just finished dstocks A.I.M.

Post by **aza013** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:10 am

some pics for every one to have a look at

I still have to do another polish on it to get a little bit more of a shine to it.

and again I have lost my finger prints from all the sand papper

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:42 am

looks f&*ken awesome man

well done

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:44 am

HOTT, want to do mine too? ^^

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:47 am

Aza ... You are a God ... Love it ... I can imagine it is a lot of work, but really makes an engine bay stand out ... If only I had the patience to do mine ... lol ...

J · Post by J » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:00 pm

^^ ive been doing mine on and off again for about 5 weeks... Its starting to look sweet.... When u get past all the dirt and the intake looks more like machined metal it gets you all excited and you wont be impatient anymore.

Hey aza great work yet again. It actually looks better then your own, dare i say

how long did it take? And what did you use to cover up the leters for painting... Ill be up to painting mine in about a week or two

Post by **aza013** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:18 pm

thanks all

Jay I used tape covered it over and then cut around the letters and yes it did come out better than my one

but the more you do of then the better they get

eddiii I will br doing another one as soon as my fingers get back to normal

when its done I will post it up for grabs.

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:47 pm

could you post up a DIY?pleasee

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:53 pm

Lol aza ^^ dw...u can do mine when we actually meet lol so....when ar u free? ^^

Post by **aza013** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:04 pm

eddiii wrote:Lol aza ^^ dw...you can do mine when we actually meet lol so....when ar you free? ^^

its not a 5 min job to do it mate

more like 50 hours

AMACHA wrote:could you post up a DIY?pleasee

I would but I am no good with that stuff due to spelling

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:08 pm

wahahahah yeah i know..im just joking...but serious about the meet up one though, you might can mod some small stuff for my car ^^

Post by **aza013** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:14 pm

next sat should be good mini meetpup

J · Post by J » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:33 pm

LOL that reminds me! Hey aza i totally forgot to ask you if u could buff and sand my headlights at DIY day... It was the reason why i came, and helping charlie took most of my time

Iso when your free can ya do mine? A couple of beers should do the trick aye?

eddiii · Post by **eddiii** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:55 pm

sat morning? cause i have work at 4-12 in the city, and where? your house? mini meet up for aza to fix our stuff ^^ lol

Post by **dstocks** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:19 pm

Aza, That is a work of art mate. Im going to have to put a bit of elbow grease into polishing the airbox up for you now mate. Thats looks fantastic.

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:04 am

may i know Aza what did u use to polish and what grit sand paper did u use?

Post by **aza013** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:06 pm

PM sent dstocks

akumi wrote:may i know Aza what did you use to polish and what grit sand paper did you use?

I used 80 grit to 1500 wet and dry the polished with brite shine and autosol metal polish buffing pad and drill to work the polish right in to it, and then buff off with a wool cloth job done

I also have a sand blaster unit to help me along to get all the harder sh*t off but you still need to go from step one to ten

TopCat · Post by **TopCat** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:05 pm

Hi all. Was thinking of doing this myself when I get 50 hours free

, but just had a quick question. Once its done, will it corrode again, or do you need to do anything to keep it lookin that polished? Do you need to apply a laquar or something?

Post by **aza013** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:48 pm

TopCat wrote:Hi all. Was thinking of doing this myself when I get 50 hours free , but just had a quick question. Once its done, will it corrode again, or do you need to do anything to keep it lookin that polished? Do you need to apply a laquar or something?

all you need to do is maybe every 6 months give it a quick go over with polish nd thats it.
the way it looks when it comes out of the factory is due the the way its casted then over time all the sh*t gets into the divets and make it look like its being eaten away.