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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:05 pm 
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This weekend i replaced my rocker cover gasket...

while it was off i painted my rocker cover "racing red" and flap disc'd the ridges on the cover down then sanded it with 1200 grit sand paper.

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I also went about paint stripping/sanding/polishing/clear coating my 16" ford "sports" rims (well i've done the rears and spare..). They came up really nice, just have to give the clear coat a buff and it'll be sweet. pic to come!

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:19 pm 
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hey looks neat! nice job
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:33 pm 
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What sort of paint did you use, high temp brake or engine enamel, or just some regular paint?

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:35 pm 
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Great job. I should do that.

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:39 pm 
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i have been thinking about but dont know if i can be bothered to pull it all off to do it

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:50 pm 
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data_mine wrote:
What sort of paint did you use, high temp brake or engine enamel, or just some regular paint?


I used VHT brake caliper/rotor/drum paint in racing red. Hopefully it should hold up okay, but failiing that i might pull it off and polish it/clear coat it if it turns s**t/i can be bothered :-)
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:03 pm 
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yeah, the VHT brake stuff will hold.

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:48 pm 
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As promised.. an update.. these are the wheels

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mates r34 gtt 4door in the background

and a close up

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:42 pm 
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well done looking good!

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:46 pm 
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Nice work there dude.

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:53 pm 
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now all you gotta do is clean ya engine bay it's filthy

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:34 pm 
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EDMONTY wrote:
now all you gotta do is clean ya engine bay it's filthy


hehe yeah for sure. have already had a bad experience with water IN my engine/dizzy so kinda scared ;) ehehe but then again its not uncommon for me to have to drive on gravel roads :\

But yeah the rest of the engine bay lets it down ;)
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:34 pm 
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data_mine wrote:
yeah, the VHT brake stuff will hold.


Wont hold on extractors though.. Actually, it did for about 2 seconds, then the whole lot went very smoky and smelly.

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:02 pm 
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So what does Pacemaker et. all use on extractors?

Did you let the paint dry according to instructions. And I beleive there's special instructions for extractors, like fire up engine, let it idle for x mins, turn it off, repeat, then it's set for good.

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:20 pm 
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I'd say they use the manifold paint, obviously not VHT, but something similar. There was a 40*C difference in the temp rating between manifold and rotor paint, and seeing as I had the rotor paint already, I thought I would give it a try, expecting that if anything, it may deteriorate over time quicker. But it was stuffed within 10 seconds of starting the car which was only idleing, so not even a chance to let it sit for 2 minutes. This was also painted over top of HPC coating, which had deteriorated in a few small spots.

 

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