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Old 12-29-10, 02:52 PM
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The cover looks 100% very professional job!

My only advice is to remove the other pieces of plastic trim on the 2 sides - IMO all those plastic covers cheapen the engine bay. It's good to see some mechanicals under the hood after all it is an engine bay (look at what Audi has done with their S-line of motors)

If you keep those side plastic pieces you should have painted those too or now you have mis-matching pieces. Just my 2 cents, great job regardless.
Old 12-29-10, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by s4play
The cover looks 100% very professional job!

My only advice is to remove the other pieces of plastic trim on the 2 sides - IMO all those plastic covers cheapen the engine bay. It's good to see some mechanicals under the hood after all it is an engine bay (look at what Audi has done with their S-line of motors)

If you keep those side plastic pieces you should have painted those too or now you have mis-matching pieces. Just my 2 cents, great job regardless.
Thanks s4play interesting idea will give it shot and see what it looks like with plastic side panels removed, as far painting the other parts I think it would be way to much color. It was also a royal pain in *** lol I thought this was going to be an easy job, turned into a very labor intensive project first sanding then applying several thin coats of body filler then sanding 90% of it off then spraying high build primer on cover, then wet sanding, fixing any areas that did not cover properly then finally apply paint which was easiest part then wet sand and compound by hand. It took about 5 day to complete working each day for few hours a day I made couple of mistakes along way but I'm happy with it for now.
Old 12-29-10, 09:23 PM
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You'll also need something like this:

Lou
Attached Thumbnails Engine cover paint project-oil-cap1s.jpg   Engine cover paint project-f-cap-1.jpg  
Old 12-29-10, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by lowrideraz
You'll also need something like this:

Lou
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NICE.....got have it, can you supply company name thanks
Old 12-30-10, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by davcrz5
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NICE.....got have it, can you supply company name thanks
I found the "L" on ebay - $41 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LEXUS...Q5fAccessories

This looks interesting too. Blue anodized - $18 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bille...Q5fAccessories
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I'm tempted to get the billet "L" one. I wish it had the F logo though.
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Originally Posted by mugenh22a4
I'm tempted to get the billet "L" one. I wish it had the F logo though.
Do a ebay search using "Lexus oil cap" and "is oil cap". Sort using lowest price and shipping. There's caps from $10 up to $100. Plenty of billet types. You might find a "F" later or you can ask the seller of the L cap if they have one.
Old 12-30-10, 06:57 PM
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According to the ebay seller, "I can put ANY logo or graphic on your Oil Cap for additional $25".

Originally Posted by mugenh22a4
I'm tempted to get the billet "L" one. I wish it had the F logo though.
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YOUR COVER LOOKS AWESOME!!! I HAVE A OEM IS-F COVER FOR SALE

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is2...ver-400-a.html
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