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Offline the_stink

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Re: engine cover
« Reply #20 on: 13 October 2009, 13:48 »
well tbh i used color coded paint on my 1.8t cover and lauqer and that was on there for a good yr an d no flaking just faded a little bit :)

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Re: engine cover
« Reply #21 on: 13 October 2009, 14:17 »
my GTI is indigo blue what colour paint u use 4 ur engine bay covers?
if you want to paint them in indigo blue then you need paint code LB 5N


prob with that tho that been told the paint wont be heat resistant so will start flaking after like a month..thats why i went for hycote high tempreture paint.. they had red, black, silver and aluminium not sure if they do blue..  :undecided:

pretty limited colours really  :sad:

i did the same as the_stink and used non heat resistant paint and its fine at the moment maybe it will fade in time but i'l just re-coat and laquer it  :wink: the engine cover doesn't get overly hot as itsits about 1.5 inches away from the cam cover and heat can get out via the rear of the cover  :wink:
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Re: engine cover
« Reply #22 on: 13 October 2009, 14:32 »
if thats the case im gonna colour code mine.. i got like 3 cans left over of my colour  :laugh:
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Re: engine cover
« Reply #23 on: 13 October 2009, 14:33 »
if thats the case im gonna colour code mine.. i got like 3 cans left over of my colour  :laugh:
good stuff you know its the right thing to do  :grin:
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Re: engine cover
« Reply #24 on: 13 October 2009, 14:36 »
if thats the case im gonna colour code mine.. i got like 3 cans left over of my colour  :laugh:
good stuff you know its the right thing to do  :grin:

lol im actually looking forward to the weekend  now  :grin:

polished the crap out my car today too using "ice" wax its fookin good stuff  :wink:
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Re: engine cover
« Reply #25 on: 13 October 2009, 15:31 »
Now Guy has cleaned off all the greasy crap in teh engin bay can get my R engine cover CC :)

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Re: engine cover
« Reply #26 on: 13 October 2009, 20:36 »
Now Guy has cleaned off all the greasy crap in teh engin bay can get my R engine cover CC :)

man ur soo lucky have an r32  :smiley:
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Re: engine cover
« Reply #27 on: 14 October 2009, 15:06 »
nice cheap mod and looks great with the forge internals will be looking to do this myself soon.

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Re: engine cover
« Reply #28 on: 14 October 2009, 15:57 »
Now Guy has cleaned off all the greasy crap in teh engin bay can get my R engine cover CC :)

man ur soo lucky have an r32  :smiley:

hahah thats one way to look at it then you see the running cost but you only live once so ill have it while i can afford it  :grin:

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Re: engine cover
« Reply #29 on: 14 October 2009, 17:37 »
Now Guy has cleaned off all the greasy crap in teh engin bay can get my R engine cover CC :)

man ur soo lucky have an r32  :smiley:

hahah thats one way to look at it then you see the running cost but you only live once so ill have it while i can afford it  :grin:

well you have to sacriface a little  :grin:.. how many mpg you get?
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