painted engine bits...

[inark]

I got bored today as we were meant to go up to our uncles vineyard for a bit of a bbq and so forth.... didnt eventuate so....

i decided to paint some of the bits of my engine

still a bit iffy about the colour but silver is a little boring... feusha isnt really me (looks good on urs tho K )... ben in sydney had done gold and white will be a shit to keep clean.

so...

will have to leave them to dry overnight according to the instructions on the can.... might just leave them til later tonight and see how it goes.

hehe i couldnt be bothered doing one side at a time...

including taking the bits off... scotchbriting them... priming... it took about 2 hours with the help of my GF will post up pics of what it looks like on the car when its done.

[predator]

hmmm.. hope you used the engine bay stuff? don't want it flaking off..

yeah, hopefully it works well.. always hard to tell until its back on..

[inark]

hehe yeah it was engine bay paint... im not QUITE that dumb

550degrees or something.... 238 celcius... or something like that..... hopefully its enough... there was another one there that was 1500 but the colours were limited and the can just looked the dodgiest that ive ever seen

[funkymonkey]

yellow? wtf... there's nothing on yer car that's yellow... r u nuts?

[inark]

nothign yet... and there doesnt have to be... theres nothing gold on bens car... theres nothing feuscha on Ks car...

[predator]

if your engine get to 1500 degrees then i'd be worried!

funky: its just gotta complement or contrast the other colour, but seeing as nark's is black well he can use anything prolly

[inark]

crap i think i used the wrong primer... it was right next to the paint and made by the same ppl so i assumed it would be heat resistant.... i guess once i fit it all and go for a spin later we will find out

yellow looks ok with the silver on it.

[Interloper]

looks good nark, but the colours questionable:rolleyes:

[SS8_Gohan]

i reckon it will look smichk once it's back in "da bay", silver and yellow looks awesome. Polish up some silver parts as well, i think it will go even better.

Now, can anyone tell me if Renault invented the turbo charger???? :confused: just saw the "ceramic turbo" silver plate from one of ni's pics, just reminded me of it.

[Horus]

looks cool, Im gonna do it as well

[inark]

i need to paint a few more things in the engine bay to make it look half decent.... also need some lead covers or something...

Before:

After:

only one prob and i knew this would happen.... i went for a drive to maccas and it is loosing boost.... ive gone from 12psi to about 7 to 8psi... everything seems to be on ok... but obviously not.

will have to check it out tomorow when there is light.

[inark]

btw the flash made it look like a much brighter/fluro yellow than it actually is... its darker than what it looks like in the pics.

[NismoR34]

looks good nark!

now just need to polish the plenum eh?

good to see before and after shots too - most ppl dont seem to go to the effort...

I may polish some of my engine bitz

[acsplit]

well for someone who does not like rice you sem be ricing it to perfection

[NismoR34]

hey - it looks like u been down to a'barn: lemme guess, Simota Pod? stainless afm adaptor? cost: $80 approx :confused:

[predator]

Getting there, but now it looks "half done" and glaring against everything else standard...but u get that.

hmmm...sound like somebody forget to reconnect a hose or two

[inark]

dale - yup... going to polish the cam covers next weekend and im trying to get this polished plenum from Adam in WA but i think someone else beat me to it... he hasnt emailed me yet.

got the simota (think thats what it is, had no labeling on the packet) and the adaptor from Auto-1 where troy (ylwgtr) works over the other side of the city... was when i first got to see troys beast and yeah 80 bucks and works like a charm.

gordon - yeah still got to paint a few more things to the left... getting a century battery also cause its about the same yellow hehe and when the cam covers and stuff are polished it should look pretty nice.

acs - theres a difference between LEDs and huge wings which offend the eyes and painting ur engine bay which no one can see unless u drive around without the bonnet on

[inark]

just thought of a category for it...

Private Rice cause u cant really see it...

[inark]

wouldnt mind painting this bit too.... but i dont think it would work...

[funkymonkey]

isn't that like a heat reisitant fabric of sum sort?

lol that engine bay so looks like a dorift engine bay with them colours in it...