Painted Rocker Cover

[EnGbudd]

Hey guys, i had a few quid left over after buying coilovers and new tyres. so i decided to buy some paint and paint my rocker cover.

Heres a few pics lol.

Post pics if anyone else has done the same

 

[crezz]

that looks pretty cool mate, good job

 

[Danny_MK2]

That does look nice! Iv been trying to polish mine up for ages but it just wont come up how i want it 2! Is it easy to take off etc??

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

looks nice mate


have you tried wet and dry danny? my mate done the manifold on his lcr with it and it looks shinnyyy

 

[AlpineWhite]

Similar:

 

[Dolly_Gti]

i got a spare 8v rocker cover lying around.. anyone fancy it?

 

[CraigW]

Post pics if anyone else has done the same

How clean is your engine bay?! I wish mine was that clean, It will be once I get some dry weather.

Im thinking of trying to polish up my rocker cover tbh, but i may just paint it in the end. But I do like the idea of it being polished up.

 

[EnGbudd]

Cheers guys, it took about 3 hours in total to do but i did some prep work the day before also. My engine bay is super clean only due to a bit of elbow grease and a can of engine degreaser lol.

 

[Boi Ninja]

does the rocker cover just unbolt straight off or is a mechanical mind involved?? lol.

 

[EnGbudd]

nah just 3 allen bolts for me and it came straight off, you may need to replace the gasket if it is hard or brittle or even broken. I didn't have to fortunatly enough so i now have a spare gasket for sale lol.

 

[CraigW]

As soon as its dry my engine bay will be getting done using autoglym engine and machine cleaner. Tested it tonight and it makes light work of 10 years work of dirt, so hopefully it shouldnt take long.

 

[EnGbudd]

hmm i still have a large patch of grease which i cannot get rid of, where can i get machine cleaner from?

 

[EnGbudd]

I plan to do my exhaust shield with the same paint but in black, mainly because it really sticks out being the only silver thing in my engine bay lol.

 

[CraigW]

hmm i still have a large patch of grease which i cannot get rid of, where can i get machine cleaner from?

You can get it from halfords. I got some engine laquer stuff aswell. Need something to use on the hoses etc now.

 

[EnGbudd]

You can get it from halfords. I got some engine laquer stuff aswell. Need something to use on the hoses etc now.

Oh right will have a look tomorow then when i go my paint

 

[CraigW]

Its in a big-ish bottle with like a spray head on it. The engine laquer is in a tin. They both have a pink background behind the 'Autoglym' logo.

 

[EnGbudd]

ah ok cheers for the help!

 

[AlpineWhite]

I found the Autoglym engine cleaner was next to useless on parts that are really heavily covered in grease. Get something with lots of orange warning labels on it.

The people who make 3-in-1 oil do a good degreaser, it's in an aerosol with a green label. You can get that from halfords too.

 

[CraigW]

I found the Autoglym engine cleaner was next to useless on parts that are really heavily covered in grease. Get something with lots of orange warning labels on it.

The people who make 3-in-1 oil do a good degreaser, it's in an aerosol with a green label. You can get that from halfords too.

Well I put the Autoglym engine cleaner onto the chassis arm bit which was very dirty and covered in grease etc. Sprayed a fair bit on and left it for 5 minutes and it cleaned it very well. Now just to get some dry weather so I can crack on with it.

 

[EnGbudd]

I did the same with my exhaust shield today.

before the work over the last 2 days

after the work