powder coated heat shields and rocker

[luke t]

just had my 2 heat shields powder coated, and the rocker and cold pipe shot blasted and powder coated. had them done in gold, and they look great.
the painters is just down the road from my work and hes a mate.
only cost me £70 for all of them.
bargain in my eyes, makes the engine bay look great.
if anybody wants the same, take the parts of you want done and send them to me with the colour details and ill post em back lookin great!!

[Phill P]

Take heed .

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Paul

[luke t]

cheers for the heads up, so any ideas how to strip it and clean it?
it seems to be rivited on underneath. and what should i use to clean it?

[Martin F]

what do you use for powder coating ? It's just that i could do with getting a few pipes powder coated but need to buy the materials...

cheers

[mr2ninja]

Do you have any pictures?

[luke t]

yea, but i have no idea how to put em on. pm me your email and ill send em like that.
has anybody got any ideas how to clean the rocker to make sure theres no grit in it?
oil bath?
in future if anybody wants there rocker painting i wont shot blast it!!
has anybody fitted a rocker that has been shot blasted and cleaned it so its ok to use??

[Steve Horrocks]

I've had mine powder coated. Took it to dyno, lost oil pressure, took it home, stripped engine, found everything covered with blast media. Full engine rebuild including crank, cams, new head, drilled off baffle plate and fount big clumpy build ups of media. Scraped it all out and it had to have a number of steam baths at the engine builders and finally we were happy it was clean. But I'd NEVER have it done again. Just not worth the risk.

[nikaiyo]

has anybody got any ideas how to clean the rocker to make sure theres no grit in it?
oil bath?

TBH dude once its been near any kind of sand/ shot blast you will struggle to get it clean again..... best bet bin it or risk killing your engine

The only way to clean anything that is connected to/ feeds directly into the engine is with acid dipping.

[ashley]

once its been near any kind of sand/ shot blast you will struggle to get it clean again.....

+1

Sorry mate- seen a few engines scrapped this way...just not worth the risk, it only takes a tiny particle of grit to wreck a bearing

[J-1]

Sounds nasty!

I was going to get mines sand blasted and powdercoated over the winter, but starting to think i might just get it painted!!

Would this be a safer option?

[luke t]

so how do i get the baffle off the cam cover? its rivetted on.(its a rev 3 turbo)
ill take it apart and give it a clean. any help on taking it apart would be great

[Steve Horrocks]

On mine (rev 3) I had to drill out all the rivets, clean it all as mentioned, then drill out & tap all the rivet holes, and screw the baffles back on (using loc tite!)

[luke t]

mines a rev 3 too did you have to get new seals for the baffle housing, as it looks like theres some rubber seals under them.

[Steve Horrocks]

Used the Toyota gasket stuff in a tube dude.

[luke t]

got the rivets off, how do you get the rest of them out? drill?
what size?
im thinking about giving up and starting again with no sand blasting