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once you have all the main piping off and a few hoses.. about 5 mins to just undo all the retaining bolts..

anyway, ne i thought you took you plastic bit off to paint it? once you've done that to take the actual rocker covers off is rather easy... its just the sanding that is the hard part. Smoother result if you do the lot with hand sanding.. if you use some sort of mechanical sander + fine sandpaper its a lot quicker but you can get swirls in the metal which are hard to sand out via hand.

Me and nathan both did ours at the same time.. mine was really just to polish it up a bit more. Nathan's came up pretty well starting from standard. I'd post photos but i don't have a digi cam.

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Its probably not the greatest idea.. but i did it anyway :)

If the gasket crumbles when u take it off then yes, if not i would just put it back. Mine seems to be functioning fine after giving it some stick. It was a couple of weeks back now..

Does anyone want to put up a detailed report of how to achieve this result ?

I'm certainly willing to give it a go however no idea how to get the rocker covers or plenum off ...

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated :)

Originally posted by JiMb0

Does anyone want to put up a detailed report of how to achieve this result ?  

I'm certainly willing to give it a go however no idea how to get the rocker covers or plenum off ...

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated :P

Undo all the clips and bolts... Take the rocker cover off to get the the screws on the inside of the cam covers....

Dont loose any bolts etc while its apart! and take your time dont force anything...

If anyone is able to put a step by step up of taking off the inlet piping, rocker covers, plenum ... that'd be greatly appreciated

I'd do it if I had a digi-cam but i don't so i can't help u all :D Wish i could, i'm good at tutorials and i've done it a few times.. Its useful to know to pull it apart change spark plugs, check coils and things too..

me and dj_lethal are gonna do our plenums fairly soon...

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