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Old 03-18-04, 09:24 AM
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pic of my engine bay

All colored parts are powdercoated. What do you guys think?
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Powdercoating looks nice but you gotta clean that thing.
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Yes i still have much work to do. Here's a better pic of the intake manifold.
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The black UIM looks good.

Kinda wish I had done that instead of silver.

BTW did you do aluminum-ceramic coating or just plain color powdercoating?

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nice job it kind of looks like the stuff they use to spray on a bedliner on a truck. did you do it yourself?
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looks good. but you need to give that engine bay some serious love man.. Gunk works well.
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looks good, and like the others say. you need to clean your engine bay a lil more. call me crazy but i like cleaning mine with WD-40 and a rag . w3rks wonders i say.
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Is that the N-tech silencer on your BOV? How do you like it?
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love the black
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Originally posted by scratchjunkie
looks good, and like the others say. you need to clean your engine bay a lil more. call me crazy but i like cleaning mine with WD-40 and a rag . w3rks wonders i say.
everythin sticks to wd 40...it makes more of a mess in the end....ive heard of people gettin good results on plastic and rbber peices with tire shine
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Clean it a little bit...But I think every FD engine bay looks good...dirty or clean You can see my bay in my sig
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lol engine bay looks like you went off roading without the hood and a front assembly
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you just need a really good engine detailing. the manifold looks good btw.
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i have a question about doing this.

can you sand the manifold so that it is smooth and looks shiny. because i dont like that rough look.

also does powdercoating hold heat?
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Black looks good!
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Originally posted by rx7raca
i have a question about doing this.

can you sand the manifold so that it is smooth and looks shiny. because i dont like that rough look.

also does powdercoating hold heat?

do you mean polished?
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A buddy of mine did the powdercoating. He sand blasted it then used a wrinkle flat black powder.
Patriick: I'm using the stock bov. The pipe you're probably looking at is a piece that came with pettit's intake.
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What kind of paint is on the alternator? I looks anodized, did you paint it. I think it looks great.
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The alternator was chrome powder coated then a transluescent red over that. The pic doesnt give it justice. Quite a stunning piece
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Originally posted by scratchjunkie

do you mean polished?

no....im saying the polished smoothness but in color. meaing black but a shiny smooth black. like how rims are powdercoated smooth an what not.

let me know if this makes sense or not...i just dont like the rough powdercoat look, i like smooth powdercoat...
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You would have to sand it down to get a smooth flat finish, as well as a flat powdercoat (as apoosed to wrinkled). I wanted to do the same thing in a flat black powdercoat.
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why would you powdercoat it?? is it a heat thing??
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blackout...chuckle..like zerobanger's engine bay. nice work i love black on red
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NICE!
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does the coat crack due to the heat in the bay ?


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