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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:56 pm
by Lawso
mr-charisma wrote:lawsochap wrote:1. buy 2 cans of degreaser
2. dual wield
3. go ape s**t
4. high pressure hose
5. cheap engine bay shine
A few things;
Shouldn't use the aerosol degreasers you can get @ supercheap for $2 .. theres a reason it's so cheap
Shouldn't use high pressure hoses in the engine bay, especially after spraying the cheap degreaser .. the degreasers can wear away the protective sealant in the electrical plugs & then the high pressure water gets all up in there & starts making funny stuff happen
Dual wielding is aweasome.
1.) Get some liquid degreaser, the kind that is like a detergent - truckies use this stuff to clean their rigs.. it's less harmful to the electrical sealants etc..
2.) Get a heap of rags soaked in degreaser & dual wield
3.) Go ape S**t
4.) Wipe off degreaser with clean, damp rags, or if you have to , use a normal garden hose .. cover the air filter etc with plastic bags first though & tape it up.. if you don't have it boxed..
5.) A bit more hard work, & elbow grease .. but good result..
don't worry mr charisma, its only a ford focus i did it on
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 11:59 pm
by mr-charisma
lawsochap wrote:mr-charisma wrote:lawsochap wrote:1. buy 2 cans of degreaser
2. dual wield
3. go ape s**t
4. high pressure hose
5. cheap engine bay shine
A few things;
Shouldn't use the aerosol degreasers you can get @ supercheap for $2 .. theres a reason it's so cheap
Shouldn't use high pressure hoses in the engine bay, especially after spraying the cheap degreaser .. the degreasers can wear away the protective sealant in the electrical plugs & then the high pressure water gets all up in there & starts making funny stuff happen
Dual wielding is aweasome.
1.) Get some liquid degreaser, the kind that is like a detergent - truckies use this stuff to clean their rigs.. it's less harmful to the electrical sealants etc..
2.) Get a heap of rags soaked in degreaser & dual wield
3.) Go ape S**t
4.) Wipe off degreaser with clean, damp rags, or if you have to , use a normal garden hose .. cover the air filter etc with plastic bags first though & tape it up.. if you don't have it boxed..
5.) A bit more hard work, & elbow grease .. but good result..
don't worry mr charisma, its only a ford focus i did it on
yeah, it might be good enough for a ford focus, but I wouldn't be telling anyone to do it on an FTO ..
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:11 pm
by mr-charisma
ENGINE BAY OVERHAUL - PHASE I
Been feeling like I need to make my mark on this car .. still feels like it's "Jeff's".. so I've taken my first steps to making it feel like "my own" ..
Ignore how dirty the engine bay is right now .. give me a couple of weeks & it shall have "the stink of cleannn"
Polished Intake manifold / TB & Painted Bolts in Anodized Metallic Red .. (The bolts for obvious reasons, need a bit of a touch up after being fitted
)
Started work on Polishing the Turbo housing as well..
and.. my babies parked undercover together
DIY Guide for Polishing Intake Manifold / other parts to follow ..
This one took me the best part of a week to do, including non stop hard yakka during every waking hour of the last long weekend.. & it could be a lot better .. (will have to re-do it next time I take the manifold off..)
PHASE II - Coming soon...
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:50 pm
by Tippin
looks sweet man, good job
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 1:06 am
by maxleng
nice pics
red fto's have grown on me heaps
sweet engine bay too
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:18 am
by tintin
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:08 pm
by J
^^^ NICE!!!
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:37 am
by FTEvolution
J wrote:^^^ NICE!!!
Yeah, I have to agree. That looks mint mate. Awesome conversion yeah?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:43 pm
by Eltnot
tintin wrote:
Each time I look at this pic, I expect to see a "My Pink Pony" or something hidden in the picture.
It's not my taste, but I respect the effort. Otherwise I love it. Would love to see it in action.
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:40 pm
by J
hey tintin is your mivec cover real carbon fibre? it looks real in pic1 but then looks matt black in the second pic
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:12 pm
by manofwood
Yeah, move to Blacktown, leave your bonnet open, and someone might key the engine bay for you.
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:51 am
by tintin
J wrote:hey tintin is your mivec cover real carbon fibre? it looks real in pic1 but then looks matt black in the second pic
yes its real carbon
the sencond pic is and older pic the 1st one was taken on the weekend when i was at a show
it pulls the crowds at shows
and it is fun to drive i got a 14.66 at my last 1/4 mile ( getting closer to that 13
)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:13 pm
by koolio1234
nice looking engine bay tintin... looks tops
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:38 pm
by tintin
koolio1234 wrote:nice looking engine bay tintin... looks tops
cheers
theres a few more things i need to get powderd coated that ive ran out of things to paint in the engine bay
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:30 pm
by dstocks
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:33 pm
by zuihoujueding
Im speechless......
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:51 pm
by aza013
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm god that looks hot
even the blue is almost a perfect match to the rest of the bay.
I have to say after seeing that I now have to get some more work done on my bay and get some more manafolds done for other members
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:01 pm
by tintin
that look nice
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:16 pm
by Bennoz
Tidiest engine bay evAr!
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:38 pm
by Tippin
that looks brilliant!
