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Just had a thought about my FMIC, with all the crap thats on the road at the moment will it have any corrosion effect on the material?
Mine is lookin pretty dirty and cleaning it isnt that easy.
Thanks.
cordobabrendy
23-11-2005, 14:41
mine has turned a nasty colour also, power hosing the ends hasnt helped (obviously didnt want to wreck the fins)
ibizacupra
23-11-2005, 15:59
black paint applied works for me. (thinly applied.)
not bling tho. :p
Scotty_b
23-11-2005, 16:11
Would engine de-greaser and a sprinkle of water work?
my Seat Sport one is as clean as the day i put it on, and thats 20000 miles ago!!
Triple D
23-11-2005, 19:58
Just had a thought about my FMIC, with all the crap thats on the road at the moment will it have any corrosion effect on the material?
Mine is lookin pretty dirty and cleaning it isnt that easy.
Thanks.
i thought about that aswell because i did over 200 miles on the motorway and with all that salt a shite its made it filfthy.
richieroo
23-11-2005, 21:03
ive got a forge FMIC sat in the garage waiting to go on next neek =) has anyone managed to get some sort of mesh infront of theres once fitted?
cos i live out in the sticks i can see some kinda furry animal trying to jump into it!!
If its like the 3mm thick stuff I have at work it should.
Jet wash the thing just don't get right up close with the lance.
I used a squirt off alloy wheel cleaner aswell brought it up a treat.
richieroo
23-11-2005, 21:22
and mesh will stop it?
it mite help a bit!
Triple D
23-11-2005, 21:31
Jet wash the thing just don't get right up close with the lance.
I used a squirt off alloy wheel cleaner aswell brought it up a treat.
Cheers mate, will the Autoglym stuff be ok?
yeah! don't leave it on too long or it might start attacking the alloy !
And we could do without that.
ForgeMotorsport
24-11-2005, 10:07
The nature of the aluminium means it with weather particularly with the salt and shite on the uk roads, over time it will discolur to a dullish grey .
The only real way to stop this is to apply a small amount of paint .
and mesh will stop it?
Cheese grater effect! :D
You could use something like Alloy Wheel protector too i guess, once you've cleaned it, spray on.
mesh won't stop no road kil.
The best road kill i have ever seen is at TRAX a few years ago, a guy in a 106 GTi jit a rabit and his splitter took the rabbits head clean off and it was just sitting on top of the Splitter in the mesh, it looked like a mascot, he was'nt happy cos it was stuck in the mesh and no one else would take it out, proper grueseome
Hmm alloy wheel protector is quite a good idea!
cuprabaz
24-11-2005, 13:30
Would painting it black improve the efficiency of it slightly?
you might want to try a thin layer of clearcoat. I usually paint my bling bling shiny bits black to match all the dead mosquitos... :blink:
The factory intercoolers are anodised to stop corrosion of the aluminium, because of this the pores of the aluminium are very small. Thus they easier to keep clean because dirt doesn't stick as well.