MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Cosmetic/Interior Modifications => Topic started by: NeilM on January 29, 2010, 11:33:17 am
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Although loosing the engine cover to fit the Forge CIA & Catch can didnt really bother me I saw a second hand engine cover for sale and thought I'd have a go at cutting and fitting it.
Second hand cover.
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dont need these bits.
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Also retained the 2 front fixing points.
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Had to make good the cut right hand end and formed a recess for a VW badge.
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Ended up smoothing out all the edges and painted Satin black
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I've seen somebody use the middle section of the engine cover on a new carbon cover so I tried this.
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Think I prefer it with the white centre.
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Another option was to wrap it in carbon which I could still do.
What do you think??
Neil :smiley:
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looks awesome neil. not a fan of not running the engine cover on the
eddy engine due to intakes!
well worth the effort! ;)
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Looks very good Neil. So much better than bare, and looks far more OEM than the EVOMS offering.
Very good
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Great effort Neil, looks great. I really should do something like that with mine.
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Great looking Mod Neil. :happy2:
I'd only change one thing and that would be to spray the lettering in silver to stand out a little from the white :happy2:
I wouldn't wrap it in CF as it may shrink/peel/bubble/wrinkle with the heat.
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Looks great, Neil. Would look even more oem if you hadn't filled the moulded top.
I thought of doing the same but GTIjames very generously gave me his EVOMS which I'm repairing and am able to fit my carbon centre strip on.
If I don't like the result I'll do what you have except not fill it in. The oem cover, even just the top part, is surprisingly heavy.
Your post is a great guide for cutting down the stock cover and I probably wouldn't even have considered the EVOMS if I'd seen what you did earlier.
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Awesome stuff there Neil! :congrats:
Fancy doing another now youv'e had the practice? :laugh: :wink:
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that looks absolutely amazing mate- am deffo gonna do that cos looked at carbon ones at 200notes and thought naaaaah :rolleye:
spot on methinks! :congrats: :congrats: :star:
edit- and i,m second in queue after mr greenouse :ashamed:
matsu
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Great work :congrats:
I'm going to be adapting an S3 engine cover to fit with my intake soon as well. Just having a bit of trouble sourcing one at the moment.
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Awesome mod
I think different coloured lettering would make the letters stand out even more. Otherwise love the finish.
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very nice Neil :congrats:
reckon it looks better smooth
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Great looking Mod Neil. :happy2:
I wouldn't wrap it in CF as it may shrink/peel/bubble/wrinkle with the heat.
:smiley:
I have a roll of 2/2 Twill Carbon Fibre sheet (left over from another job) and high temp Resins good for 160 Degrees C, should be OK for Skinning a part in an engine bay.
Pass Hurdy the tissues :signLOL:
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Neil :happy2:
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^^^^ He could wrap himself in that! :love:
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Fancy doing another now youv'e had the practice? :laugh: :wink:
The problem is a new engine cover is about £200, I got a second hand one for £50 but there going to be rare. Buy the time you add labour and parts its going to be dear.
I was thinking however that I could make a mould from what I've got and use it to laminate carbon fibre engine covers, I'd just have to work out how to fix them as you would have lost the OEM fixing points.
Watch this space :happy2:
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reckon it looks better smooth
So do I but MrsM says its murder when it starts to grow back :wink:
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reckon it looks better smooth
Too much info Neil!! :congrats:, some things are better off not being said :wink:
So do I but MrsM says its murder when it starts to grow back :wink:
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:congrats: Brilliant job Neil. You've got me started on mine now!
What sort of filler did you use? How's it holding up to the heat?
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Just installed mine again tonight. Had the TWINtake pipes ceramic coated (not that it'll help much, but i'll do the downpipe next week when the car's in the shop for the LSD & mounts). Only cost £40, so thought I'd do it.
Engine cover was dremel'ed down, paint prep'd and painted in matte black. I quite like things looking monochrome & simple. Was considering red, but thought it would be OTT. I like the whole OEM+ kind of look.
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brilliant again mate! ;)
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Just installed mine again tonight. Had the TWINtake pipes ceramic coated (not that it'll help much, but i'll do the downpipe next week when the car's in the shop for the LSD & mounts). Only cost £40, so thought I'd do it.
Engine cover was dremel'ed down, paint prep'd and painted in matte black. I quite like things looking monochrome & simple. Was considering red, but thought it would be OTT. I like the whole OEM+ kind of look.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4013%2F4461588527_14d34a6cb1_b.jpg&hash=256e938e415211a79cf9414cf4959e554543d5a5)
Sh!t the bed!!! thats clean enough to eat my dinner off!!.
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WOW that looks immense! :congrats:
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Im not normally a fan of Engine Bay cosmetic mods. Just prefer it to be kept clean
But boy does that look good :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
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Just installed mine again tonight. Had the TWINtake pipes ceramic coated (not that it'll help much, but i'll do the downpipe next week when the car's in the shop for the LSD & mounts). Only cost £40, so thought I'd do it.
Engine cover was dremel'ed down, paint prep'd and painted in matte black. I quite like things looking monochrome & simple. Was considering red, but thought it would be OTT. I like the whole OEM+ kind of look.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4013%2F4461588527_14d34a6cb1_b.jpg&hash=256e938e415211a79cf9414cf4959e554543d5a5)
....Now that is stunning! :notworthy: :congrats: :notworthy: :congrats: :notworthy:
I think you'll find that ceramic coating will help temperatures even if it's only a little. Did you get it done in the UK?
