thermostat housing (bufty)
28-03-2010, 08:55 PM
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thermostat housing (bufty)
im doin a turbo conversion on my 3i stripping parts down my thermostat hosing it well grubby
28-03-2010, 10:14 PM
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Painted mine silver mate and then run the brass part of the sensor plug on the polishing wheel at work so it come up mirror like gold.
29-03-2010, 10:40 AM
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throw it away and get a 1400cvh one. Then polish it.
29-03-2010, 11:38 AM
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I spent a week of evening making mine mirror finish on my polishing wheel, then painted black out of boredem ended up looking really good, like black glass.
29-03-2010, 11:38 AM
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Whats better about the 1400 one Jano just outta interest
29-03-2010, 08:29 PM
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id also like to know lol think polishing is in order then might do the inlet aswell
29-03-2010, 08:51 PM
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Ive got a powdercoated standard inlet manifold in that chrome silver finish if anyone wants to buy it, just wanted to add that lol.
29-03-2010, 08:59 PM
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30-03-2010, 08:37 PM
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so is mine now hence why im selling it lol. Ebay time hey
30-03-2010, 08:40 PM
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30-03-2010, 08:43 PM
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I sand blasted mine then painted it Silver followed by 3 coats of clear coat, came up lovely
30-03-2010, 09:01 PM
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30-03-2010, 09:28 PM
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30-03-2010, 10:00 PM
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Painted mine vw magic black ,think the 1400 one just looks nicer ,may be wrong though
30-03-2010, 10:14 PM
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31-03-2010, 06:24 PM
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think im gonna go down the polished route on the xr, still aint seen a 1.4 one but i might be gettin something a bit more unusual, if my mate finds it
31-03-2010, 08:18 PM
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I did mine wrinkle black
Plus everything else in the engine bay lol, altho end result looks good. Thinking about doing all my chrome satin black, much easier to keep on top of.
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