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View Poll Results: What is your opinion of this engine bay?
Ricey/looks way too busy 0 0%
Borderline ricey 2 16.67%
Looks good to me! 10 83.33%
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Old 02-27-2004, 09:12 PM   #1
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engine bay rice?

some people think this looks good, I personally think it is way too busy and looks, dare I use the much overused word, ricey... what do you think?
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Old 02-27-2004, 09:15 PM   #2
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im not familiar with the Z's engine bay... besides the intake and nismo bar... what am i looking at?
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Old 02-27-2004, 09:22 PM   #3
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Im in the same boat...not sure what Im lookin at and whats supposed to be there or not
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Old 02-27-2004, 09:40 PM   #4
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Ok, well here is a pic of my STOCK engine bay (minus the red grounding kit)...
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Old 02-27-2004, 09:58 PM   #5
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just makes me confused when i look at it....
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Old 02-27-2004, 10:48 PM   #6
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So they painted the im cover (including nuts), valve cover (including bolts)
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I wouldnt say thats rice, not really anyway. The nuts/bolts....ok yeah thats dumb.

What are the 2 things in the top corners that look like speaker covers?
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Old 02-27-2004, 11:28 PM   #7
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i dont see anything that "ricey".....
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Old 02-28-2004, 01:21 AM   #8
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looks alright to me.
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Old 02-28-2004, 01:30 AM   #9
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ive seen much worse
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Old 02-28-2004, 02:57 AM   #10
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Looks fine to me...just a little "busy" as you put it and a bit crowded. Other than that I don't think it's ricey at all.
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Old 02-28-2004, 09:18 AM   #11
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I think it looks good..adds a bit under the hood. I would just think that the front top piece that has the 350Z on it looks better in CF and think it would add to the grey and Red and set it off a bit more......Nice..Keep up the clean work...
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Old 02-28-2004, 09:33 AM   #12
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usually engines that look "busy" are either one of two things. They look busy with actual modifications.........or, with colored tubing and plastic.....i personally dont like the "dress-up kits" i do however like the colors of the parts to be the same, i just think it looks nice. Like all polished / silver stuff looks really nice. I think if an engine is done tastefully "dress-up" wise, then it can look really nice. But most kids just over-do it.
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Old 02-28-2004, 12:20 PM   #13
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OK, well here is what he has done for those that cant see too well:

Painted engine cover, battery/brakefluid covers, and cooling plate in silverstone with red lettering
Polished his manifold
Red Grounding kit
Put Nismo sticker on stock strut brace
Got Red Anodized lug covers and put them on EVERYTHING

It just looks way too busy to me, too many colors standing out in all the wrong ways, but thats just my opinion.
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Old 02-28-2004, 02:02 PM   #14
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Put Nismo sticker on stock strut brace


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Old 02-28-2004, 04:04 PM   #15
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Not bad I kinda like it.
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Old 02-28-2004, 04:34 PM   #16
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actually I think it looks nice, but whats with the nismo sticker....???...ok that's "rice", at least he didn't put APC or something
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Old 02-28-2004, 05:24 PM   #17
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how do you know its a stock strut brace? nismo does sell a shit load of stuff for the 350....
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Old 02-28-2004, 05:28 PM   #18
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Heh, maybe because I own the same car
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Old 02-28-2004, 05:29 PM   #19
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Old 02-28-2004, 10:18 PM   #20
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it kinda looks more classy than the stock....looks good to me
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Old 02-29-2004, 09:36 AM   #21
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i like it, rice would be like if you had neon strobes and what not underthere... looks better than the plain stock look
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Old 02-29-2004, 02:23 PM   #22
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Old 02-29-2004, 05:06 PM   #23
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battery cover and sticker are a bit much... borderline
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