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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: avengedslayer on 06 December 2008, 15:57

Title: chromed/polished engine ?
Post by: avengedslayer on 06 December 2008, 15:57

anybody know best way of getting engine tidy and polished! im UPGRADING my hoses to samco and would ideally like my engine to shine also while im at it?

also if anybody got pics that wud be cool cheers!

Title: Re: chromed/polished engine ?
Post by: vw_matt on 11 January 2009, 15:19

Hi try

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=380090752803&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Title: Re: chromed/polished engine ?
Post by: Mikester on 12 January 2009, 20:11

^^^ His work is very good. Can vouch for him.

Title: Re: chromed/polished engine ?
Post by: kells on 12 January 2009, 22:26

thats a rip off

Title: Re: chromed/polished engine ?
Post by: ...joe on 12 January 2009, 22:53

If you want a clean and tidy engine bay, either steam clean it or go at it with a load of 'gunk' or a similar engine de-greaser. depending on how handy you are, take off bits to get to the head/block and clean them up as good as you can before painting/prepping for paint. the items you take off can be then cleaned easily and put back. things like rocker covers are easy to remove, clean and spray up and can make a big difference. you can buy various products to make the plastics look good again. similar to back to black... start there and the more confident you feel the more you can clean up/paint.
if you do steam clean, make sure you don't get you'r electrics wet and do it with the engine running to help soften the crap and make the engine dry off quicker!