Painting the ignition coil

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greentouring
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:54 pm

Can this be done and has anyone got any pics if so? :?
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:27 pm

you can paint anything mate so should be an easy job
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:29 pm

I use a stella can. Much easier...
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:58 pm

zaust wrote:I use a stella can. Much easier...
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:34 pm

zaust wrote:I use a stella can. Much easier...
A Stella can? How does that work then? Any pictures?

I'm just doing mine black.......can I use any spray paint on this?
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:45 pm

drinks can wrapped around the coil as long as you key the the coil you can spray it with cans etc
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:22 pm

Okay, thanks for that, will get painting next week...;)
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:26 pm

Better off with a Guiness winkeye


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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:34 pm

Taylor, I notice you don't have any sound/heat proofing foam on the underside of your bonnet - does this cause any adverse effects with paintwork, etc?
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:37 pm

Speedtouch wrote:Taylor, I notice you don't have any sound/heat proofing foam on the underside of your bonnet - does this cause any adverse effects with paintwork, etc?

No mate, no problems at all and it's been like that for 4 years.



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Post Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:04 pm

Cool. Might remove my rottweiler-spec underbonnet foam then :)
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Post Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:24 pm

I hope you are a patient man - it's a nightmare of a job. I took the bonnet off and pressure washed most of the old foam off. Then it was a lot of T-Cut and elbow work to remove the sticky glue. Then several layers of polish and wax. There might be an easier solution to it but that was my method.


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