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  • fdfreakF Offline
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    yea, I might be painting instead of polishing. looking at cost and will be much cheaper. Id rather not buy i guess one is limited to what he has in his wallet. Do they make a polished alluminum color paint?

    Gary, what kind of paint do you suggest? never painted car parts before.

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      I wouldnt do it myself, pm z31, he will give you a price just figure out what colors you want. You ever see pics of zacs motor? It wasnt very hard to do and man did that turn out nice

      2006 Trailblazer SS- my DD
      2002 Camaro- built N/A LS3, Flt level 5 trans, 8.8 rear

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        fdfreak;246472 wrote:
        Gary, what kind of paint do you suggest? never painted car parts before.

        On my stuff every thing has a PPG sealer applied first....

        the irons have a PPG single stage black....

        and the red is the same paint on the car..... PPG base/clear

        you would not believe how tuff all that stuff is...... even right at the exhaust ports after a bunch of antilag the red was like new

        BTW the stuff that looks like bumps or whatever on the back rotor housing is just casting flaws, not paint flaws

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          that thing looks sick! i need to get my motor painted when i pull it for a build.

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          • fdfreakF Offline
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            DAMN! that does look nice

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              just got my solid corner seals in, now just waiting on my HD water seals from pineapple racing.

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                got done painting the engine. turned out better than I thought it would. Its not perfect but the block will be burried anyway. I think i am going to thow a few more coats of clear down.

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                  looks good to me

                  95 Honda Accord- Summer car now
                  05 Toyota Corolla- Wifys car
                  95 Dodge Neon(pimp)- my winter beater

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                    spray paint wasnt what i had in mind when i said paint, but i guess it looks good enough

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                      cant wait to paint it!!

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                      2000 civic SiR - jdm sickness
                      1988 chevy s10 blazer - lowrider
                      1979 lifted fullsize chevy - mud truck

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                        Grr;247687 wrote:
                        spray paint wasnt what i had in mind when i said paint, but i guess it looks good enough

                        i know it wasnt what you had in mind, but I i was pinched for time. so I threw 3 coats of primer down, 4 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear. next week I will be up at NDSU putting the engine back together.

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                          :icon_cheers:> zbrown;246493 wrote:

                          On my stuff every thing has a PPG sealer applied first....

                          the irons have a PPG single stage black....

                          and the red is the same paint on the car..... PPG base/clear

                          you would not believe how tuff all that stuff is...... even right at the exhaust ports after a bunch of antilag the red was like new

                          BTW the stuff that looks like bumps or whatever on the back rotor housing is just casting flaws, not paint flaws

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                          :icon_salut:YES this is now my screensaver...!!

                          Best P/W ratio...my h22a1 powered 2012 Harbor Freigh engine stand!:icon_thumleft:

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                            ^^^ really? ...cool...

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                              It is mine too.

                              FASTER THAN DUBBSY

                              > thrash;315544 wrote:
                              > I noticed that the new 5.0 valve covers say "Ford Motorsport" or something on them. Instead, the valvecovers should be a big bald eagle, holding a rifle in one talon, an american flag in the other, eating apple pie, and shitting on the outline of europe.
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                              > Ford is back :)

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                                    here are some updates on the project. The engine is 90% completed . I just have to wait until tintmasters is done polishing my IC pipes and my turbo compressor housing. This saturday I spent all morning cleaning and tearing the engine bay. Aj and eric came over about 1:30, we masked everything off and aj went to it. it turned out great. the color is better than I imagined. Cant wait until the whole car is painted.

                                    This weekend will be spent putting the engine back in and hopefully firing the car back up.

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                                      Looks good!!!! Painting your engine bay right takes lots and lots of time but when its done, it looks amazing! I am glad we spent the hours upon hours we took to strip, clean, prep and paint my engine bay!

                                      What color is it?

                                      Should have taken the rest of the stuff out tho 😉

                                      PM me for:
                                      Sandblasting(I use glass beads)
                                      Diesel repairs or performance products.

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                                        ^I know. but i was afraid that if I took it out I wasnt going to be able to remember how to put it back. we masked 90% of everything. it looks good enough for me.

                                        the color is Daytona blue. I think its a 350z color. I originally wanted Bayside Blue (R34 color) But you cant buy that here in the states. So Aj found a color as close to that as he could. It looks freakin sweet!

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                                          I knew that color looked familiar.

                                          PM me for:
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                                          Diesel repairs or performance products.

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