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Hey guys before and after pics of my rocker cover.Started off degreasing it in trichloroethylene for 15 mins,sand blasted it with 220 grade grit, and then vibro-polished it for 3 hours.Bonus was did it all in work on company time!! Oh and thanks to dazleeds for supplying spare cover,top man to deal with.

Looks good i gotta do this to mine as its filthy, but i think im going to follow the trend and hammerite it black while im at it.

I was thinking bout painting it but my car is white so left the aluminium to go with strut brace..next the intake manifold and then a good steam wash!

looks very different to when i last saw it fella

very nice

dazleeds wrote: looks very different to when i last saw it fella

very nice

This is the before pic of your rocker cover,i couldnt get over how well it turned out..

hammoj28 wrote:Looks good i gotta do this to mine as its filthy, but i think im going to follow the trend and hammerite it black while im at it.

Do you have any pictures of one hammerite'd?, also will any hammerite paint work?, ie, no special high temp paint needed?

Cheers

Red D.

Ps. That cover looks amazing Beem, if only I had the skills/tools/patience....lol

Theres quite a few people use hammerite because it is high temperature paint i think. Will try dig up some piccies of a hammerited engine.

Here ya go. Its tim s's 318is and the engine is stunning!!!

That does look good,i didnt think it would look good on a white car but i was totally wrong it looks fresh..

Cheers Hammoj, that looks amazing, now all I need is some clue on how to do that to mine (and inlet) without removing either from the car (great believer in if it ain't broken, don't fix it).

Red D

hammoj28 wrote:Theres quite a few people use hammerite because it is high temperature paint i think. Will try dig up some piccies of a hammerited engine.

it is NOT a ht paint...they do produce one for bbqs and a ht paint but the normal hammerite is not...most peeps use sperex which is a smooth paint or harley davidson's ht paint which gives a crinkle finish

Oh right, i just assumed it was as my mate used it to paint his engine block recently and sed it was. Whoops. Never knew that.

it is NOT a ht paint...they do produce one for bbqs and a ht paint but the normal hammerite is not...most peeps use sperex.

Hi What is sperex and where can you buy it?

its a vht spray paint,,,they sell it in most car spares shops and possibly halfrauds

They all put my engine bay to shame in a big way

Can't find the link the now but there is a little company that sells a crinkle paint in black and red which a lot of people have used with good results, Im sure someone will come up with the link

The wrinkle paint is by PJ1 - I got some off eBay recently. You can also get it here: http://www.jktuning.co.uk/pj1prices.htm

I haven't painted my cover yet. How do you do the raised polished ribs? I assume you file and polish them before painting, then scrape the paint off after?

I am very curios as to why there is an asbestos sticker on tims car

One on mine to. Old brake pads and clutches used to have asbestos in them. Not any more though!

They stopped using asbestos in the early 80s.

My dad should know he worked with it everyday

I just checked my '91 IS and it too has the asbestos sticker...