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What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:33 am

Woke up thursday morning thinking what can i do . . . . Car il clean the engine bay . So cleaned the engine and surrounding areas great but the only down side was the manifold .nasty so i got my sand paper out along with some metal polish . First pipe was easy looked great back to its shiny self . Ha ha ha 2 day later finished the other 3. Doh . Fingers hurt got blisters but will admit when that bonnet goes up the rewards are good . If ya got time and dont mind pain then do it but be aware . Will post pics
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby colm_mcm » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:53 am

this the exhaust manifold?
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:06 pm

That the one :(
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby gary d » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:11 pm

I admire your enthusiasm :nwor
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby colm_mcm » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:22 pm

you don't fancy doing a plenum for a V6 to improve your skill do ya?
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:35 pm

If you post it il do it ha ha . Im not really a fan of chrome but like getting hands on changing something nasty into a mirror see what you think when i post pics over the weekend
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby miss-enzo » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:20 pm

put up pics!!!!!!

dyin to see what it looks like!
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:51 pm

Will post pics once i figure out how to ha ha ha ha
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby CJ » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:19 pm

sparton wrote:Will post pics once i figure out how to ha ha ha ha


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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:05 pm

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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:06 pm

ha ha done it sort of...what you guys think i know its only the gs but its cool for me.. :D
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:09 pm

ialso sorry about so close and blurry but taken on phone.also sorted the the filter i was choosing from other post
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby TopCat » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:12 pm

My God I'd say that was painful work. Looks fantastic though. :ll
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:57 pm

Cheer mate still got blood blisters from last week
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby Muad_dib77 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:26 pm

jesus..that's some difference!! Massive job!
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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby colm_mcm » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:47 pm

can you run through what grit sandpaper you used and at what point you used the polish?

you reckon something like this would be any use?

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Re: What not to do when bored

Postby sparton » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:24 pm

Hopefully you got my msg i sent. But ref that sand paper tool .yeah save a lot of time and effort defo but i think you will have problems with the pipes in the middle . The outside ones will be cake
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