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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:55 pm

had her a year now and been trying a few things tho think im getting near the look im after now... soo close i can smell it 8) 8)

not long after i got the car added a greenair filter kit and tried painting the rocker cover bit passion red to match the car but always looked odd as the bay is different colour

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a lot of cleaning and polishing and sanding and i got her looking cleaner tho not a high finish

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started polishing another plenum i got from another member on the ftooc as its too awkward to do while its on the car and started changing the red that i didnt like

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the finished result :D :D :D

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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:59 pm

and now how it looks on the car :D :D :D still got a few bits to polish up right add the power steering samco hose and repaint the rocker and maybe add a bit if colour in other places and neaten up the wireing but happy as it is at the min.

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Postby colm_mcm » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:56 pm

i like!
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Postby Bernard » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:18 pm

Is there an advantage using samco hoses or is it purely cosmetic?
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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:34 pm

yes the advantage is they look better :lol: plus they are more heat resistant and stronger than standard rubber.
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:12 pm

Nice Job :-) very impressive..
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:01 am

i'm impressed by the polished yokes.
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Postby Marie » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:34 am

impressive! :wink:
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Postby ftolam13 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:30 pm

wooooow i like
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Postby d_dan » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:48 pm

What did you use to paint the rocker cover?
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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:03 pm

thanx for the posative feedback. i used plastic primer then just spray paint and laqueer tho i didnt sand it down changeing the colour and the finish looks rough. gunna do it again soon as it dont take that long
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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:04 pm

Sebastian wrote:i'm impressed by the polished yokes.


i might be being totaly thick here but what are yokes???
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Postby CJ » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:41 pm

MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:what are yokes???


Generally speaking, yokes are the yellow part of the egg. They can also be used to refer to an object or person i.e.

"The bleedin' state of that yoke" - might refer to an unsavoury looking person or object

"Yeh mad yoke" - a crazy individual

"What do you call that yoke again?" - whats the name for that object

Nice job on the engine bay btw ;)

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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:54 pm

OT - I always thought it was egg yolk??
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:47 pm

CJ wrote:
MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:what are yokes???




thanks CJ.
jap , you got the idea ;)
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Postby miss-enzo » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:29 pm

ooh shiny shiny!!! thats what i want my minifold to look like but have no idea how to go about doin it!!
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Postby Dragonheart » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:41 pm

Sebastian wrote:i'm impressed by the polished yokes.


Wow, I always thought 'yokes' was a west cork thing! Didnt realise it travelled all the ways to your part of the world Seb.
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:58 pm

ahahaah ,
i've been bitten by irish-english language bug.
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Postby Dragonheart » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:01 pm

Brogue boy, its called brogue.
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Postby Bernard » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:17 pm

Dragonheart wrote:Wow, I always thought 'yokes' was a west cork thing!


You're confusing 'yoke' with 'langer'.... :lol:
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Postby d_dan » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:28 pm

any ideas on how to do my cover mivec so the cover is plastic
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:39 pm

this is how ->

MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:thanx for the posative feedback. i used plastic primer then just spray paint and laqueer tho i didnt sand it down changeing the colour and the finish looks rough. gunna do it again soon as it dont take that long



did mine a while ago
same procedure . plastic primer -> paint -> laqueer

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Postby Dragonheart » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:47 pm

Bernard wrote:
Dragonheart wrote:Wow, I always thought 'yokes' was a west cork thing!


You're confusing 'yoke' with 'langer'.... :lol:


No langer is a cork city thing. Not heard of in west cork.

Seb does that spray on the engine have to be heat resistant or will any spray do it?
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:48 pm

red spray is heat resistent, white is not .

friend of mine sprayed his with non heat resistent paint and still holds after 1 year. i reckon any paint should do.

anyway the price difference between the spray cans it's not huge.
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Postby Dragonheart » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:07 pm

Hmm, maybe if I have some left over from my calipers and I get a bit trigger happy with the spray can I might have somewhere to use it up.
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