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Title: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 06 October 2006, 19:24

What would everyone recommend to repaint with then eh eh?

I'm thinking VHT due to teh heat of the oil.. yet, woul hammerite gloss do the job, I'm worried of it bubbling, I've wire wooled it best i can..

http://www.thwackme.net/Golf/DSC00627.JPG

 :laugh:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: Dub_Dude_16v on 06 October 2006, 19:27

Yeah the rocker cover doesn't half get hot! Your best bet in my opinion is deffinately high heat paint.  :smiley:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: sacvwgolf on 06 October 2006, 19:35

i sprayed mine with high temp spray paint, if smooth enough to start with can look quite good.

(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n257/sacvwgolf/PICT0817.jpg)

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: Dub_Dude_16v on 06 October 2006, 19:41

Cool looking engine bay for a 1.3  :cool: :afro:

Nice work dude  :smiley:

Had many 1.3's in the last few years but the engine bay always looked poo!  :laugh:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: sacvwgolf on 06 October 2006, 19:48

thanks alot but i am scraping the painted rocker cover and it chromed. i haven't seen many decent 1.3 engine bays

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 06 October 2006, 19:50

nice one Sacvw! that does look sweet.. I Love sticking to standard hehe.. Jsut going to clean mine up nice and sweet though.. hopefulyl should lok alreet, i sued electrical tape round all em wiring aint so good looking, was tempted by heatshrink though I must admit!  :evil:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: sacvwgolf on 06 October 2006, 19:52

what colour are u doing it.

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 06 October 2006, 20:10

Gloss Black, OEM look  :laugh:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: sacvwgolf on 06 October 2006, 20:11

oooooooohhhhhhh yeah :grin:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 06 October 2006, 20:15

Haha, it's got to match the gloss black of my air filter  :laugh: That needs a rub and respray come to think! its due it, after it was a bit bodged in the first place..

But finding black vht in gloss.. youre having a giraffe  :sad:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: ...joe on 06 October 2006, 21:07

just use hammerite, my whole engine was painted in it and the block gets alot hotter than a frickin rocker cover! ;)

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: JMallows on 06 October 2006, 22:32

Mine used to have ordinary hammerite on it, and it didnt last too long :( It now has High heat hammerite, which is a brilliant finish, which i know will last a long time!

Only problem is it is matt black, so it doesnt match the air filter cover, but hey!

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/jmallows/EngineBefore.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/jmallows/EngineAfter.jpg)

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: JMallows on 06 October 2006, 22:36

Forgot to add, i periodically paint mine with Waxoyl, may sound funny, but it actually never sets due to the heat, so doesnt attract cack, and it makes it look shiny and nice :)

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 07 October 2006, 22:07

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=46057.msg378265#msg378265  :cool:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: Lewy on 07 October 2006, 22:22

Ah ha, the good old Evening Post, I used to deliver that as a boy!

If you've seen my project thread you'll know that I sprayed my rocker cover Oak Green to match the car. Rocker covers get very hot, but then again do you know the temperature the paint gets in an bodyshop oven? Normal 'rattle' can paint will do the job sufficiently and unless you set it on fire (like me :embarassed: ) the paint won't crack.

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: keithyboy on 07 October 2006, 22:24

I've used hammerite with no problems before, and alloy wheel paint, and more than once the contents of a half-used aerosol off the shelf that I didn't know the colour of until I started spraying. Never had a problem with heat making the paint blister.

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 08 October 2006, 14:04

from

http://thwackme.net/Golf/IM000588.JPG

to

http://thwackme.net/Golf/DSC00642.JPG

 :laugh:

Title: Re: Rocker Respray Recommendations?
Post by: sacvwgolf on 08 October 2006, 19:35

such an improvement, 1.3s are the best. :laugh: