This year I made a start on finishing off the engine bay. I didn’t know when I started how many people and companies would be involved.
I got a new standard rocker cover as the original one had the filler neck deleted the time of the engine shave. (Hindsight)
Picked up a TTS engine cover that was perfectly fine then started to change it up. I wanted a throwback to a few decades ago when it was “cool” to cover enginebay parts in fabric.
@werksg smoothed the plinth hiding the Audi logo.
@abcarbon7 carbon skimmed the plastic insert, had to be modified aswell. Can’t recommend him enough.
Then
@hawkes.autoworks trimmed the cover in Alcantara adding a red stitch. The smoothed plinth was laser etched and finished in an opposing red. That was his idea and I’m glad he talked me into it. All held down with
@akstuning billet studs.
@deathroll_fabrication sorted out the intake. Was originally a Revo intake the snaked around parts in the bay that are now deleted. The MAF was cut and welded facing the bulkhead. Angle modified with a
@ramairfilters stack welded on. The intake is finished with a proram filter.
@pro_powder_coating coated the intake in a powdered crinkle black along with a heat shield under the intake.
I took a stab at 3D modelling hinge covers when the bonnet is off. 3D printed, embedded magnets and wrapped in Alcantara.
Tinkercad professional now.
The last part and probably my favourite is the dipstick. I’ve been following
@theswoops for a lifetime and he took on the job of milling a custom dipstick for the car. Shipped him over an OEM stick to America and he got to work. He posted pictures of the process of turning a lump of metal into a one off custom dipstick. Still blown away by it.
Last 10% take 90% of the time.
CMTMB
