[Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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steve07
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[Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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Right so I'm looking to make my engine bay better, here's a picture of how it looks at the moment, can people put some puts of there's to give me some ideas of what I could do??

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thanks
craig
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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Engine out, cam cover, thermostat housing, coolant junction painted silver.

All visible brackets painted gloss black.

Nimbus turbo heatshield.

HKS bov separated, cleaned and painted gloss black.

New NGK HT leads.

Firewall heatshields removed and painted silver.

Inlet manifold and throttle body painted silver.
steve07
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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Looks clean mate, what did you do to your throttle body...
craig
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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steve07 wrote:Looks clean mate, what did you do to your throttle body...


cheers bud.

RedMR² wrote:

Inlet manifold and throttle body painted silver.


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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

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Don't have a picture installed

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But sprayed intake hotpipe a nice silver and rocker cover a nice blue cleaned up all other parts. :thumleft:
steve07
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] looking to paint some engine parts?

Post by steve07 »

Looks cool mate what did you do to your throttle body? And would powercoating be ok on
hotpipe
throttle body
cam cover?

cheers
steve
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