another up date on my car

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:43 am

induction pipe and new battery box/battery now in/on

and a nother cover to add to the others

i no its not as good as some ive seen but fits in with the engine bay

from this as all you no what the standerd cover looks like

through the stages

and lacquered

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:45 am

and i got this through the other day as well.

new headers/flexi for lancer convertion pipe and ht leads

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:09 am

i like it man, looks awesome.

I am concerned with one thing though.

you seem to have only used plastikote...

correct me if I'm wrong, but is that not going to heat up then peel like a mutha???

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:12 pm

MAD-FTO wrote:i like it man, looks awesome.

I am concerned with one thing though.

you seem to have only used plastikote...

correct me if I'm wrong, but is that not going to heat up then peel like a mutha???

i did look in to this befor buying the paint

the flat black paint =heat resistant to- 120 c
red metallic = heat resistant to- 120 c
blue matallic = heat resistant to- 230 c
satin clear acryllic = heat resistant to-150 c

i doult my engine will get to 120 c ? but if it dose peel ill let you no and ill try some thing elce

i just done what this topic said apart from i didnt youse tetresol lacqure

http://www.ftooc.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=20100

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:45 pm

ohhhhh.

you know what, in the short time i've owned the car, i've never touched the cover, and assumed like all my other cars (the fto being the newest one) that it was a metal cover, and i know you need heat resistant like brake caliper paint for that, as it will flake up soon as you leave the engine for 5 mins.

fair enough, looks the good man, might try the vr4 arrangement with a silver cover and red, black lettering one day.

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:49 pm

MAD-FTO wrote:ohhhhh.

you know what, in the short time i've owned the car, i've never touched the cover, and assumed like all my other cars (the fto being the newest one) that it was a metal cover, and i know you need heat resistant like brake caliper paint for that, as it will flake up soon as you leave the engine for 5 mins.

fair enough, looks the good man, might try the vr4 arrangement with a silver cover and red, black lettering one day.

these are the 1s i saved from this site and the ftooc
take a look

http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k47/v6colt/covers/

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:05 pm

Hmm .. Well it is different ...

If it were mine, I would of just done the Letters in "MIVEC V6 etc." in the red .. And the Mitsubishi letters, and lines in blue ... Maybe even the logo in the blue too ... Or the logo in Red ...

But each to his own I guess...

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:39 pm

what ^^^^^^^^^ he said

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:35 pm

i was going to just do the mitsy letters and logo but the masking was such a pain

i stoped doing it and went for as it is now

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:31 am

so far so good no flaking