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Old 08-17-2009, 09:43 PM
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Cleaned up the engine bay a little.
well before it looked like shit, no covers, all covered in grime, so i decided to clean it up, painted the covers gunmetal, added the H emblem, painted the RED writing to WHITE, and polished the aluminum intake cover....













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Old 08-17-2009, 09:59 PM
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must see this gunmetal cover in person! nice work on the polished intake manifold.
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Old 08-17-2009, 10:05 PM
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wow looks awesome. they sell gunmetal in a can like that?
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how did you polish the manifold? would any aluminium polish work with a high speed buffer? looks great
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Old 08-17-2009, 10:24 PM
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wow looks awesome. they sell gunmetal in a can like that?


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Old 08-17-2009, 10:43 PM
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wow man u really do whore in every picture thread

to get the intake part polished it takes time....took me roughly 7-10 hrs in two days....gotta sand it from 80-120-220-400-600-1000-2000 then polish, takes only 10 min to polish its the sanding stages that needs the time...volly and jcharged got it done which made me wanna do it.

i used duplicolor gunmetal rim paint for the covers with few shots of laquer.
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wow man u really do whore in every picture thread
yup. i get around. =]



but that manifold plate cover looks really bomb.

maybe i might have to steal your idea. haha.
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Old 08-17-2009, 11:57 PM
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very clean,i like the style!
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Originally Posted by MurdaZ

to get the intake part polished it takes time....took me roughly 7-10 hrs in two days....gotta sand it from 80-120-220-400-600-1000-2000 then polish, takes only 10 min to polish its the sanding stages that needs the time...volly and jcharged got it done which made me wanna do it.
Dedication. great outcome. did you put in new gasket when putting the mani back on?
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what did you use to get all the dirt and grime out in the cracks and crevices? looks nice and clean.. and the manifold looks badass too !!
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Dedication. great outcome. did you put in new gasket when putting the mani back on?
na i just cleaned it up and fine sanded it to get the old carbon off. i didnt take off the whole manifold, just the top piece.

and i stole the idea from volly/jcharged hehehe

and to clean all the small cracks and areas, use a good engine cleaner, i used gunk citrus engine cleaner, and let it soak good, but dont get it on electrical connections...i didnt cover any areas just went carefully on them...really hard to reach spots, sprayed it on a rag and wiped. then used tire shine to shine up rubbers.
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Look awesome ...expecially the manifold cover.

I would have done ABP but gunmetal still looks hot with the white stripes.
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wow, ur hard work payed off man. looks freakin great
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i didnt know duplicolor sold something with flake like that in spray can. looks awesome. im wondering if i should paint over my WDP or just leave it. lol
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looks great. Hard work paid off
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wow very clean, i need to get to doing this sometime...
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Old 08-18-2009, 05:43 PM
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tat looks really nice loving it
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Looks clean, i was thinking about doing something with the letters on my cover too
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mmmmm nothing like a clean engine
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nice

btw, where did you get the "H" from?
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