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Offline LazyLunatic

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #30 on: 23 September 2008, 17:49 »
just done my rocker cover, if i get chance i want to clean the gunk out of the engine bay, but i need a whole weekend for that :laugh:





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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #31 on: 23 September 2008, 23:27 »
Nice swift, lil pocket rocket!!!!  :smiley: The colours pretty mad, i like, is it pearlresant?? think jap cars pull off the wild paintwork and vinyls ect, although that paint job probz wouldnt look right on a golf. the swift pulls it off. So is it pretty costly to run 2 cars kells, ins, tax ect as i was looking at gettin a deisel daily and then something special for the weekend??  :wink:

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #32 on: 23 September 2008, 23:57 »
Nice swift, lil pocket rocket!!!!  :smiley: The colours pretty mad, i like, is it pearlresant?? think jap cars pull off the wild paintwork and vinyls ect, although that paint job probz wouldnt look right on a golf. the swift pulls it off. So is it pretty costly to run 2 cars kells, ins, tax ect as i was looking at gettin a deisel daily and then something special for the weekend??  :wink:

yeah would never style a dub like a jap car, the wild colours is what a true highly modified jap car is all about, the paint is chromaflair, it cost around 400 quid a litre and theirs 6 of them on the car, its like a see throught stuff when u see it in the tin, really mad, u have the paint the car black first then we used ICI laquer afterwards, its fantastic, glimmers throught different shades as you walk around it, very subtle
iv had the swift since i was 17, im 31 now!!, i learnt to drive in the swift and did my test in it too, its had 4 resprays, countless sets of rims and mods over the years and owes me alot of money but i dont think ill ever sell it, i have it on a special insurance policy with a agreed value of 6500k, dont cost too much, tax is very low even tho its as fast as totdays best hot hatches...i originally got the Golf as a daily to save the swift but the golf is slowley getting very tidy itself and soon ill need to think about getting something else to do my dj work in, think i am going to buy my GF another GTi golf too in the future...we'll see.... my problem is i cant leave cars alone!!!

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #33 on: 24 September 2008, 09:57 »
I had Chromaflair paint on the roof of my Mini - it's MENTAL stuff and really draws a crowd. Didn't like having to pay the bill for it though...  :laugh:


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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #34 on: 24 September 2008, 10:26 »
^^^ too bloody right!!, i was told 2 litres would be enough for the whole car so thought what the hell....2 litres didnt even do the bloody body kit...i was like, "erm sh!t"  :grin: :grin:


Also, Lazt, the satin black top looks wicked mate

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #35 on: 25 September 2008, 21:42 »
just need to do the bolts and then done, tidy's up a 1.4 engine bay nicely, cause i aint going to pour money into an engine like that really, might make it more "nice" with some red silicone, we'll see how that looks. just do the vacuum lines me thinks...

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #36 on: 26 September 2008, 20:48 »
Heres mine, long way to go with it. Tomorrow I'm fitting new clutch cable, expansion tank pipe, oil breather pipe, rocker cover gasket, new gearbox oil, rear brembo disks and pads!! With some help of course! lol


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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #37 on: 28 September 2008, 14:45 »
i am ashamed to say mine is fooking disgusting  :cry: i just dont know were to start ???

I have nowhere to clean it...yes i know that sounds lame , but i have to park about 1 mile from my house , in the middle of a car park... ( spain = worst country on earth for parking ) .......and i have no idea what to do ......i used to clean my old beemer engines with my dad , with the power wash while he kept the revs up haha ...i hear thats not a good idea...?

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #38 on: 28 September 2008, 16:30 »
forgot to say , any tips much appreciated  :smiley:

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Re: Lets get dirty! Show off your engines!
« Reply #39 on: 28 September 2008, 16:46 »
Pressure washing a hot running engine with cold water has been known to crack the block, Never seen it personaly.  :grin:
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