Should I Spray the Alpina Mainifold??

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:47 am

Guys

Just got a Alpina Mainifold off Blingsta (cheers fella)

Should i spray the pipes black or silver or should i just leave them as is???

Here is a pic (thanks again Bling for the Pic)

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this is my engine bay at the moment,
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what would u do??? spray it or not silver or black ??

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:54 am

Leave it as it is :cool:
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:21 am

get them sand blasted first, then use VHT black paint, then silver. they do have a habit of corroding a bit and can look scatty so a take it back to metal and put on a fair coats


by th way i know a man who sand blasts !!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:42 am

YEAH what he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:17 am

Get it polished!!!!
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:27 am

as your inlet manifold is of a silver colour, be nice to match it up with the 6 brancher u have in there. Plus it stands out more compared to black.
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:27 am

would spray it black, dont like silver paint on exhausts
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:39 am

what about getting it ceramic coated
its about £150 ish to get done
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:21 pm

wrap in thermal barrier tape, then paint it silver to seal the tape

almost as pukka going ceramic, at a fraction of the cost dude.
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:02 pm

Ok gonna do a heat rap and spray it up cheers ant.

Im gonna stick on as is for the time being and then come october im gonna strip her down at the lock up, Ill do the mainifold, rocker cover again and re polish the inlet again.

Gonna also replace some other engine bits aswell
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:07 pm

you just cant get enough can you!!! good man 8)
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:09 pm

stuartgallafant wrote:you just cant get enough can you!!! good man 8)
:lol: i have the bug mate
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:11 pm

clear powdercoat is not bad for polished ally can save a lot of repolishing
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:30 pm

IMO i like it as it is but. if you was going to heat rap i would leave it in just heat rap. is that stuff any good by the way???
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:35 pm

I wraped mines and its one of the best things i did while building the engine.

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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:36 pm

cliffybabe wrote:
stuartgallafant wrote:you just cant get enough can you!!! good man 8)
:lol: i have the bug mate

8O Thought you had a cab, not a beetle? :mad:
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Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:38 pm

stevetigger wrote:
cliffybabe wrote:
stuartgallafant wrote:you just cant get enough can you!!! good man 8)
:lol: i have the bug mate

8O Thought you had a cab, not a beetle? :mad:
winkeye :lol:
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