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Rob B
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5th Oct 05 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
HI guys my engine will be going in pretty soonish well hopefully by the end of the month

Is it worth getting the old peek out and trying to make it shine or is there no point and no chance of making this sort of metal shiney...

Rocker cover... dunno if to do it gold or silver....










Any chance of it looking better if i get the old peek out

SOmeone has tried to spray it gold btw its not rust

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The rocker cover underneath the plastic cover will come up really well, jst done mine....
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Dont spray it gold

Should be able to get the engine and gearbox painted
Rob B
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will its either gold or silver ...
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well, seeing as you have the engine out and you may not have another chance to reach all them hard parts when its in the bay, I would consider giving a good clean, renew jublie clips and so forth.

Always nice to give the gearbox a little scrub too I used oil to clean mine.
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also! If your engine is coming out of your bay and nothing is replacing it for a few hours... jump inside and give it a clean
Rob B
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5th Oct 05 at 11:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah i will defo be doing that mate
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Spray it silver if your going to spray it. Or maybe black and silver to keep with the black silver theme on your car.
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if you had more time you could have brushed some hammerite over the block
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5th Oct 05 at 11:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Give it a spruce Rob

I bet you get bored after 20 mins

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get some gunk on it and clean the block, then get the tin of hammerite out and paint it
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paint it and block off the EGR
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Change all the hoses for sfs/samco jobbies, gunk the3 block and gearbox, then steam clean that off and then use some hammerite and paint it silver/black

just takes a lot of time,

go for silver of the rocker cover and cam cover and i would get the dbilas spayed silver as well and the lettering black, be different its nice
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Paint the block black, with some silver touches... see AdamF's new XE for inspiration.
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BTW, how's your insurance doing with this? 18 with engine conversion and quite a few other mods? You must be makin a mint at Halfrauds...
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That's what I thought!

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Bet he's pimping Grace out.
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get it pained mate i will be when i get mine, GearBox/Block and Bottom end Inc sump
Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
BTW, how's your insurance doing with this? 18 with engine conversion and quite a few other mods? You must be makin a mint at Halfrauds...


Insurance is 1.2k ash
Rob B
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As for the hammerite business, do i use a brush or spray can ?
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Not bad

Just done mine, £568, came down £70 when I added mum as a named driver

Hammerite - brush.

[Edited on 05-10-2005 by CorsAsh]
Rob B
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Okies going to get the old silver hammerite out soon then
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You should manage, don't need to compress any springs or anything dangerous
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Steam clean it, brush off any excess rust and paint her up Put the head in the dishwasher too

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dna23
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u know i have a steam cleaner Rob and i'm more than happy to help u this weekend

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