Opinions Needed! Wiper motor cover.

[riprodder]

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Hey everyone,
I've been trying to dress up my engine bay for a while now like I know a lot of you have and there's one part that is just ugly and there's not a lot that can be done with it. That is the wiper motor. It just hangs up on the firewall with all it's jumbled wire mess and just generally pulls that corner of the bay down. So I was thinking of making an ABS plastic cover to hide the body of it. It would go over the red outlined area in the pic.
Anyway, what I was wondering is that if I were to make some of these would anyone else be interested too. I think I could make them for about $35 shipped. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.

[harrypotter]

I have been thinking of fully deleting my wiper system. Just would suck to rain-x windshield constantly and have to worry about getting a ticket.

So I am interested, make it and let's see pics!

[chiboy002]

why not paint it all black and be done with it lol

i, for one, never notice wiper motors in engine bays

or paint it black and extend the wires/plug away from it

[leung]

word, if the rest of the bay looks good no one really notices the wiper motor. But the idea does seem nice though.

[kalypso123]

you could fab a cover and screw it back on with the same screws that attach it to the fire wall.

...or paint it black

[Drift_86]

I wouldn't worry about that your engine bay looks way to dirty anyways

[Om1kron]

I'll eventually just have a carbon or fiberglass cover to put over that thing.

[SupaDoopa]

Heat tape after you dress up your engine bay. Be a baller.

[chiboy002]

unless you're running a jz there is no heat on that side
thus making you look like a retard

[G35_S13_Coupe]

delete it, fill the hole and run aqua-pel. shit works great on the windows

[SupaDoopa]

Wow, br0. You're good at picking up sarcasm.

[riprodder]

Thanks for the input.

Kalypso123, that was what I was thinking of too, using the existing bolts to mount the cover. And as for my dirty engine bay, That's not the one on my project car, I just needed a pic real quick last night. Actually I just powder coated the motor case a custom chrome / black chrome blend so it's looking better already but the body still needs help.

The "Paint it black" idea is probably the easiest way to help hide it but it doesn't really have that finished look and the wiring connector is still exposed.

If I make this, I will get a spare motor and vacuum form the cover over the body so it should fit really well. It will be made of black ABS plastic with either a smooth or textured finish.

I suppose if someone wanted to they could get some of that carbon fiber vinyl wrap and wrap it. That would look good too.

[riprodder]

Here's a pic of mine. I just slid the motor case back on for the pic but haven't bolted it all back down yet.

[Matej]

It seems it would attract even more attention painted chrome, especially in a black engine bay.

The wiring to the connector can be extended thus allowing one to hide the connector in the windshield motor tray, and run the harness to it behind the firewall.

[Walperstyle]

Rain X. I don't get how you guys buy that stuff. Its basically a light Oil you are spraying on your windshield. I'd rather not have oil streaks on my car.

[riprodder]

I never thought of extending the connector. Now that you mention it, the rivets could be drilled out and the wires extended without much trouble.

Either way, whether connector tuck or plastic cover, it will look a lot better than it does now.

[harrypotter]

What's the status of your prototype?

[riprodder]

I haven't started it yet, but it's on my list of things to do. I recently got distracted in powder coating lots of stuff in my engine bay, thus my interest in making the wiper motor look good too. I'll post up here once I get something going.

[ThatGuy]

General consensus:

[Walperstyle]

^ha, perfect

[blueshark123]

i would buy one for a s14

[riprodder]

"Paint it black" I like that. Tiz funny. But painting it and tucking the connector involves more effort that a bolt on cover I think. At least its more effort once the prototype one has been perfected.

[Bubba]

If you think there is a possible market, make it. Hell, I may even get one for the S13 depending on how it turns out.

Glad to see there are more innovative people still walking around these days instead of a trail full of followers.

[KiLLeR2001]

I have a spare s13 wiper motor laying around that I just spray bombed gloss black. We'll see how it looks in a couple months when I yank my engine out and clean up my entire engine bay.

[kalypso123]

Originally Posted by riprodder

Thanks for the input.

Kalypso123, that was what I was thinking of too, using the existing bolts to mount the cover.

yea... pretty much

but ideally tho, you should just tuck everything else and leave the wiper motor.

motor heads don't mind. Its really the harness, fuse boxes, PS resevoir, and ect that come first.

[riprodder]

Here's an update on the progress. I vacuum molded the first cover today but the plastic I used is a little too thick and it didn't pull in tight enough around the bolt holes. I'm going to try again once I get some more plastic in a couple of days. But at least you can get an idea of what it will look like

[Drifting-pedobear]

while the idea might be silly, you actually doing something, making something yourself is very commendable. and for that i wish to say awesome job, keep it up.

[chiboy002]

that looks reallly good compared to what i imagined
good luck

[RandallSharp]

Cool idea. Props for actually doing rather than only talking.

[silviaks2nr]

can you make it out of black nontextured styrene? would be much cheaper and easier to form. and I will buy one