Moondust_crust

just about to paint my gearbox before its put back together, has been acid etched , was gonna do it in halfords silver, but now am unsure, will it stand up to the heat in the engine bay?, what have other people used?
dont want to hammerite it.
cheers mark.

Twins

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I got some grey mettalic knocked up in a can from my local body shop suppliers and lacquared it aswell ,all is fine

picky775

If your unsure about heat ruining it use VHT paint for manifolds you can get it in silver or black

gus

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think i will repaint which ever gearbox i decide to use


what exactly will laquering it do? will it hold up to chips a little better?

Twins

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Gives it a nice shine Gus

s2builder

Did mine in gold..

Billy_RS

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Did my old one with Aluminium spray.

Looked cool and didnt crack etc...

Rick

2 pack in silver/laquer.

smitsturbo

this is my old gearbox i painted with normal cans of silver sprey paint, now lives in AJC's rs1600i turbo

Moondust_crust

yeah not been too keen on the vht paint ive used in the past always comes out flat and lumpy,

sprayed 2 coats of silver on this morning, looks much better, mate said he will blow some laquer over it later on next week.

gus

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looks good will definatly have some of that on both of mine i think


and the laquer as im getting quite bufty

redexr

I'm building a standard class concours XR2 at the moment and that doesn't allow painting things that weren't factory painted so I spent a day with wire brushes in drills and hand held brillo pads.





its just a case of a quick wipe over with an abrasive pad occasionally to keep it looking good, unlike painted boxes which will need repainting, usually meaning removal from the engine bay.

Micky

All that paint is bound to add an extra 10 BHP in decreased transmission lose's!!!LOL

Moonie

I did mine in VHT Paint - Aluminium

More pics here...

https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/196934-engine-and-gearbox-rebuild-time-update-24-08-a.html

RSandy

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standard 2k base and laquer does the job just fine, done about 3 boxes like this and all lasted really well. plus its cheaper than VHT

VHT limits your colour options really, unless of course black or silver is your thing, then your sorted lol

gus

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this is mine as done by 'twins'

before


after

RSandy

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graphite grey?

if so, same colour i use on all my 'boxes.....and wheels.....and rollcage.... lol

marky_g

i used silver hammerite and wish i hadn't came out crap

madmack99

phillxr2i

try pink lol