Painted Rocker Cover

[CHR15B]

Your engine bay looks very tidy, good work.

 

[ibiza_95]

looks cool, though id have done them both in black to be honest...

also, not sure if the laquer and primer will cope with the temps of the engine and exhaust... you got the high temp paint right... maybe should have bought high temp primer and laquer aswell maybe

 

[EnGbudd]

yeah i do fear it may come off, if it does i will do what you say

after all that work today and yesterday, i took my airbox off just to have a lil clean and what does my mum do, she drives over the little tube coming out the airbox. So now i might just get some ducting and hoseclip it to the airbox and maybe try make a sort of cold air feed.

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

thats the type of thing mothers do mate.

just tell her shes ruined it and get her to get you a samco hose to replace it haha

 

[EnGbudd]

"Mum the thing you broke was a very expensive K&N induction kit, could i have a new one pweez"

will definately work.

 

[AlpineWhite]

If you're going to do a job, do it properly. It was a BMC CDA

 

[EnGbudd]

If you're going to do a job, do it properly. It was a BMC CDA

haha ok i will remember that.

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

or carbonio
either way she broke it

 

[EnGbudd]

So i had a look today at the exhaust heat shield and there are parts where the laquer has come off lol.

and heres how the temporary fix on the airbox went.

total cost: £10, and my mum even paid it!!

 

[CraigW]

I think Im just going to paint both of those. I was thinking of polishing them up nice but I think it will be too much work.

If you dont mind me asking how much did it cost for all the paint etc??

Started on my engine bay today. Aint perfect yet but its better than it was.

 

[ibiza95]

i paid £7 pound for the can of hammerite which i used on my rocker cover and that works just aswell, it acts as the primer, top coat and laquer so you have it all there plus its cheaper, you can get that from b&q, or halfards.

 

[EnGbudd]

I think Im just going to paint both of those. I was thinking of polishing them up nice but I think it will be too much work.

If you dont mind me asking how much did it cost for all the paint etc??

Started on my engine bay today. Aint perfect yet but its better than it was.

Total cost of paint was about £20 but you could get better quality stuff from somewhere other than halfrauds. I got my paint from halfords cus its literally a 1 minute drive away lol.

 

[CraigW]

Total cost of paint was about £20 but you could get better quality stuff from somewhere other than halfrauds. I got my paint from halfords cus its literally a 1 minute drive away lol.

I will probably just go to halfords to get mine. Thats about the best place local that has that sort of stuff. Now to decide on colours.

 

[EnGbudd]

White would look good, but might be a bit hard to clean :/ or maybe even black lol.

 

[Danny_MK2]

looks nice mate


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

I havnt tried wet n dry yet, but i think i will now thanks for the advice

Your engine bay looks really nice now! May have to purchase some of these cleaning products myself now and have a go!!

 

[crezz]

i used enamel paint for mine better then anything else

 

[EnGbudd]

Wow that looks real nice crezz . where did you get the different colour hoses?

 

[CraigW]

Im thinking of painting my engine cover aswell. Think that would look quite good, was considering colour-coding it with the car. But the temperature could be an issue regarding the paint.

Im still undecided on the paint colour for the rocker cover. Was thinking red to match my strut brace.

 

[EnGbudd]

Yeah i did red because i want it to match the strut brace im getting

 

[Danny_MK2]

The blue GTi Does look nice!! I think i need 2 spend a day cleanin my engine up soon, I love the way these are looking!