Beautifully design coordinated.
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I got it done down here. I got the kit from someone who tried it and felt that it was too noisy for him. I begged to differ and picked it up cheap from him. He'd added the bung for the remote DV and the paint job on it wasn't great. I wanted to repaint it anyway, so I stripped it back and had a local guy do the ceramic coat. I'm pretty happy with it.
Need to see whether it causes me any grief with my tune again though. Was having a series of issues (most of which are well documented by many people). So trying to get to the bottom of it. I have a flow straightener ready to add before the MAF. Just looking into securing it. Also looking at modifying some pipe into the oval shape of the OEM cover for the MAF area. Plenty to get on with.
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that is supreme :congrats:
machined coolant and washer bottle tops too :happy2:
and no twintake badges :pomppomp: brill
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very very nice....do you only use the front oe ruber mounts then or did you retain the rears also
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I hate CF but that looks awesome!
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@ Paulk. I've just using the front 2 rubber mounts. Seems pretty steady to me.
I'm a bit 50-50 on carbon too. I hate seeing it swamp everything. Subtle touches here and there amongst black seem to work.
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Mine is also mounted by just the 2 front rubber mounts and I re-used a pipe clip at the rear left corner which holds it ok, I did noticed the rear right hand corner rubbing on a red Forge coolant pipe so I reinforced that outer bit of pipe work. :happy2:
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i cant see this pic and i reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllly want to!!
anyone help a bud out please!!
matsu
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Sorry. I'd updated the photo. It's in my original post.
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That looks superb! :happy2:
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Is that the osir cover or a composite one or wrapped (which I doubt due to engine temps?)
wow that is stunning.. And as said already cleaner than clean!!
Wow!
Matsu
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how does the centre bit come off as im thinking of painting mine laser blue
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That looks superb! :happy2:
Agree, pure engine porn.
Ever thought of fitting one of these? no need for cutting, though not sure if the mounting points are the same (this is the cover on my scirocco 2.0 TSI).
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hello I am thinking of doing this to my Leon as i have a Neuspeed filter coming
i can see where the cuts are made but I am just trying to understand how its securely mounted.
are you only using 2 of the 4 moutning rubbers? if so how do you secure the rear side and stop it from rattling on top of the filter pipe?
thanks
Lee
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i would also like to know about the above^^^^^^
does the engine cover not just rattle around at the back
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That looks superb! :happy2:
^^^^ Simply the best I've seen :notworthy: - Even better than mine:
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Just installed mine again tonight. Had the TWINtake pipes ceramic coated (not that it'll help much, but i'll do the downpipe next week when the car's in the shop for the LSD & mounts). Only cost £40, so thought I'd do it.
Engine cover was dremel'ed down, paint prep'd and painted in matte black. I quite like things looking monochrome & simple. Was considering red, but thought it would be OTT. I like the whole OEM+ kind of look.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4013%2F4461588527_5d57a3acd3_b.jpg&hash=c5bbb95956907a4c7d52ccb8896b3245f1648c9f)
Wow that is one cexy engine bay :drool: Have you done much photoshopping to the pic?
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such a stunnin bay mate, i need to look into doin this for mine too. love the carbon :happy2:
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Epic bump, I know, but I've not been around much and had a laugh when I stumbled upon this again. Can't believe how pic quote happy people got! :grin:
This is an oldish kind of photo too, but realised I should update the thread for whatever it was worth. Was keen to do the fuel lines as braided lines too, but never got around to it.
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If my engine bay looks half as good as that i will be a happy man.
Did you cut down or buy another?
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Just cut down at the time. Although I now have proper spare.
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@ illektronic:
That really looks stunning but how about posting a pic which hasn't been so heavily Photoshop'd so we can still appreciate how great it is but in real life. :party: :popcornsoda:
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The best I have is a somewhat less cropped down but post tone-mapped version. This is prior to any colour correction or retouching .
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Any FWIW, You can't have a 'real life' photo. Doesn't work anything like the human eye(s). With your background RR, you should know that! :P
So is long exposure photography cheating too?
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That really looks stunning but how about posting a pic which hasn't been so heavily Photoshop'd so we can still appreciate how great it is but in real life. :party: :popcornsoda:
And the same could be said for the bird in your signature you know! :pomppomp:
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Any FWIW, You can't have a 'real life' photo. Doesn't work anything like the human eye(s). With your background RR, you should know that! :P
So is long exposure photography cheating too?
....No offence or accusation of cheating etc was intended. I just genuinely wondered how well kept and clean your engine bay was pre Photoshop enhancement and manipulation and now I remain in great admiration of your work, both in what you mods you have done and your photography.
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Just installed mine again tonight. Had the TWINtake pipes ceramic coated (not that it'll help much, but i'll do the downpipe next week when the car's in the shop for the LSD & mounts). Only cost £40, so thought I'd do it.
Engine cover was dremel'ed down, paint prep'd and painted in matte black. I quite like things looking monochrome & simple. Was considering red, but thought it would be OTT. I like the whole OEM+ kind of look.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4013%2F4461588527_5d57a3acd3_b.jpg&hash=c5bbb95956907a4c7d52ccb8896b3245f1648c9f)
this is the nicest engine bay in a v i have ever seen!
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^^^^ :congrats: :notworthy: in equal measure!