Hi all, I am in the process of having ITB's on the car and now want to make the engine bay have that "clean" look.
I poloshed the rocker cover about 6 months ago (now gone a little tacky due to not maintaining it so will need to be done again).
What has everyone else done??
I have a 2.2 n/a
Thanks
- Dallan
Cleaning Up The Engine Bay....
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, Apr 02 2010 10:08 AM
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 10:18 AM
fitted some itb's and did personalized my engine bay myself
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:19 AM
fitted some itb's and did personalized my engine bay myself
looks nice, did you paint the cover?? - did you have to take it off to paint it??
alsio does anyone know if its possible to buy any hose kits as im struggling to fond any :/
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:23 AM
looks nice, did you paint the cover?? - did you have to take it off to paint it??
did get the cover sand blasted and painted black and easy to maintain
and used some yellow left to to the manifold cover
what do you want hose for
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:24 AM
looks nice, did you paint the cover?? - did you have to take it off to paint it??
did get the cover sand blasted and painted black and easy to maintain
and used some yellow left to to the manifold cover
what do you want hose for
good question!! - ha, its been about 4 weeks since i saw my car lol
just looking for any ideas tio make it that little nicer
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:44 AM
My version of a painted cam cover.
Looks nice through the engine lid too
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:47 AM
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 11:58 AM
that is nice!! - is it the astra engine cover and will it fit on mine with the ITB's??
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 01:55 PM
Engine polished (using brasso).
Then if and when it rains (when doesn't it rain!) put the engine cover on it (same as Chris_uk) to protect the engine. It's the Astra engine cover, quite easy to cut and re-shape to fit.
Then if and when it rains (when doesn't it rain!) put the engine cover on it (same as Chris_uk) to protect the engine. It's the Astra engine cover, quite easy to cut and re-shape to fit.
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 04:18 PM
How much are those Astra covers??
Had a quick look on eBay but can't see any 
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 04:21 PM
that is nice!! - is it the astra engine cover and will it fit on mine with the ITB's??
no it won't 
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 05:11 PM
that is nice!! - is it the astra engine cover and will it fit on mine with the ITB's??
thats that out the window then lol
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 05:45 PM
polish or paint the cam cover then spray the coil pack
job done!
your first job should be to clean the crap out of your boot 
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 07:42 PM
Doesthe 2.2 astra cover just fit over the top? looks very neat.
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 07:55 PM
polish or paint the cam cover then spray the coil pack
job done!
your first job should be to clean the crap out of your boot
haha don't you want any lucozade dude?? Lol - in all fairness, all that crap has been in there since february since the crash lol......ive only had the car back for 3 hours in 4 weeks before you guys have started playing with it hehe. You and lee have seen it more today than ive seen it in ages haha. I can't even remember where my boot is
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 08:06 PM
Does the 2.2 astra cover just fit over the top? looks very neat.
yep, you need to trim a couple of the fixings on the underneath of the cover but they're only plastic so 5 mins to do that and then put it on
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 08:45 PM
Cheers peter, nothing a dremel can't sort. Got me thinking now. 
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 09:16 PM
i will have a polished cam cover available soon... when i can be bothered to fit my plastic one
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 09:26 PM
polish or paint the cam cover then spray the coil pack
job done!
your first job should be to clean the crap out of your boot
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