Detailing engine bay...What to do about the ugly power steering pump?

Fox Hound · 09-24-2002, 11:34 AM

What does everyone do to make this thing pretty? The plastic parts are all yellow and the cast aluminum is tarnished. The air conditioning condenser doesn't look too good neither. Any ideas?

ragtop5point0 · 09-24-2002, 12:48 PM

heres what i did to my car and it looks pretty good....first the ac compressor...get rid of it....windows work better and get you a few horses...get rid of the smog pump..thats ugly too...buy yourself a set of underdrive pullies and an a/c eliminator bracket..paint the whole ps pump black or whatever color..they make special paint to cover plastic and aluminum..or take it a step farther and get a manual rack and get rid of the ps alltogether...all in all doing all that should look better and give you about 25-30 more horse...for a few hopurs of work not bad huh?

avbcon12 · 09-28-2002, 08:44 AM

like stated you can paint the yellow housing black or something and polish the brackets... or ditch everything. its all up to you and whatever you want to do to your car.

take care,
adam

09-24-2002, 11:34 AM	#1
Fox Hound Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 58	Detailing engine bay...What to do about the ugly power steering pump? What does everyone do to make this thing pretty? The plastic parts are all yellow and the cast aluminum is tarnished. The air conditioning condenser doesn't look too good neither. Any ideas?

09-24-2002, 12:48 PM	#2
ragtop5point0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NY Posts: 15	heres a idea heres what i did to my car and it looks pretty good....first the ac compressor...get rid of it....windows work better and get you a few horses...get rid of the smog pump..thats ugly too...buy yourself a set of underdrive pullies and an a/c eliminator bracket..paint the whole ps pump black or whatever color..they make special paint to cover plastic and aluminum..or take it a step farther and get a manual rack and get rid of the ps alltogether...all in all doing all that should look better and give you about 25-30 more horse...for a few hopurs of work not bad huh?

09-28-2002, 08:44 AM	#3
avbcon12 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 391	like stated you can paint the yellow housing black or something and polish the brackets... or ditch everything. its all up to you and whatever you want to do to your car. take care, adam __________________ 90 GT black/ grey leather ported GT-40 heads w/ 1.7RR, Cobra intake w/ ported lower, 24# injectors, 190LPH pump, 75mm Pro-M MAF, 65mm TB, K&N panel, BBK long tubes, Off road H-pipe, 2 ch. Flowmaster, Black magic fan, Kirban FPR, 180 deg. T-stat, 3.73's, Steeda Tri-Ax, 130 amp alt. Accell 8.8 race wires/cap/rotor, motorcraft plugs, Factory Five suspension, etc etc etc.... http://avbcon12.stangnet.com

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