Rocker Cover Ideas

[Dan318-is]

low its only guna b the BMW but tho

its not guna b for ages its not defo just an idea tho

[Jhonno]

yeah i know its just the letters.. wont look good imo

[Dominitry]

im doing mine the same as above except the bmw logo ig going to be colour coded to match the mtec logo eg the B will be light blue the M will be dark blue and the W will be red

wat du think?

Is this what you mean?



Minus the stripes being blue.

[Dan318-is]

precisly that

looks ok i guess not as good is i thought

i do like that black n silver one tho

is that ur motor pal?

[Dominitry]

precisly that

looks ok i guess not as good is i thought

i do like that black n silver one tho

is that ur motor pal?

The engine above is not mine no, the black rocker cover is mine though, tech 1 sport.

[Dan318-is]

hm maybe il just stick to the silver idea like the rest of u's

nice strut brake and clean engine bay in that e30 tho

[cabrio327i]

Wrinkle paint black, Car Builder solutions,Redlands,Lindridge Lane, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0JJ, Code PNWRB Total Ԛ£11.75 Tel- 01580 891309 Cheers Dave

[jonmsm]

This sounds interesting as I salvaged the rocker cover from my 1602 to make into a decoration for my wall (true bmw nut style having parts on the wall).

So, from reading this, I gather the best way is to first:

clean the thing down good and proper with some carb cleaner or brake cleaner

then a coat of etch primer I saw someone mention??

next a top coat of the wrinkle paint or dimple paint as the previous post recommends

remove the paint from the tops of the bits you want to polish before the paint sets hard

then polish off the lines and the BMW badge with something abbrasive like t-cut or autosol?

let me know if that sounds about right and I think I might soon have me a nice pretty new wall decoration.

[shane320i]

this is mine,bit different to the norm but i like it

[Demlotcrew]

Heres mines;



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[Dan318-is]

fook me i like it pal

luckily mines black so i can still do it silver like the above guys

[Dominitry]

What strut bars are they, look like ac ones.

[Templ8e30]

I used normal satin black spray then took the rocker cover and inlet manifold to work and skimmed the tops on the milling machine to get a nice even factory finish on the stripes and letters.

No need for high temp paint, the rocker cover doesn't get that hot ! and it's not peeling or bubbling after 6 months hard use.

See my sig pic for the end result.

Cheers,

Iain T

[Dan318-is]

dose anyone paint there inlet manifolds

[Dominitry]

dose anyone paint there inlet manifolds

Mines done to match the rocker cover, black with the silver.



Again done by Richy325iTouring.

[Stevin]

Not very clean, and in that picture it makes it look like its really dull... but I wanted to be different... when I pull the engine again, I'm going to re paint it the same colour, but with a black intake manifold, block and head... nice to change things up.

BTW, there a 333i Turbo over here, thats whole engine is painted red... actually looks pretty hot.

[Dan318-is]

some of these are bloody good guys

i take it you use the same painting technique for the manifold?