans like that from any discount auto store?
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 04:17 AM
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just pick them up from a dealership....they are cheap.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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Jeff,

Were in NE Ohio..
Here are more of his car at a a or 2 Show.
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...3WluseG_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...8EaAmHB_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...7pLPTGW_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...1nooMek_ph.jpg

Lots more of others can be seen here alsohttp://community.webshots.com/album/90580451VMOBaO/0

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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 09:15 AM
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Ok now come and do that to my car. Just kidding looks awsome. Me likey likey
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 12:10 PM
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Originally posted by Kandied91z
looks nice and clean!

where are you located, i'd love to do a show with you sometime to see it in person. keep up the good work!!

Im in ohio, I've been wanting to hit superfest in Mi, I know you hit that one..I heard the comp up there is pretty tuff,(you whould be in my class), you have gone against arch so have I, ever year at the neocc show...I wanted to get my mod wish list done on my car before I got My a** kicked at Super fest MI, I might hit that one this year have not decided yet..I would also like to see your car in person also.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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That looks so much better........ Verry Nice.. No wonder you win Best of SHow all the time man...... Attention to detail..

Heres the car for anyone else who wants to see it.

SOrry for the crapy quality. This Pic doe sthe car NO justice at all.
thanks for the comp.,The car is getting there, got a couple of more mods to do before the shows start this year,prob see you at a couple.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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I think that the caps are what allow you to pull that off! Other wise I think I wouldn't work.

Nice Job
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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so good i cant even see them!
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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they look good on your black car . nice.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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THat looks amazing. I have a hard time even seeing the things! THat is one of the best looking engine bays I have seen! Black and red go real good together with the right amount of chrome.

Congrats on a job well done!
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:24 PM
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beautiful job... its an improvement over the original white, plus the caps top it off beautifully and match the rest of your engine bay. one question, though... how do you know the levels of the fluid?
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by black88cam
thanks for the comp.,The car is getting there, got a couple of more mods to do before the shows start this year,prob see you at a couple.
What size wheels are those? They look awesome!
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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how have you done against arch? yeah him and i go back and fourth every year but it's all in fun. you really should try to attend no matter what condition or stage your car is in since your close. it's a great weekend.

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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 09:28 AM
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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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Lose the rear glass shades and the blackouts and you would have one of cleanest rides here! Nice job!

Just my $.02
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