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Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:40
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thinking of painting my cam covers (omg riceboyyyy)
what are some colour schemes you can think of?
(ie cover background and text colour)
and anyone have a good process for doing it?
or have pics of nice ones?
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:48
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Well mine was black wrinkle finish with raised silver lines, looks nice. Ed's one was very effective too.
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:54
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 22:48 |
Well mine was black wrinkle finish with raised silver lines, looks nice. Ed's one was very effective too.
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got pics of them franky baby?
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 12:56
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For your viewing pleasure...
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:01
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cam cover suck to paint 
do a search, my pain has been described in details before
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:02
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Haha, yeah, it can be a pain in the arse.
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:08
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Sun, 12 September 2004 23:02 |
Haha, yeah, it can be a pain in the arse.
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how so?
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:10
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Wrinkle paint not setting the same...not cleaning it properly makes the paint not adhere properly...doing the raised (or sunken) letters and lines can be a pain to get right.
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:13
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hehe
ill have a pair spare
so i can sand and sand and sand until they surface is uniform
and take my time doing it right
might use some "hammered" paint, looks cooler! 
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:14
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I painted my Cam covers on my 4agze, and it was kinda difficult because unlike on the 4age covers, the text 'Toyota' and 'twin cam supercharged' is sunken, not raised.
I wanted to paint the text different to the actual covers so what i had to do was paint the whole covers with the colour that i wanted the text, then I used Bluetac and fill the painted text (very painfull procedure). Then i painted the covers, then removed the bluetac. In the end it looks fairly good. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:16
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Hehe, been there done that too  Just be careful with it, the lumps in it tend to be little gas pockets, and some of the stuff that got REALLY hot (in car dash) popped.
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:25
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A good ol sand blaster set at a low pressure can give a nice surface prep for painting aluminuium. Just make sure the sand doesnt remain on any of the inside of the covers before refitting !
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 13:25
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Give them to someone who gets paid for it, get them to strip it and then polish them. Mate just had his 18RG cam covers done and they look awesome (cost $100)
I have 4AGZE covers so cant really comment. I just got stuck into them with mag wheel polish and they look better than a painted job (in my opinion)
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Sun, 12 September 2004 23:43
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justcallmefrank, that looks awesome, exactly what i want to do to my cam covers on my 4age.
i am plann ing on just wrinkle finishing the whole lot, then using a big file to get the raised letters shiny again.
did you use VHT wrinkle finish? and pointers on how to get an even finish?
i will be reading ed's thread for starters
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 00:13
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You're probably better off just useing a rag dipped in thinners to remove the paint from the raised parts before it dries.
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Mon, 13 September 2004 01:03
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the easiest way to paint the letters is to spray paint into the lid of the spray can and then manually paint it on. or you could buy acrylic model painting stuff
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 01:11
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Ask genkin about painting cam covers... he's the master 
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 06:55
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| HyDrA wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 11:11 |
Ask genkin about painting cam covers... he's the master
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so genkin?
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:04
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POLISH!!!!
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:09
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polished with black lettering looks good
no need for fancy colours or anything
simple and effective
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:11
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fkn RICEBOY!!!
Just polish 'em Garth.... Alainve's look sweet.
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:24
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ok polish with what??
they are redtop cam covers
in good nick i think
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:31
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Do you wanna do it on Saturday? We'll just strip off the paint, get some polishing compound and get to work.
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:36
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| AE86slut wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 17:31 |
Do you wanna do it on Saturday? We'll just strip off the paint, get some polishing compound and get to work.
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yeah why not? 
thats if the car is done by then
BTW dude, they will still be ON the engine.
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:38
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if you wanna do a proper job take them off
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:43
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| ae86drift wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 17:36 |
| AE86slut wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 17:31 |
Do you wanna do it on Saturday? We'll just strip off the paint, get some polishing compound and get to work.
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yeah why not?
thats if the car is done by then
BTW dude, they will still be ON the engine.
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Oh......
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:44
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but i will have the old bigport ones
and the head
and the rest of the shit
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:47
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| ae86drift wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 17:44 |
but i will have the old bigport ones
and the head
and the rest of the shit
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Co0l, we can play with broken valves and smashed things
They are the same aren't they? We'll just polish up the old ones and chuck 'em on when done.
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:48
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| AE86slut wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 17:47 |
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but i will have the old bigport ones
and the head
and the rest of the shit
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Co0l, we can play with broken valves and smashed things
They are the same aren't they? We'll just polish up the old ones and chuck 'em on when done.
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nah they arent the same
smallport covers have the external oil drain plugs.
crap
what to do?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:49
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Poo.
When is the engine due to be in by?
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:57
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friday/saturday
depending on when the adaptor arrives from t3
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Mon, 13 September 2004 07:59
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Ok, PM time methinks.
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Tue, 14 September 2004 01:28
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You bastard Flogbag.... That's EXACTLY how I was planning to paint mine!!!
You didn't happen to get the idea from a certain copy of Option magazine did you?
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Tue, 14 September 2004 01:47
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nah i was going to get it anodised but i was talking to some ppl at work and they said that doin it the way i did way would come out better and shinnier and it did and to make it even better got it done for free down at our pannel shop!
wat colour are u going to do ?
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Tue, 14 September 2004 01:49
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only problem now my motor looks to good for my car, i need a respray and a phat kit
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Re: Painting 4A-GE cam covers - your ideas?
