DoN_BLaZe34 wrote:Peds, can I ask where you picked up your engine dress kit from?
Don,
1. I picked up a anodized blue engine oil cap with vinyl "carbon fiber" center insert on Fleabay
2. I bought a used Infiniti trunk logo and used Duplicolor metalcast and stuck that on my carbon fiber engine cover with 3m tape
3. I bought the blue washers on Fleabay as well...something similar to these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-PCS-BLUE-BIL ... ET&vxp=mtr
I noticed that after getting mine on eBay, that you can also buy them directly from their website too:
http://www.j-specialty.com/product-p/blu-020-wsh.htm
I then went to my local chain hardware store and bought some hex head cap screws (M6 x 25mm) for the longer flanged bolts I replaced (engine cover). I used the shorter stainless steel bolts that came with the washers for the shorter bolts I replaced (the 4 bolts for the front panels on either side of the air intake piece and the one by the hood latch).
I didn't want to fork over tons o' money like you can spend on some of the brand name anodized titanium bolts/washers. I think they look pretty good and you can't really tell even up close. I guess we'll see how they hold up for the next few months.
I'm thinking about painting the cap for the windshield wiper fluid reservoir as well as the power steering cap too. Problem with Duplicolor metalcast is that when your base color is different, even after priming and repainting it with the new chrome base, the effect still looks different on different pieces. I guess I can always buy replacement bits, if I f*kk it up.
hope this helps,
BTW, is there a trick to getting the start button middle portion out?, I can't seem to push it out from behind. I got the chrome bezel off, and I can get the whole thing (inner start button with the lettering and the cylindrical outer part combined) about a third of the way out, but it doesn't seem to want to move out anymore regardless of how hard I push. I can rotate the whole piece at least 90 degrees or more, but just not up and outward...
Craig