Quote: Originally Posted by AVG45 [View Post] Yeah I'm just gonna go harlequin on the rocket cover timming cover brake boster and fan shroud.. rocket cover will look sik bruz \m/ make sure you do da foose box lid az well...

Quote: Originally Posted by RB-GEM [View Post] Tapping the lip up on the firewall will leave a bump . I ground mine off with a belt sander . . It doesnt leave a bump, you tap it up, weld it, grind it, bog it! job done. I do them almost every day and thats how we always do it..

Here are a few snaps of mine, I didn't go as detailed as some of you guys mainly I had the towers smoothed and a few holes covers on the fire wall , you can save yourself a bit of money if you don't focus on the areas you don't see but I guess it depends on how over the top you want to go. One tip I have for anyone that's going to have there bays smoothed is use as little bog as possible and when it is used make sure it's a very thin coat, I've seen heaps of paint jobs ruined by cracking and lifting because people have gone nuts with the crap.... There's no point in having a killer engine setup with everything polished if the paint in the engine bay lets it down so do it once and do it properly! Also mock everything up like all your accessories ,wiring looms , nitrous , brake lines , brackets , p-clamps anything that may require holes to be drilled or nut-serts to be used . Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by DeVL [View Post] . What Paint did you use on the gate? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by DeVL [View Post] Here are a few snaps of mine, I didn't go as detailed as some of you guys mainly I had the towers smoothed and a few holes covers on the fire wall , you can save yourself a bit of money if you don't focus on the areas you don't see but I guess it depends on how over the top you want to go. One tip I have for anyone that's going to have there bays smoothed is use as little bog as possible and when it is used make sure it's a very thin coat, I've seen heaps of paint jobs ruined by cracking and lifting because people have gone nuts with the crap.... There's no point in having a killer engine setup with everything polished if the paint in the engine bay lets it down so do it once and do it properly! Also mock everything up like all your accessories ,wiring looms , nitrous , brake lines , brackets , p-clamps anything that may require holes to be drilled or nut-serts to be used . That looks killer love it

Quote: Originally Posted by calais25t [View Post] What Paint did you use on the gate? High temp paint lol I've got to pull it apart again to have it powder coated gloss yellow.

Get it polished you girls dress

Get a car that runs you filthy gestating vaginal growth

powder coat melts at like 250deg? that gate will get well over that?

Ceramic coat sorry... As it is the paint has held up quite nicely the top of the wastegate doesn't really get that hot the chrome ceramic coating and the gap between the body and the diaphragm part of the wastegate really keeps the heat down. Couple more photos...... Sorry the bays filthy Hope this helps Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Very nice bay devl

Thanks bud

god i need to clean my engine bay up again, i thought going matt black was a great idea (no oil marks :P ) i'll have to paint it either pink or grey (two tone colour) and then have a go again! need to clean up my wiring way more also

So when you guys have been welding your bays did you remove your fuel tank ??? Or empty it and fill with water ???

I just took mine out

when people seam weld cars ive never heard of them taking out the tanks, is it a real problem?

Lol!

I only took mine out to stop any contaminents getting into it ie' water bog dust and paint.

A panel shop I use to work they use 2 weld around gas tanks lol!

**** that sounds real dodgy I've drained my tank and my fuel lines are flared for a fitting which goes to braided line so I've just blanked the feed and return off would that be safe ??