Engine Bay Dress UP

[m1949]

I'm Looking for ideas to "dress up" the engine bay of my 06 Escalade. I'd like to add coil covers and generally clean up the look under the hood. If you have added coil covers, or if you have the truck intake and are using a different engine cover please share photos. Thanks

 

[MassHoe04]

So, it is possible to dress up more than what it is already?! Looks fantastic already!

 

[m1949]

Thanks! I want to hide as many wires and hoses as I can. Plus, I don't much care for the engine cover in the photo. It's ok, but not as stylin' as the newer Escalade cover, or the TBSS cover. If I keep this cover, I'd like to find a way to hide the coil packs and fuel rail. The 3 piece cover for the LQ9 doesn't work with the newer intake and LS3 heads. I may try to modify it to see if I can make it work. I'm also looking to see if I can find aftermarket covers that will fit on top of the valve covers and clear the cover I'm using now. I like the Trailblazer SS engine cover too. It pretty much covers everything. But the TBSS has a different intake and the cover would likely need to be modified to fit. The newer Escalade engine cover is nice too. It's two pieces and the intake has a completely different, round tubular shape. So I know I'd need to do some major fabrication to make it work.

 

[Sgtmoe]

Not sure this is the right place for this question; but, I'm Looking for ideas to "dress up" the engine bay of my 06 Escalade. I'd like to add coil covers and generally clean up the look under the hood. I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what will work since the engine is a 6.0L LQ9 with LS3 heads with 07-13 6.2L truck intake, throttle body and fuel rail. I don't know if that makes a difference in what will fit. If you have added coil covers please share photos. So far, all I've done is paint and add a Gen III intake cover shown here. But I'm not yet happy with the overall look. Please share your knowledge and ideas, and especially any photos of your dressed up engine bay. Thanks

Very nice work....take care of them and they'll take care of you.....

 

[Jonesy92]

I’ve been kinda thinking of the same, some flat aluminum sheeting , angled down from the sides and rests just on the lip of the valve covers. Hide the gap and exhaust, wires, plugs, etc. as of now, I have purple/blue/indigo metal flake epoxy on the OeM 5.3 cover, fuse box, plastic etc are done the same. Isn’t enough to “dress” it up. Been trying to find the full covers like the 6.0 had, alt cover, intake cover, even had a part that would cover the wires etc.

 

[Tk59194]

A few ideas! Look into replacing overflow tank with aluminum. Replace all fluid caps better looking ones. Ive got a new overflow cap on the way myself.

 

[Donal]

I'm Looking for ideas to "dress up" the engine bay of my 06 Escalade. I'd like to add coil covers and generally clean up the look under the hood. If you have added coil covers, or if you have the truck intake and are using a different engine cover please share photos. Thanks

I just noticed that both of the AC connection ports are uncapped. Dirt and stuff will settle in the opening and be forced in the the system when a hose is connected. The covers are important.

 

[MassHoe04]

A few ideas! Look into replacing overflow tank with aluminum. Replace all fluid caps better looking ones. Ive got a new overflow cap on the way myself.View attachment 377108

Looks great! It just strikes me funny, that so many people obsess about having clean overflow tanks so they can see the coolant level. Yet, the Armageddon overflow tank goes the complete opposite direction. Can't see a bloody thing! (Of course, you can open the cap and look through the filler...) Looks great though!!! Awesome build!

 

[Mudsport96]

Just mounted on a ground stud. They come in red and a few other colors as well. Look neat and help keep oil out of the intake manifold. Think i paid 26 buck for this one from Amazon.

 

[m1949]

A few ideas! Look into replacing overflow tank with aluminum. Replace all fluid caps better looking ones. Ive got a new overflow cap on the way myself.View attachment 377108

Am I correct those are coil covers setting over your valve covers? If so, what brand?

 

[m1949]

I just noticed that both of the AC connection ports are uncapped. Dirt and stuff will settle in the opening and be forced in the the system when a hose is connected. The covers are important.

You are right! Thanks for catching it!

 

[Tk59194]

Am I correct those are coil covers setting over your valve covers? If so, what brand?

Stock covers just painted.

 

[Rocket Man]

I mean, how much do you wanna spend? Here’s mine.

 

[MassHoe04]

I mean, how much do you wanna spend? Here’s mine. View attachment 377290

I am sure both of you have much more in the engine bay on yours, than I have in my entire truck! Love the builds you guys have done!!! I didn't hit the $1B last week, so I'll just keep plugging away at my $6,500 rig and continue to focus on replacing things before they fail... Piece by piece. Right now it is all about functionality and reliability. Making pretty has taken the back seat. Even though I play in a different league, I love being inspired by the work you all have been doing. Thanks!!! I can dream...

 

[m1949]

Stock covers just painted.

I really dislike the cluttered look of the engine bay. Part of what I dislike is the coil pack "mess" on the valve covers. I've thought of relocating them, but frankly, its too much trouble; and I'd still have (imo) ugly valve covers. For this reason I'm toying with replacing the engine cover with a TBSS or Camaro cover which hide the valve covers and coil packs, or just adding coil pack/fuel rail covers.

 

[mattt]

I really dislike the cluttered look of the engine bay. Part of what I dislike is the coil pack "mess" on the valve covers. I've thought of relocating them, but frankly, its too much trouble; and I'd still have (imo) ugly valve covers. For this reason I'm toying with replacing the engine cover with a TBSS or Camaro cover which hide the valve covers and coil packs, or just adding coil pack/fuel rail covers.

Stock covers just painted.

Interesting that those are stock covers, just with paint. I'm guessing those must be on your '16 or '18, as they are not stock on an 01-06 NBS rig. I like the look of those too and wonder if they'd work without modification on an earlier engine. I'm guessing m1949 was looking for coil hiding options for an 01-06?

 

[m1949]

I mean, how much do you wanna spend? Here’s mine. View attachment 377290

Beautiful! But I'm tapped out on major $$$ mods. Now, I'm just looking to do an bit of cleaning up and neatening under the hood.

 

[m1949]

A few ideas! Look into replacing overflow tank with aluminum. Replace all fluid caps better looking ones. Ive got a new overflow cap on the way myself.View attachment 377108

Very nice! Can you tell me where you got your coil covers?

 

[Rocket Man]

Beautiful! But I'm tapped out on major $$$ mods. Now, I'm just looking to do an bit of cleaning up and neatening under the hood.

I did MSD coils in red, red crinkle paint on the rocker covers, and ITC Billet polished aluminum coil brackets. Not too expensive but looks great. I replaced a bunch of the hoses with black braided and finished the ends with big heat shrink I bought on Amazon. Some of the smaller hoses I used braided sleeve that I slid over the hose and used the heat shrink on the ends to hold it in place. I bought an assortment of spring clamps and got some off junkyard vehicles be cause they look good and work great. Get a set of spring clamp pliers, you’ll wonder how you got along without them. A new coolant reservoir made a big difference, the old one was stained badly. Most of the wiring I covered in split braides sleeve and used fabric tape on the ends and places where wiring exits a loom. It’s the same tape oem’s use on wiring because plastic electrical tape looks terrible after a few years, it gets all sticky. There’s lots of inexpensive stuff you can do.

 

[m1949]

Decided to try my hand at making an engine cover. Never layed fiberglass before this. Watched some videos and visited a few sites to get the basics. Wasn't too hard. Here are photos.