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Old 10-29-06, 12:35 PM
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I "lost" my emissions....

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pics of painted or polished engines please

Im deciding on polishing or painting my engine and manifolds whan i do my t2 swap. my engine is painted now, but im not sure i like it.
any pics of the whole engine polished or painted would be great.
i did search btw and most things other than arroncakes car were x'd out
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Old 10-29-06, 01:32 PM
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check out blue TII's engine..

pure sex
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paint it shinny *** gold or to really set it off gold plate everything.
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gold foil on everything, mclaren F1 style would be hot (err... maybe not)
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I'm doing my next engine pink and purple. Seriously.
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power...rangers?
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on that note I've always wanted this car.
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heres one thats pretty flashy.. NOT MINE tho...
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Not mine

But very nice
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This is mine, I didnt want any issues for fitment and sealing so I masked pretty much every mating surface before I sprayed. Did a few coats and 15k miles later, it is still holding colour

picture is a bit big, here is the link
http://www.twostepsshort.com/rx7/images/DSC01672.JPG
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anymore?
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check out wanklers engine, i love that thing. wish i had the time to do that much polishing.
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Originally Posted by Karack
check out wanklers engine, i love that thing. wish i had the time to do that much polishing.
Me? I do not want to assume.
If so that is a hell of a compliment Karack!
Here is a old pic. Ill take one today at lunch with updated pic.

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damn..that is pure sex right there! now i dont want to post pics of my engine bay.... its nice, but not that blingin!
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Me? I do not want to assume.
If so that is a hell of a compliment Karack!
Here is a old pic. Ill take one today at lunch with updated pic.


yeah you ya dork

too bad your diff mount didn't come in in time, woulda been nice to see your car down there too.
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yeah you ya dork

too bad your diff mount didn't come in in time, woulda been nice to see your car down there too.
LOLOL...thanks bro! I did get it in Sat. Next year for sure!
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damn..that is pure sex right there! now i dont want to post pics of my engine bay.... its nice, but not that blingin!

Your engine bay looks great man! To bad I dont live closer, I would offer plishing in trade for some artwork!
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hehe, not sure who would win if Wankler put his car in the contest too. that is a serious polishing job and it still even looks almost stock still.
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Originally Posted by The Wankler
Me? I do not want to assume.
If so that is a hell of a compliment Karack!
Here is a old pic. Ill take one today at lunch with updated pic.

The hell?? Duct tape? lol

Very nice. I wish my engine bay looked that organized.


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The hell?? Duct tape? lol

Very nice. I wish my engine bay looked that organized.

LOLOLOL.... the duct tape is gone now. LOLOLOL........

Here are pics of my 12a polish. Although, I did not polish these like I did my 13bt. Rotaryshack had these done for me.

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wankler thats some beautiful work!
i wish i had the paitence to do the polishing to mine!
im glad that a piece of my car is in the baby!!!(S4 vents)
LOLOLOL!!!
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Originally Posted by 88rxn/a
wankler thats some beautiful work!
i wish i had the paitence to do the polishing to mine!
im glad that a piece of my car is in the baby!!!(S4 vents)
LOLOLOL!!!



You know it bro! Thanks!

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