Post your painted/custom ECU covers

**Ol' Gregg** · 03-31-2009, 10:01 AM

is it cool to paint your head gasket?

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 10:11 AM

Only if it's body matched.

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Gah, It's Too Hard

is it cool to paint your head gasket?

I've painted them a copper color before...looks great!

**True Pyroman** · 03-31-2009, 11:07 AM

lol entertaining thread.

**Dirty Octopus™** · 03-31-2009, 11:13 AM

something tells me this trend is not going to catch on.

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Dirty Octopus™

something tells me this trend is not going to catch on.

shit, i'm going for the rust look...that's where it's at!

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:22 AM

LOL this has to be a joke?

Who the fuck paints their ECU cover ? OMGGETBUCKYTOPAINTANINJAONIT!!

If this is serious, then this is RETARDED, Evan, put the crack down, back up, and walk away slowly, with any luck a mod will delete this thread and we will forget this ever happened.

Whats next, painting your Main Relay cover?

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by speedminded

At least it could have been painted the same color as the car?!

yeah who does blue an green lol

Brian* · 03-31-2009, 11:26 AM

Painted ECU... LOLOLOLOLOL

Brian* · 03-31-2009, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

LOL this has to be a joke?

Who the fuck paints their ECU cover ? OMGGETBUCKYTOPAINTANINJAONIT!!

Whats next, painting your Main Relay cover?

I did mine... But it is also not covered in carpet (or) a kick panel

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:33 AM

yeah but thats a lexus cover isnt it? its in the engine bay. its visible, and it has a graphic on it.

This is a metal cover, thats the BACKSIDE of the ecu (meaning the part that faces DOWN) thats just painted a color. I mean i dont get it. I wouldnt have wasted the $5 or the 10 min it took to do it.

And dude its a chipped p28 i have 30 of them in my garage lol. ITs not really a MOD. ANd anyone that gets their car tuned and leaves it visible is a jackass. The only reason i ever had one that was visible is because i had zero interior , and i ran open header, and the vibration would make the chip pop out so i had to be able to slap it back in.

man, i hate these trends! Come on evan you are smarter than this hehe

Brian* · 03-31-2009, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

yeah but thats a lexus cover isnt it? its in the engine bay. its visible, and it has a graphic on it.

QFT

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

yeah but thats a lexus cover isnt it? its in the engine bay. its visible, and it has a graphic on it.

This is a metal cover, thats the BACKSIDE of the ecu (meaning the part that faces DOWN) thats just painted a color. I mean i dont get it. I wouldnt have wasted the $5 or the 10 min it took to do it.

And dude its a chipped p28 i have 30 of them in my garage lol. ITs not really a MOD. ANd anyone that gets their car tuned and leaves it visible is a jackass. The only reason i ever had one that was visible is because i had zero interior , and i ran open header, and the vibration would make the chip pop out so i had to be able to slap it back in.

man, i hate these trends! Come on evan you are smarter than this hehe

I never claimed for it to be something special. I claimed $75 for it was a good price.

Will it not be easier to leave it in the floorboard for datalogging/putting chips in? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have to connect the ECU to my computer via a cable for logging and tuning...

Brian* · 03-31-2009, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

I never claimed for it to be something special. I claimed $75 for it was a good price.

Will it not be easier to leave it in the floorboard for datalogging/putting chips in? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have to connect the ECU to my computer via a cable for logging and tuning...

Leave the cable behind the kick panel and just pull it out and plug in into you computer... But if you have a stock engine why worry about any of this? JW?

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Brian*

Leave the cable behind the kick panel and just pull it out and plug in into you computer... But if you have a stock engine why worry about any of this? JW?

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

I never claimed for it to be something special. I claimed $75 for it was a good price.

Will it not be easier to leave it in the floorboard for datalogging/putting chips in? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have to connect the ECU to my computer via a cable for logging and tuning...

well first

Do you have

A wideband
License for the tuning software
ROm Burner
Datalogging cable
Emulator/Romulator
OSterich
The ability to tune a car

If yes, then sure you can have it visible, but its still the WRONG SIDE OF THE ECU. YOu tune from the TOP side, not the bottom, so the color you will never see anyways. So again, whats the point.

And, no, when you tune a car, you are done, you dont sit there an tune it every 5 min because you think its JDM TYTE!

Nah man, thats pretty fucking pointless in all honesty lol

Brian* · 03-31-2009, 11:50 AM

This is where I grin, slowly scroll up and hit the back button never to return...

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

looks like 200whp on a good day, and a blown turbo in a month lol

:boobies:

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

well first

Do you have

A wideband
License for the tuning software
ROm Burner
Datalogging cable
Emulator/Romulator
OSterich
The ability to tune a car

If yes, then sure you can have it visible, but its still the WRONG SIDE OF THE ECU. YOu tune from the TOP side, not the bottom, so the color you will never see anyways. So again, whats the point.

