Post by jdmazfuk on Nov 17, 2008 23:43:01 GMT -5
Thread Jacked from TEAL_DX from civic-eg.com
I had my motor out and my car needed a paint job, so I decided to put the time into a wire tuck and shave my engine bay.
A wire tuck is just cleaning up all the clutter in your engine bay.
Shaving your engine bay involves welding in all the open holes (there are alot more showing after a wire tuck) and then smoothing everything out to make it look seamless.
First thing to decide is how far you want to go. You can hide some wires, or go all out and hide everything! I went all out cause I was bored.
I'm almost done with this project, so this thread will grow as I finish everything up...
First remove everything in your engine bay.
If you are going the shaved route, you must weld in every hole that you won't need anymore.
I used a 115v MIG. You'll want to grind off the paint before you weld. Then grind down your weld flush with the area around it. Cover your glass so the sparks do not pit it. Be carefull welding near your fuel lines as well.
All the welding & grinding takes forever...
for the bigger holes where the battery & fuse box were, you'll have to cut a patch out of sheet metal & weld it in.
I relocated my coolant overflow tank:
I bent & welded the original bracket to its new location.
Here's my new "light weight" battery & tray I made
Tray installed (where washer fluid tank once was). The tray was a little heavy so I drilled those holes in it to make it a little lighter.
I used USC Icing, it is supposed to be more durable than regular old bondo.
Next in the shaving process you will sand a ton... untill your fingers are ready to bleed!!
Everything must be nice and smooth.
Also see I shaved most of those threaded posts on the firewall since there isn't much left to go there.
Then I primered and more scratches showed up so I went back to sanding.
and finally ready to paint!
first coat
2nd coat, then I took a break to sand a little orange peel before it got worse.
a few coats later all done!
I had my motor out and my car needed a paint job, so I decided to put the time into a wire tuck and shave my engine bay.
A wire tuck is just cleaning up all the clutter in your engine bay.
Shaving your engine bay involves welding in all the open holes (there are alot more showing after a wire tuck) and then smoothing everything out to make it look seamless.
First thing to decide is how far you want to go. You can hide some wires, or go all out and hide everything! I went all out cause I was bored.
I'm almost done with this project, so this thread will grow as I finish everything up...
First remove everything in your engine bay.
If you are going the shaved route, you must weld in every hole that you won't need anymore.
I used a 115v MIG. You'll want to grind off the paint before you weld. Then grind down your weld flush with the area around it. Cover your glass so the sparks do not pit it. Be carefull welding near your fuel lines as well.
All the welding & grinding takes forever...
for the bigger holes where the battery & fuse box were, you'll have to cut a patch out of sheet metal & weld it in.
I relocated my coolant overflow tank:
I bent & welded the original bracket to its new location.
Here's my new "light weight" battery & tray I made
Tray installed (where washer fluid tank once was). The tray was a little heavy so I drilled those holes in it to make it a little lighter.
I used USC Icing, it is supposed to be more durable than regular old bondo.
Next in the shaving process you will sand a ton... untill your fingers are ready to bleed!!
Everything must be nice and smooth.
Also see I shaved most of those threaded posts on the firewall since there isn't much left to go there.
Then I primered and more scratches showed up so I went back to sanding.
and finally ready to paint!
first coat
2nd coat, then I took a break to sand a little orange peel before it got worse.
a few coats later all done!
