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Hey Guys ok well i am finished doing up the engine bay until my new leads arrive i think it came up pretty well, alot of the cleaner look came from actually cleaning hehe, plus i pulled off the heat shield on the bonnet and the air con radiator and filter +hoses here are the pics.

Before:


After:



Anyways if you want to know anything PM me.

Cheers

How much is that paint worth?

Amazing what a bit of paint can do, eh? :)

Looks good, mate.

to do your intercooler pipes you'd be looking at $75 for the paint

thanks charlie :)

good stuf, cars coming along nicely :)

Watch the paint on the bonnet if youve removed the heat shielding! it only took one blat in my car with it missing for it to bubble up a bit right over the turbocharger :(

ok will do prozac thanks, i am waiting for a new heat shield blanket to come in and i will whack it on

some details on the paint please Ben.
yep, sure lookes better.
better put those heat shields back on though.
i had the brake heatshields on my staz re-chromed for $40.
still waiting for some bonnet heat pad though, hint hint Charlie...

yeah funny thing.. my car never came with those heatshields but i am getting a set of wantsom soon so i will whack'em on as soon as i get them :)

Ok the Flip paint is a Auto One Job which is a boxed set of 3 cans from 'MOTORSPORT' Paints called Optical FX, you can get it in 3 colours Sunset Blaze which is the colour i got. there is the more common puple blue flip colour and the blue purple green colour like on that Cyber 1 Prelude Car.
Retails for $92 but alot cheaper when you get trade discount i am pretty sure i paid about $75.

The Rocker cover paint is thanks to Engine Enamel in Gloss Orange and Gloss Black, i must say that 2 tone rocker covers look sweet and if you match up say 2 that contrast well together then it will look great.

That looks...Different, still undecided if i like the rocker cover but i love the intercooler piping. Sure hope the paint doesnt crack or bubble in the head. Would be a damn shame if it did.

heh yeah the rocker cover is little bit different but i am happy with it looks alot better than plain black i think. i am 99% certain that the paint will be fine the optical fx paint is good for up to standard paint heat values around 100-120 degrees and considering i only did the cool pipes the temp should stay well under 60 degrees so it should be fine and the rocker cover is rated for 550 degrees so that paint won't go no where.

anyway hope other people show there bays off and i am prepared to help anyone if they need anything or help but it is pretty damn easy :)

Love the Optical FX! looks even better in the day!

Ta deeks yeah it looks great and so far the only thing it has done in the heat is get a shinier look to it heh.

mmm reviving 8 month old post...lol what do you think chances are of the optical FX paint coming off if i painted the turbo letters on the rocker cover with it?

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i can't get the pics up??
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