Painting The Engine Caps On My WRX (Engine Bay Dress Up)

[@Qazxswer68]

It's all about the little details 😍

[@vanvanvanyvan]

Damn all those little things sir! Its rare to see a resourceful car enthusiast builds that incorporates art 💯💥

[@TheBrawlmastah]

you should paint the dipstick

[@jakepiper2240]

Nice idea! Definitely looks 10X better.

[@themostrandom4602]

Dude they came out looking great!

[@Cyntrik]

Love the quick little mods!

[@joestasi8329]

That looks so much better! I'm using the chasing js radiator cap.

[@Black.fk8]

I’ve been wanting to do this! What grit sandpaper did you use?

[@MoJoNinjaGarage]

As usual great video!

[@obicoke1810]

I need to do that, but change from black to yellow. You could have saved on paint and swapped lol 😂

[@SpecializedP2Ler]

I just found out grimmspeed makes a pack of red or black plastic caps. I just installed them in about 2 mins. Looks Hella good tho dude! Edit: I mean your paint job looks Hella good! I'll be the first to admit me and paint don't mix the best and I wouldn't of gotten anywhere near your results

[@StreetInspired1]

They just released those last week I believe. I'm glad someone finally has a cheaper solution

[@SpecializedP2Ler]

@@StreetInspired1 well shit that explains why I've never seen them before! I mean there cheap caps but I love em in my engine bay with all the other red grimmspeed parts

[@chrisclarke920]

Hey man, awesome video, looks loads better than that standard yellow, quick question though. Are you just using standard paint. Don’t have a paint gun so I’d be cleaning/degreasing etc and spraying them. Always unnerving when you spray anything in the engine bay if you know what I mean! Thanks bud!!

[@StreetInspired1]

I was using PPG automotive paint and 2k clearcoat. Spray paint may not hold up as well inside the engine bay but the way a saw it was even if the paint fails I could always get one of the engine cap kits so it wouldn't hurt to try!

[@chrisclarke920]

@@StreetInspired1 awesome, cheers buddy appreciate the reply. Being as it’s just going to be spray paint just to clarify as I realise I didn’t say in the original comment, it’ll be VHT paint. High temp stuff. Would rather not run the risk of something classed as ‘standard’. Cheers dude!

[@Goodnuggz]

Think that texture looks good when it was wet, can you do like a flat black or red and try to match the STi intake manifold?

[@StreetInspired1]

I'm sure I could get pretty close to that but not sure if I could match it 100%

[@Goodnuggz]

@@StreetInspired1 I haven't decided yet on what accent color I want under my hood. But I know that some of these caps costing $250 are pretty ridiculous. I'm really leaning towards the highlighter yellow as I have the same Graphite Grey as you and I need something to pull the brake color together with the car. Kinda wish they just went with red, but they do stand out and look good. Just gotta commit to a color and run with it I guess. You'd think they'd atleast paint the manifold to match...

[@StreetInspired1]

@@Goodnuggz that was one gripe I had about the new stis. I like the new green/yellow they incorporated on the brakes but they should've done the Manifold to match instead of red.

[@leolldankology]

How much horse power and torque do you gain with this mod?

[@StreetInspired1]

Unfortunately, painting plastic caps doesn't add any additional horsepower or torque, and is only a cosmetic modification.

[@MoJoNinjaGarage]

Hey man! What's up with the Hoodia? It says the wrong thing lol.

[@StreetInspired1]

Haha I love my Mitsubishis too 😂

[@MoJoNinjaGarage]

@@StreetInspired1 good stuff man I want an Evo 8 at some point to build. 😅

[@silkboxing4454]

Get the Billet

[@StreetInspired1]

Thought about it but don't want to spend $200+ for some engine bay caps haha