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Balkanac

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Rocker cover and intake painted
« on: March 05, 2011, 06:15:04 AM »
I was a bit bored so i decided to paint the rocker cover and the intake. The rocker cover gasket needed replacing anyway.

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fiftytakedowns

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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 09:00:03 PM »
Looks good man,  If I was you, I'd sand off the lines so they show bare metal.

Balkanac

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2011, 11:25:21 PM »
i need to give it a few days untill the paint cures properly. I used a "wrinkle effect" paint so if you dont let the engine "bake" the paint, its like rubber and it fills up the sand paper so you can't really do much
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 12:42:16 AM »
Looking good!  Yeah, the lines will really give it that sporty accent.

I do have a question though.  What is that Fluid reservoir directly in front of the engine battery tray?

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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 01:19:00 AM »
Damn, looks good, you cant beat Powder coating though, but this looks nice, cant wait to see if it holds up though,...


I wanted to do red/cover  black/intake but i didn't know if i'd like it or if it looked good, thanks for posting pics, I plan on sanding the lines also, i think it looks even better..

Update when you do.

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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 02:11:03 AM »
Quote from: rjcaptsean;102086
Looking good!  Yeah, the lines will really give it that sporty accent.

I do have a question though.  What is that Fluid reservoir directly in front of the engine battery tray?


That's the clutch oil reservoir
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2011, 02:14:23 AM »
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Damn, looks good, you cant beat Powder coating though, but this looks nice, cant wait to see if it holds up though,...


I wanted to do red/cover  black/intake but i didn't know if i'd like it or if it looked good, thanks for posting pics, I plan on sanding the lines also, i think it looks even better..

Update when you do.


Yea, lines will set it off nicely. I'm not sure if I wanna sand the lines on the rocker cover tho, since it's red. I'll try it and if I don't like it I can always repaint it.
I'll def sand the intake lines tho
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