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U12 Bluebird, Pintara & Stanza => the style department => Topic started by: Milford on Jan 30, 2005, 12:07PM
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i had a week off work for holidays, and i got stuck into tidying up my engine bay
heres a shot taken before
(http://members.optushome.com.au/helenh/bay.jpg)
first step was degreasing it. i went and bought a $5 can of degreaser and cleaned it up a shitload
then i painted my rocker cover, theres a writeup of how i did it in the tech section.
and as everyone knows, once you start painting you just cant stop, so i attacked the throttle body with the same paint.
now an after shot
(http://members.optushome.com.au/helenh/bay2.jpg)
some simple work put into your engine bay can make it look a lot less nicer (and everyone knows red goes faster)
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Looks good :) I wouldn't mind seeing the whole throttle body being red though (matching the rocker cover) .. and that rusty exhaust manifold heatshield. Otherwise :)
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looks nice verry nice :)
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Looks good I wouldn't mind seeing the whole throttle body being red though (matching the rocker cover) .. and that rusty exhaust manifold heatshield. Otherwise
i reckon it would be too much if it was all red
and ill get the 'stractors soon :)
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commonly known as 'headers' ::) :P
and the bay looks good Milford, I dunno about the conflicting red and blue though.
Chad
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You want to see my conflicting orange and blue then :P
Im getting some orange leads soon, when I can be arsed to go and order them
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looks good milf (ha thats funny)
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milf milf milf milf!
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I reckon it looks awesome. Dude seriously Milfo, your engine bay was clean as a whistle to start with. I'll try a before and after shot on mine and it still won't look half as clean as yours after its done.
How good is that degreaser stuff tho 8)
PSSSSST....its the cleanest U12 engine bay i've seen!
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i just cleaned mine up too
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/comptonmusic/IMG_0152.jpg)
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may i ask what the garden hose is all about?
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its going over the top edge of the pod box, probs to cover a sharp edge so when working on car u dont cut urself to shit house.....
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I'm sorry but my polished rocker cover owns all of your engine bays! :P
(http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~trimper/enginebay.jpg)
Will get a better pic up tonight.
Chad
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its going over the top edge of the pod box, probs to cover a sharp edge so when working on car u dont cut urself to shit house.....
i thought it was to do with creating a better seal against the bonnet but maybe im wrong
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Yeh I'm positive its to block off any holes off to let hot air into that sealed area. Same as what i have on mine!
My engine bay is a mess. *pulls finger out of arse - still dirty* ;)
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its there to make a good seal with the roof
the ally was cut to about 10 mm below the bonnet (fucking hard with the curve and the cross braces)
so i cut up a bit of hose and stuck it on there with some cone i had lying round.
looks stupid, but works well until i get a CAI
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*pulls finger out of arse - still dirty* ;)
You need to wipe properly :P
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another easy way is to take off the top radiator brackets (right up top) and air con hose brackets also up top next to the radiator brackets take them off remove all rubber parts dont worry they go easily back on just be careful not to crack them rip out whats left of a paint you have used on your rocker cover or other engine bay parts and give them a spray put them back on and theres a little more colour in the funeral home engine bay just be careful to let them dry because the finger print effect isnt in this year :P i used silver jus to brighten more then match and its not in your face if you really want to go to town buy some braided hose sleeves as these dress up the engine bay nicely do vacume and top radiator hose and it comes up shmick
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Hey Milford. This may sound silly. But could anyone shed some light on this...
I know how you got the red colour on the rocker cover, but how did u intricately paint the white bits.
on the 'ECCS' and the '2400'
???
I'm dumbfounded..
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Is it white, or 'brushed' aluminium?
If it is white, he probably did an undercoat of white, sprayed the red on and then while it was still wet, wiped it off the top bits with a rag.
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That or he sanded it back
fuck chad's looks good !
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it better! It took bloody ages to sand it up and polish it all. I tell you what, there are easier rocker covers to re-do than ours!
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i think blue looks pretty good, but i may be a little biased :P
http://www.antrx.com/smf/index.php?topic=6868.0
*pics are reeeeally old, pre-exhaust and leads even :o
Daniel
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I still think that my rocker cover has to be up there with Chadza's!
still a couple of spots tht need to be perfected, but overall quite nice atm
i see all these rocker covers with fancy paint jobs, but i have to say i think the nice sand n polish is the best : ;)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/bigpud_2012/trx_rockercover.jpg)
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Looking good bigpud
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Hey Milford. This may sound silly. But could anyone shed some light on this...
I know how you got the red colour on the rocker cover, but how did u intricately paint the white bits.
on the 'ECCS' and the '2400'
I'm dumbfounded..
i sprayed the whole lot, then sanded the raised parts back to the metal.
if you do the eccs, make sure you put a sheet or something over everything in your engine bay, because a fine mist goes everywhere, it got on my windscreen
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Coolies, thanks mate! ;D
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it better! It took bloody ages to sand it up and polish it all. I tell you what, there are easier rocker covers to re-do than ours!
oath.. I've been doing it with my drill, suprised it hasn't burnt out yet ::)
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7580/untitleddv7.th.png) (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitleddv7.png)
I was going to do the inlet manfold too, but seeing how long the rocker cover took, screw that.
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i was going to my rocker red also but i was going to use wrinkle paint
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hey chis that looks heaps nice, what bit on the drill did you use ?
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Mmmm shiny.
I'll either paint mine black with red spec's or get it chemically chromed
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http://www.mx6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164188
Firstly I stripped it with paint stripper. Then I used that nylon bit. Then the brown Josco, then finally the white Josco :)
Could make it a lot more shiney but I already spent a good 4hours with the drill, few more hours you could make it pretty much like a mirror.
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hey milf,your engine head looks awesome.I was thinkin same to do with my one and I m pretty sure that i will do as i have seen urs now.I just wana ask one thing,how to keep the "2400" and lines in between silver ?,how you protected them form paint ? .Cause I hav'nt done a paint job b4 thats why I dont know.Your help will be appreciated.
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sam_rizvi mate if you read a page back few people have said how it can be done, well actually only one person, Jono.
You can paint it all, then while the paint is still wet wipe the 2400 and the lines away, or you could paint it, let it dry and sand the 2400 and lines down to bare metal. If you want them to be white, do white undercoat. Then paint it red and while wet wipe away the red with a rag (make sure the white has dried thorougly
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thanx mate,will try it soon,catch ya laterz.
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wow chris! that bling totally smashes mine :D really, that things seriously looking good 8)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/nazstang/stanza/picture_3502a.jpg)
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that Pod looks awesome man ,Really cool !
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thanks :)
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wow chris! that bling totally smashes mine :D really, that things seriously looking good 8)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/nazstang/stanza/picture_3502a.jpg)
Dodgy radiator bracket there!! ???
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Dodgy radiator bracket there!! ???
It's custom bro!!! ;D
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It's custom bro!!! ;D
hell yes!!! :D the old radiator was junk, the previous owner designed that custom peice ::). looks much better now with the bay just painted, a new radiator, and a real radiator support :)
i'm pretty sure that was electrical wire :-\
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if you do the eccs, make sure you put a sheet or something over everything in your engine bay, because a fine mist goes everywhere, it got on my windscreen
A razor blade should clean it off your windscreen with minimal effort.
Are you guys using high temperature engine paint for the rocker cover?
Cheers,
Martin.