Nice...or Rice..?

"RazoE" (razoe) 05/09/2014 at 11:21 • Filed to: IS300, nice or rice

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Hey guys. I got bored, so I decided to do a thing.

This is the original IS300 engine cover (google pic)

So I added a LEXUS badge I had (painted black chrome). I couldn't get the "L" to come out right (paint kept bubbling), so I hit it with plastidip instead. I also had some vinyl CF so I added it to the little square. Overall, I like it, but what do you guys think?

Merkin Muffley > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:22

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tastefully done.

Trevor Mohr > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:23

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Nice! I like it, cleanly done.

Sn210 > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:23

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I like it! It's a nice, subtle touch. Non-rice

offroadkarter > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:23

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I'm not offended

although someone somewhere on this site is going to say "lose the engine cover"

signintoburnerlol > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:26

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Take out the engine cover, your 0-60 time will be better by 0.002%

BJ > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:26

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Just throw out the engine cover, it'll look better without.

(Kidding! It looks very nice - the CF is a subtle touch.)

thebigbossyboss > offroadkarter 05/09/2014 at 11:27

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That's what I came here to say. Unless your air filter is embedded. Then don't lose it.

Lekker > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:28

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As far as engine covers go, that is one well thought-out looking piece. Granted, I am not a fan of engine covers. But as it is the trend, might as well adapt. Well done, pics installed?

McMike > offroadkarter 05/09/2014 at 11:28

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"lose the engine cover"

Ewww, have you seen what's underneath them?

While I don't like them myself, they are like a 4th grader's bed. It's better off if you don't look underneath it.

Imirrelephant > McMike 05/09/2014 at 11:38

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Yep. Older engines looked so much better before the "basket of snakes"of emissions controls and, later, wiring. Now no thought is given to how an engine looks. They just slap a cover on it and "Good Enough!"

McMike > Imirrelephant 05/09/2014 at 11:42

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It has to make it easier for the engine packaging guys when they are laying out vacuum hoses and wiring, though.

"Whew, just run that shit wherever you want."

Ben Leake > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 11:56

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I think that's a very tasteful mod. If it were my car, I'd personally lose the cover, but that looks really good.

EL_ULY > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 12:36

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CHIDO!

RazoE > Lekker 05/09/2014 at 13:09

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Sorry, no pics. I finished installing it at 8 pm. Here's a picture of an IS without the engine cover.

It doesn't look bad, but there are still 4 giant threaded bolts sticking out for the cover, so I opt to keep it on.

Lekker > RazoE 05/09/2014 at 14:06

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Even without the cover it does not look bad

RazoE > Lekker 05/09/2014 at 14:09

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Originally they didn't come with a cover in the GS300 until the IS was introduced. Here's the non-vvti version (2JZ-GE) I had swapped in my 1992 Supra.