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:04
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| Flogbag wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 11:49 |
only problem now my motor looks to good for my car, i need a respray and a phat kit
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Tell me about it 
Well, I WAS going to paint mine the same as yours!
When's it going on the dyno man????? Looks DAAAAAMN nice!
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:07
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rang 10secrx7 on the weekend and he said maybe thursday goto ring him tonight and confirm...
fingers crossed
drove it yesterday and it screams already cant wait till its tuned
got another mate with a 20 in a ae92 and he wants to paint em like mine too...
think its the way to go...
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:09
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hehe my old 190hp 4age had black and blue combo engine with blue cam covers, looked neat
my 100 kw 4age had white cam covers, bitch to keep clean if you spilt oil on it.
I'd get them powdercoated mate! get something nice and sparkley too
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:11
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do powder coats come out shinny? was thinking about getting my extractors powdercoated the black is going a dark grey now
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:12
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Cool... Well, don't forget to let me know. My number is 0403 348 138 just incase.
I saw an AE86 with 20V in Option mag ages ago before I bought my car and it looked so good. That's why I asked. Coincidence that you picked the same scheme (red sides with silver middle) too! Can't wait to see what she spits out on the rollers and maybe even have a bit of a comparo on some back roads
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:15
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yah 4 sure
i already hit 110 in 2nd and 170 in 3rd only getting to about 7000rpm
doesnt even compare to a 4ac...
ill give u a call tho when i know wats going on
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:17
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Just wait until it's tuned and you drive it on a nice, cool night.... Just like Sunday night. God DAMN she was hammering!
You're gonna have a ball man.
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Tue, 14 September 2004 02:23
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i wanna go for a drive now....
anyway i goto go work on it ill ring u when i hear from 10secrx7
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Tue, 14 September 2004 12:58
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I just hit mine with steel wool, mind you my paint was already half coming off thinners, then a can of engine enamel, mine look pretty plain, but better than they did before. the center bit I just hit with thinners and steel wool again them paint
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Tue, 14 September 2004 15:12
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| shinybluesteel wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 07:43 |
justcallmefrank, that looks awesome, exactly what i want to do to my cam covers on my 4age.
i am plann ing on just wrinkle finishing the whole lot, then using a big file to get the raised letters shiny again.
did you use VHT wrinkle finish? and pointers on how to get an even finish?
i will be reading ed's thread for starters
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Sorry dude, didn't realise there was all these replies! I found a stanley blade in the end very good for removing the paint, cos it's all plasticky.
I used the VHT stuff, for an even finish you have two options, a nice hot sunny day works well. An oven also works well too. The hotter you go, the tinier the wrinkles become, and you go from a wrinkly finish to a weird look. Both look cool, but make sure you do the same to both!
Follow the instructions on the can, one THICK base coat (not so thick it runs) in one direction, then abount 4 light coats at 90 degrees each time. Comes up mint.
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Wed, 15 September 2004 02:37
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thanks!
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Wed, 15 September 2004 02:44
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| wiso wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 22:58 |
I just hit mine with steel wool, mind you my paint was already half coming off thinners, then a can of engine enamel, mine look pretty plain, but better than they did before. the center bit I just hit with thinners and steel wool again them paint
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I think that looks really nice, wiso. Flogbag - did you just mask it off and take it to a bodywork shop to spray for you?
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Wed, 15 September 2004 07:44
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| Flogbag wrote on Mon, 13 September 2004 23:28 |
baked enamel...
i got mine painted ss commodore "RED HOT"
looks hot...!
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holy crap Andrew that looks farking awesome dude!! 
so the 20v is in hey?! good stuff.
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Wed, 15 September 2004 07:45
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| wiso wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 22:58 |
I just hit mine with steel wool, mind you my paint was already half coming off thinners, then a can of engine enamel, mine look pretty plain, but better than they did before. the center bit I just hit with thinners and steel wool again them paint
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heyaahh that looks schmick too.
so many colour options to choose from lol.
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:07
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old motor
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:30
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Sprinta - that looks hot as... nice setup jelous i want a turbo!
Stefan - i took it off removed all the spark plug seals and pcv seal then sand blasted it and then hit it with sandpaper to make it heaps smooth then just put a piece of masking tape over the oil hole and breather pipe at the end and sent it to the shop. they had to use some primer stuff too...
Sprinter-Saurus - yah 20 is in getting it tuned tomorrow then just goto fix up a few lil things and its all done... hows the gze going? keep me posted we should meet up some time cruse or something...
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:34
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| Flogbag wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 21:30 |
Sprinta - that looks hot as... nice setup jelous i want a turbo!
Stefan - i took it off removed all the spark plug seals and pcv seal then sand blasted it and then hit it with sandpaper to make it heaps smooth then just put a piece of masking tape over the oil hole and breather pipe at the end and sent it to the shop. they had to use some primer stuff too...
Sprinter-Saurus - yah 20 is in getting it tuned tomorrow then just goto fix up a few lil things and its all done... hows the gze going? keep me posted we should meet up some time cruse or something...
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we should all again soon!
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:52
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yah 4 sure when everyones cars ready
anyone going this sunday to the cruze to burragorang (spelling?)
was thinking about it just have to find out if i have anything else on otherwise i might go...
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Thu, 16 September 2004 04:52
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i used heat proof spray paint. once this is baked on it has a very strong finish. makes it very hard to chip, stain, burn, etc.
just make sure u clean the oil off the inside of the covers before baking them 
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