WARPED
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now ive painted my engine cover its time to do the inlet manifold casue thats also covered with coolant
anyone done this? imagine would need heat resistant paint as it gets quite hot??
pics, colours and advice appreciated - engine cover is met smoke grey
[Edited on 18-04-2004 by WARPED]
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modded_corsa
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paint it black to contrast with the silver
or paint it a nice deep shade of blue
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WARPED
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this is my current situation finally figured how to post piccys woo hoo
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Corsa E-Tec
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i might do mine black.
halfords do engine paint! not sure on price tho.
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WARPED
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was thinkin something like hameright spray paint, but of a c#nt to do though as wud have to take it off to paint and leave it off to dry - and not drive car
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modded_corsa
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why not get a tin of hammerite smoothrite black only a few quid a tin and dries in bout 4 hours
cud always do calipers aswell while ya at it
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modded_corsa
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also ya cud go to a scrap yard and get a inlet bit...paint that and then swap it over with the one on ya car then ur car aint off the rd while it dries
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WARPED
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good idea on gettin one from scrappy, im hopin to get a lex or mantzel this summer so all this painting might be for nufin 
keeps me off the streets though
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PainZ
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hamerite stinks when it gets hot,
i done my rear drums and the stuff stinks when you have got them warm,
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broster
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polish it, looks sweet when u do that, some one on here has polished theres! heliumhead i think
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WARPED
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i tried gettin all the coolant off with a drill polisher thingy but wasnt really workin cause its pretty well stuck on, any other ways of gettin it off?
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WARPED
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this one does look very good, do u have to take the raised dimple effect off first? dont really know how wud go about it
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topshot_2k
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how do you go about polishing the in
let manifold???
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carnoisseurcraig
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WARPED
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is yours painted or polished?
if its painted what paint u use and method?
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WARPED
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quote: Originally posted by topshot_2k
how do you go about polishing the in
let manifold???
the lad told me that he sanded it down with a multitool and then polished it up, took quite bit of time apparently
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Daimo B
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Never had any problems with anything smelling at all.
I used Halford high temperature resisting paint. Didn't even rub it down. And i brush painted it on with a fine brush. Looked superb.
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Stu_22
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2474877380&category=10404
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10404&item=2474877145
Spare cover and plastic manifold just waiting to be painted
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WARPED
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where did u get those hoses from and how much were they
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WARPED
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i have metal inlet and thats the plastic jobby, cheers anyway though
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