Engine Bay, clean or leave it as it is.......

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lyricalnut02
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Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:58 pm

looks ok to me, just polish the rocker cover and manifold.
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Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:00 pm

Clean it :cool: Nothing better than a clean E30 engine bay.

Painted Rocker & Inlet, give everything a clean and you'll be there already as it looks pretty tidy already! :cool:
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Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:28 pm

Id have a go at giving it a clean and i to would paint the rocker cover and inlet. 8)
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Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:50 pm

If you decide to give it a go....try it yourself?
My first attempt at this.....

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They were still mounted on wood at that point to finish off the polishing.
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:04 pm

looks pretty clean already
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:19 pm

Less than half a day and a bottle of Autoglym Engine and Machine cleaner and your car will look like this. Nothing better than opening the hood and looking at a tidy lump.

Put it down on the "things to do" list Stefan!

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Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:03 pm

i must say ^ that looks sweet.
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:06 pm

It looks great. Only 30000 miles helps!

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Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:58 pm

Amazing :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:05 pm

Diables had all Xmas to polish that engine bay, I'm hoping to see a big change when I next see it!
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Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:31 pm

ill probly get hammerd for my choice of color lol, but here is what i did to mine :D
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since then ive got rid of those horrible white cable ties on the bulk head and coverd it in nice black material winkeye

nothin like a nice lookin engine bay
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