painting rocket covers

[PaRaDoX]

ok rocker covers are easy to remove, providing there are no obstructions,
s1 rocker covers are alminuim, s2 are plastic, im in the process of stripping the paint of a spare set of s1 rocker covers and im gonna polish them up , ill post some pics when the project is done

And actually it is a ROCKET cover... dont you know the buick v6's are rockets...... untill you compare it with something fast

and if your removing rocker covers do this, inspect the rocker bolts, i had one that was loose... caused a world of ****, if you can see the tread then tighten it
before you spray, makesure you clean them with prep wash as rocker covers usually get greasy, and we all know grease under paint = bubbles

 

[HSV126]

someone was telling me that its illeagle to chrome rocker covers cause people cut the fingers doing it or something:S is ther any truth in this haha i dunno it sounded funny to me

 

[flyen]

heres a pic of how the air intake pipe and fuse box turned out
i've had them in there painted for 3 days now and there is no bubbling or flaking so looks like it worked:w00t:

but now it makes the rest look really dirty

it turned out really good so now i'll do the rest

 

[HSV126]

Yer looks awsome, u should have a go at the airbox and water tanks.. u wouldnt have to go far to make it look good ey, all it pretty much need is sum weaved hoses looks good man

 

[yZoH]

heres a pic of how the air intake pipe and fuse box turned out
i've had them in there painted for 3 days now and there is no bubbling or flaking so looks like it worked:w00t:

but now it makes the rest look really dirty

it turned out really good so now i'll do the rest

Clean your engine bay up mate!

It's called 1ltr of Industrial degreaser, 1 high pressure washer, 1 steam cleaner, 1 can of rubber/plastic rejuvinator, 1can of belt dressing(to stop ur belts screaming like cheap hookers)

hehehe

I still have to set up my engine cover... & Paint my alternator fan black & the band on it...

Cheers
MaT

 

[Emackulation]

Sexy VN, Hey I just spotted that your radiator overflow bottle is on the passenger side of the car, is this only in Series 1? My S2 has it on drivers side.

 

[Apoc]

Sorry to bitch, but people tend to go on and on about spelling mistakes.....

"R" is right next to "T", not real hard to figure out what happened there...

Apoc.

 

[Emackulation]

Pssssst, Apoc. He done it twice... and no other words are majorly miss spelt (liek). Also, some ppl do actully call them rocket covers because thats what they think they're called.