Red Accents to my Engine

Did not care for the hose up front as well. Did some redesign

I'd love to tackle on fixing up and cleaning up the Engine Bay on my iM...its basically my G/F's car....So not really a point in doing it since she is not into cars as much as I am...haha...

But Here's a Engine bay shot of my Mazda...I did a Semi-Wiretuck, Painted the VC to represent a Duracell Battery...And just trying to make ir look Super Clean....Wish I had my own fabrication shop I probably go crazy nuts haha....

Before!



After!

blueBallz said:

how exactly do you do a wiretuck? extend the wires to be able to sneak them somewhere?

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Here's a quick picture difference....

Top Picture is a stock looking engine w/ the Plastic Cover removed...there are wires running all over the place! (messy)

Bottom Picture is my Engine Bay after re-routing and tucking the wires away for a "cleaner" look.

My first time doing this so I just experimented..I did not unplug any wire nor extend them..I left them in place mostly and just re-routed them.

MiScion said:

I've always wondered the same thing. All of these wires and some components disappear and I wonder where the heck they've gone lol

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Extreme tuck jobs like this you're looking at custom wire harnesses, standalone ECU maybe, brake lines and master cylinder relocated, deleted power steering, no AC, hidden coolant reservoir, battery relocation etc.... this is extreme, very time consuming and a lot of times strictly for show purposes. Some of it decreases the car's drivability, somethings add a little more power (removing drive belt accessory items)... not a fan personally. Too much work, and good luck troubleshooting. Also deleting that much from under the hood (but it has to go somewhere) will greatly impact the handling characteristics of the car.

Nick Prescott said:

Extreme tuck jobs like this you're looking at custom wire harnesses, standalone ECU maybe, brake lines and master cylinder relocated, deleted power steering, no AC, hidden coolant reservoir, battery relocation etc.... this is extreme, very time consuming and a lot of times strictly for show purposes. Some of it decreases the car's drivability, somethings add a little more power (removing drive belt accessory items)... not a fan personally. Too much work, and good luck troubleshooting. Also deleting that much from under the hood (but it has to go somewhere) will greatly impact the handling characteristics of the car.

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Some of this is correct, but one thing is definitely not. A wire tuck will in NO WAY impact the handling of the car. A brake tuck is not a wire tuck, but still a fun thing to do if you just want that insane "floating" motor look. I've not seen anyone go stand alone for a tuck but I'm sure someone might have by now. But there are no real benefits though since you still need readings from all the sensors to run standalone.

A fair bit of wiring is simply just routed differently from factory in a method that allows it to be out of sight. Some wires will need to be lengthened though, depending on where you wish to route them. If you have a "stripper model" (low option vehicle) you can de-pin and remove wiring that is run through the vehicle to allow for less wires. I've done both but the second really requires a good diagram and serious patience. I never had any issues after tucking the engine bay on my truck and on the passenger side I had to go through and extend all the wires to be able to run them high and tight to the top of the support under the fender. Take your time and do it right, heat shrink everything, don't electrical tape it and it will be fine. My truck was my daily driver until the rings and valve seals finally gave out on me. I've also wire tucked a couple motorcycles but that's a different animal.