How to make my Z look better under the hood.

Do you have this BLING under the hood.



Keep it stock save your money to Keep your car maintained.
BRAKES,GAS, ins, ext.

skillet,

welcome to the world of the Z and seeing your hard earned cash fly the coop!
there is a lot you can do to make your engine bay look real nice and clean, even with all the original stuff that seems to clutter everything. simply taking time to clean things and adding paint can go a long way. this is also a very inexpensive way to improve the look under the hood, but over time things will get dirty and scratched up and rusted again.
a more expensive alternative is to put more money into engine dress up... meaning chrome, zinc, polished billet parts, and powder coating.
i have done a lot of chroming and powder coating on my 280z and though it looks real nice, it didn't come without cost.
but you will be amazed about how much better you can make things look by just removing, cleaning and painting. like what has already been said, cleaning and repainting the engine bay can help out greatly, but if you really want it to look nice, remove the engine and components so you can really get down in there. if you don't have the time, money or tools to do this then i suggest just doing small things at a time. here are some items that can "spice" things up -

chrome oil filter cover
polished Z dip stick
polished oil cap, polished radiator cap
polished reservoir caps
chrome coil cover
chrome or gold plated battery terminal connectors (autozone for gold ones, and pro car audio shop for the chrome ones)
chrome or polished radiator overflow reservoir
new hoses and lines (fuel, vacuum, water)

most of this stuff is available at motorsportauto.com but they are kind of pricey. if you have the money, get your valve cover powder coated, and remove the injector "hair dryer" permanently. some may disagree on this, but a lot of guys don't use it (i took mine off my 280zx)
if you really want to make things shine and you have lots of cash, find a good shop that does chrome plating and starting doing things a bit at a time. i had my intake, fuel rail, injector housing plates, hardware, hood latch assembly, misc brackets and cover plates all chromed, but like i said it is very expensive... i just did my thermostat housing and cover and it was 100 bucks, if that gives you an idea.

remember, small stuff first, little by little, cleaning and time can go a long way!

i can post some pics of some of the things i have done, if you want some ideas. just let me know.

Bon

Here is something under the hood.Lol



and here is some pictures of Ryan's ZXT(owner of our local Datsun club) desertdatsuns.freeforums.org

http://desertdatsuns.freeforums.org/ryans-280zx-turbo-t1080-20.html