And, no, when you tune a car, you are done, you dont sit there an tune it every 5 min because you think its JDM TYTE!

Nah man, thats pretty fucking pointless in all honesty lol

I have all that, except the wideband... which is one reason it's not on the car yet. I'm using crome since it's free though.

The top and bottom are painted... mainly because I wanted to. You know, the same reason most of us do what we do.

You're telling me there's no fine tuning to get the AFR/timing perfect? I want to see this one pull, tune, and be perfect wonder.

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

looks like 200whp on a good day, and a blown turbo in a month lol

:boobies:

I kinda assume a GReddy turbo will last longer than a month on 7 psi...

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

I have all that, except the wideband... which is one reason it's not on the car yet. I'm using crome since it's free though.

The top and bottom are painted... mainly because I wanted to. You know, the same reason most of us do what we do.

You're telling me there's no fine tuning to get the AFR/timing perfect? I want to see this one pull, tune, and be perfect wonder.

Ehhh good luck, thats all ill say not worth going into it im sure you will figure it out

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

Whats next, painting your Main Relay cover?

Hey BMW's come clear, take that!! lol!

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

I kinda assume a GReddy turbo will last longer than a month on 7 psi...

Should paint it blue! Bucky will paint fairy's on it for you...or maybe rainbows. Whatever you prefer

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by speedminded

Should paint it blue! Bucky will paint fairy's on it for you.

then it might last 2 months!

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 11:59 AM

About that.

Could polish it though.

**big mac** · 03-31-2009, 12:06 PM

there is a thread on honda tech with a lot of these. you cut the shape of the ecu on the panel and bolt it to it

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by big mac

there is a thread on honda tech with a lot of these. you cut the shape of the ecu on the panel and bolt it to it

Or cut a penis out of the cover and put LEDs inside.

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:24 PM

I love the kids an their retarded trends these days, nothing is about function anymore. Its all about who can come up wiht the next bandwagon bullshit craze other kids will go OMGSESSILOLIROFLCOPTOR

Lets make our cars look like mexican lowriders with shit ass offsets
Lets put little stuffed animals on our tow hooks
Lets paint our valve cover and airbrush it
Lets put $3000 wheels on my $1500 car cause oooooo they are rare and im an UBERJDMFAG
Lets slam my car on the god damn ground because it looks cool, but rides like shit
Lets Wire tuck my otherwise stock engine
Lets put a roofrack on my car even though i dont own a bike
Lets pretty much anything besides making my car fast, and follow everyone elses bullshit trends because i dont have the money to really do anything in the first place.

Yeah that about sums this whole shit up

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:25 PM

oh i forgot

Lets then make a cool CREW or CLUB so we can all hang out together and rub each others cocks cause we are so UBERJDMCOOL and make fun of other non UBERJDMCOOL people

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 12:29 PM

You sell knock off headers and you're bashing people for copying someone else?

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

You sell knock off headers and you're bashing people for copying someone else?

yeah, theres a total difference.

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

You sell knock off headers and you're bashing people for copying someone else?

That's not a trend. It has performance value. Doesn't damage or lower the value of the car...

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:33 PM

i would sit here and debate it but i have to actually go sell one of my headers so ill respond in depth later.

But some fads are ok, there are trends, there are movements. But this latest craze IMO is worthless.

I sell a PRODUCT that makes me MONEY and makes people POWER, something you can get a direct return from.

Most of the stuff i listed makes the car look like shit, handle like shit, and doesnt do anything for performance.

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:34 PM

ANd dont even THINK about saying "performance isnt everything" cause i will make you look stupid if you say that lol.

COme up with something better, unless you would rather just "run me in the twisties"

/sarcasm

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by speedminded

That's not a trend. It has performance value. Doesn't damage or lower the value of the car...

You're telling me there's no performance gain for very lightweight $3000 wheels?

**Catnip** · 03-31-2009, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Vteckidd

i would sit here and debate it but i have to actually go sell one of my headers so ill respond in depth later.

But some fads are ok, there are trends, there are movements. But this latest craze IMO is worthless.

I sell a PRODUCT that makes me MONEY and makes people POWER, something you can get a direct return from.

Most of the stuff i listed makes the car look like shit, handle like shit, and doesnt do anything for performance.

**Sammich** · 03-31-2009, 12:37 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txunx96mE8M

**speedminded** · 03-31-2009, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

You're telling me there's no performance gain for very lightweight $3000 wheels?

When they're on a car slammed so much the lower control arms are working the wrong way again the rest of the suspension? Then being driven with -3° to -5° camber? Nope, ZERO performance gains.

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

You're telling me there's no performance gain for very lightweight $3000 wheels?

LOL are you really going to hang your argument on that? may want to rethink that statement

**Vteckidd** · 03-31-2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by cgEvan

Surely you can come up with something better than a Shrek poster?

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