Engine bay tidy up

[Rich_172]

So I was getting bored with the engine bay being original how it was so set about tidying it up a bit.

Painted the inlet and a few other bits matt black, engine cover ford graphite grey, got a sticker from Ady and some nice shiny plated engine cover bolts from davo172. Big shout out goes to Ady and Davo for the great products and service. Royal fail lost my 1st sticker I ordered but Ady sent me another that was here in 2 days. Anyway this is what i ended up with.

 

[shanks]

looks bloody good matey

 

[.Andy.]

That looks bang on mate! Love it!

 

[laberridge]

loks loads better. what paint did you use for the inlet mani?

 

[182_sport]

Bang tidy.... Looks great

 

[PP200t]

loks loads better. what paint did you use for the inlet mani?

Same question!! Painted on the car or removed? Brush or spray?

 

[-J-]

Looks good.

For those asking what paint... when i did mine it just had a couple of coats of 'Standard' Halfords Primer followed by 'Standard' Halfords colour on top and its lasted over 12 months so far with no issues.

Best to remove the top inlet (Takes 2 seconds) and Spray IMO

 

[Rich_172]

Cheers for the comments guys. I used halfords high temp paint for the inlet. I brushed it on but it aint 100% as there are a few brush marks. I will remove the inlet and spray it in high temp paint to get a better finish another day. -J- do u need to replace the gasket or anything when putting the top inlet back on?

 

[adie205]

Looks sweet, Tidy job!

 

[Sanders]

Nice job man

 

[ROB91]

Great job.... miles better

 

[-J-]

-J- do u need to replace the gasket or anything when putting the top inlet back on?

I didnt bother when I took mine off, just be careful and you should be ok.

Don't loose the little rubber ring from the bottom of the inlet

 

[Mark-172]

Looks really tidy mate

 

[Rich_172]

I didnt bother when I took mine off, just be careful and you should be ok.

Don't loose the little rubber ring from the bottom of the inlet

Ok mate cheers. Take it the rubber ring is easy to lose then lol

 

[Ant-172]

Sorry to bring this up, saves starting a new thread

When you guys paint these covers, how do you keep the '16v' and '2.0l' writing on the cover or is it just a sticker? If its a sticker where do you get it?

 

[James105]

You can get the sticker from N2Grafix on here. Or ebay, which I think is N2Grafix anyway

 

[Ant-172]

Thanks mate, give them a try then!

 

[Clio RS 172]

sweet:clap:

 

[leeds_182]

Looks tidy pal.

 

[Leeshez]

Spot on is that,

 

[jesus]

Massive improvement. Wish mine looked that good!

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Looks well nice. I'm going to have a play around doing this once weather pics up