If you’ve read our previous posts on custom painting underhood components, you now probably want to get some of your underhood components designed as well. But if you think that painting engine components is something only vain car owners and auto enthusiasts would do, well you’re missing some point on that part.

Painting or coating, which not necessarily means custom designing, underhood components does not only make your engine compartment look cleaner. It also protects your engine components from rust, dirt, and other harmful elements that might damage or wear out your components faster. Some of the components you can paint are the pipes, fuse box, intake manifold, valve cover, engine cover, timing chain cover, and brackets.

Here are more underhood artworks (just click on the image to view in full resolution):

Engine cover with bloody red flames

An engine cover probably inspired by King Arthur's shield

And just when you probably thought you can paint only the engine cover and the fuse box…

A Stitch-in-Elvis-Presley-outfit underhood design

"Glossed over" underhood

An air filter cover set on fire

Get additional "horsepower" with these black coated valve covers with fiery blue stallion design

Your engine definitely won't overheat with these flaming valve covers

Don’t you get kind of bored every time you do your regular engine check up? No, I don’t mean your never-ending dipstick-pulling, screw-tightening, and leak-checking monthly engine maintenance rituals. I’m talking about lifting the hood and setting eyes on a monotonous tangle of grimy wires and components.

Well, of course, you can clean your engine compartment. But a clean engine still doesn’t look interesting. So to make it look more exciting, why not try a bit of customizing? You know, add a bit of color on this, paint some bright stuff on that — just like what some crazy and creative guys did to their rides. Check out these masterpieces.