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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Hulmie on 16 March 2010, 15:20
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Well with me being out of work, having no cash to buy owt for me car i decided to keep myself busy
Had a few spare parts lying around that i thought i would play with.
Going to give you abit of a teaser to start off, can you guess what it is
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/Hulmie/New%20White%20GOLF/sample1.jpg)
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picture is a bit lame :grin: but i can see a vw logo on top left think this is an interior part?
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dont want to give it away in the first picture mate. Full picture is spot on.
Not an interior part.
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boring :tongue:
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Have you been watching "signs" in your spare time and created the alien ? :grin:
I can't make out anything off it lol
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Something blurry and bright
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right i'll help you a little, it is situated in the engine bay
Jordy - unfortunatley i still havent managed to make contact with a UFO yet, but when i do i'll let you know so they can take you home.lol :tongue:
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Polished rocker cover?
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lol can we have another pic?
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think this one might give it away
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/Hulmie/sample2.jpg)
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strut brace
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Polished inlet manifold
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well done Adam
its taken alot of time to do this, sanding it all down, smoothing off the welds, then 5 hours of machine polishing and still needs the final stage doing. What you all think
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/Hulmie/New%20White%20GOLF/14032010007.jpg)
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nice effort mate
If I can find one cheap enough I will be getting it powdercoated black :wink:
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i was thinking off powder coating but wasnt sure on what colour would look right as i have carbon engine cover. was going to go white inlet but then thought a nice mirror finish would look good up against the carbon cover.
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Looks top mate, that is alot of work you put into that to get it looking like that.
I've done a exhaust manifold on my Mazda but that was piss easy, this part is alot more work.
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i might attempt to polish the spare rocker cover i have, but then i may have to sand down all the bits that stick up otherwise it'll chew the polishing brushing up.
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What tools did you use to bring up that nice shine?
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started off using my electric sander to get the surface to a flat finish and to sand the welds flat, combination of 40 grit and 120 grit sanding pads. then out with the 800 and then 1200 wet & dry.
Then i have a machine polishing kit, First polishing wheel is course and give it a coating of dialux course step 1 soap. attach the wheel to a 4000rpm drill and blitz the crap out of it to smooth it even further and start giving a shine.
Then onto the less course wheel to help get rid of some of the scratches using a stage 2 dialux soap, this starts bringing the mirror finish through.
still got the last step to do which using a buffing wheel and stage 3 dialux soap that eliminates near enough all scratches and put the mirror finish on.
it really does take alot of work but the end results are worth it knowing that ive done it myself.
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Alot of determination used to get this done, top job mate don;t forget pics of the end finish and when it's in your bay.
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will hopefully get it finished at the weekend. may be a while before its in the bay as want to get new injector seats/seals and some cally turbo yellow injectors and fit all at once.
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looks spot on :wink: a really good job there it will look tidy when you get it fitted :afro:
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If I can find one cheap enough I will be getting it powdercoated black :wink:
/\ /\ same here or i'l be painting mine :wink:
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thats come out well hulm, nice work :cool:
i always wanted to get a nice polishing kit but never know where and what to buy as im not really in that trade (electronic mechanical eng)got lots of power and air tools though. if you spot a nice kit online somewhere thats recommended and good quality post it up so i can buy as i want to bring up the shine in my bay and have the patients to do it to cool nice one man
peace
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Im not in the trade either mate, bought it from a local company that could have machine polishing work done. they sold the kits and i thought i'd give it a go.
Do a search on ebay for polishing kits that come with Dialux polishing compounds/soaps
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This looks a good kit as it also has smaller wheels to get into them hard to get places
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Metal-Polishing-Kit-General-Purpose-4-x-1-GPKP-4002_W0QQitemZ300340903482QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item45edb67e3a
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looks great mate!
going to pick one up myself and get it done in black, and spray my rocket cover a different colour, to spruce up the engine bay :)