mplavery Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Hello people While im saving up to go single i thought i would have a clean up in the engine bay and add some more bling and carbon too. Since it came out of the bodyshop i have only wiped it over for the shows so i thought i would give the whole thing a good clean up over the Winter. Now due to it being Winter and not much day light things are taking longer then i thought but im in no need to rush as the car is put away untill the weather warms up anyways.... Plans are Spray the rest of the engine bay black Degrease the engine bay using Autoglym Cleaning up as much metal work with Meguiars Metal Polish Fit Alloy Radiator Having Chrome cam covers, Inlet and throttle body Carbon spark plug cover Here some pics so far Will keep ya posted as things progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Nice looking car buddy...having the rest of the engine bay sprayed black will make a huge difference! Should set the scene for the chrome and all your hard work with the metal polish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Thanks mate, Yea im hoping it will make a huge difference as its filthy under there, Going to be alot of elbow grease getting it clean ! I have not used Autoglym Engine cleaner before so im hoping it will do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 i would recomed doing the spark plug cover AND the cam covers. heres mine, mite work with yours as yellow car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 i would recomed doing the spark plug cover AND the cam covers. heres mine, mite work with yours as yellow car http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x169/lude200/Picture006.jpg i dont like that, bit too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 That look really clean. Nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richarde7927 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Looking nice . Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 I have not started the cleaning yet lol, i will be taken pics through the stages though I did think of having the spark plug cover in yellow Lude but i dont want to go over the top with it, the outside is LOUD enough lol So im going to stick with Carbon mate. Im even thinking of having the hoses in Black too. Rob, hoping to get these cam covers and inlet with a few other bits to you mate, will PM ya when i have the bits off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 You're spot on not going mad with the yellow, carbon with black hoses will look awesome, a nice clean simple engine bay will compliment the loud exterior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 You're spot on not going mad with the yellow, carbon with black hoses will look awesome, a nice clean simple engine bay will compliment the loud exterior Thats what im thinking mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 I was not sure what to do with the fan shroud, i was going to have a chrome one but i dont want it too bling as its not my cup of tea and cant be arsed to clean everything all the time. So i have painted it black to give it a cleaner look, will see how it looks when its on the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 That looks good mate, good choices so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I was not sure what to do with the fan shroud, i was going to have a chrome one but i dont want it too bling as its not my cup of tea and cant be arsed to clean everything all the time. So i have painted it black to give it a cleaner look, will see how it looks when its on the car. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/mplavery/IMG_0675.jpg Mmmmmm Glossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Cheers guys, It will Hopefully go well next to the Alloy Rad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) Hey people Has anyone painted these parts before ??? I dont want them in chrome but i do want them clean looking. I have tried a bit of metal polish but does not make much difference. I was thinking of spraying them in heat proof dark silver If anyone has done this ? if so what make of paint did you use. Was thinking of using these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/High-Temp-Heat-Resistant-Stove-%26-Fire-Paint-400ml_W0QQitemZ150451376501QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=175226854669&rvr_id=175226854669&cguid=2bf80c2412c0a0aad204bda4ff9e2ab8 Cheers Edited November 27, 2010 by mplavery (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Speak to ScottM, he had his powedercoated in black-chrome effect. Looks the muts nuts Also i used that type paint on my car roof (rocco) made a nice finish in matte black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 Cheers mate, will PM him I would like to powder coat them but I'm plaining to go single soon so I don't want to wast money, thats why I was thinking of spraying it my self. I have seen JamieP powder coated engine and your right, it's the nuts ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 i have them U water necks polished in stock if you fancy a bling one mate. painted turbo pipes will look the nuts, jamies has powder coated greyish colour on his and looks the bollox imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 oh you mentioned jamies lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 oh you mentioned jamies lol lol is it to early for ya Rob lol JamieP engine bay is awesome, i want to do something like that when i go single... What i might do is spray them first myself, if i dont like the finish on them get them powder coated, do you powder coat stuff Rob ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 nar mate but a decent 2k finish should hold up well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) Few more pics of the progress i have done, stripped it down a bit more and given it a good clean up before i paint the engine bay black Have not cleaned the engine yet, hopefully going to get stuck into it this weekend I had to wrap the front with paper, when i was scrubbing away the engine cleaner was going everywhere, did not want it on the new paint Edited December 10, 2010 by mplavery (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Id not do the powdercoating, it all flaked off on mine after a year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Id not do the powdercoating, it all flaked off on mine after a year or so. Really ! Well i have found this website called FROST which do loads of stuff for Restoration, They do engine paint which make it look like OEM again so im given that ago http://www.frost.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) just choose a nice colour and do it in 2k mate would give it a nice fresh look. going to be cool though what ever you choose, i best up my game for the next years shows. get that tt heat sheild chromed too, yum. Edited December 10, 2010 by Rob_Mitchell (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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