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Jamie84
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Powdercoating engine cover top cover

Post by Jamie84 » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:20 pm

This guy has powdercoated his engine covers , I quite fancy doing mines orange . Whats your views on this , should it be okay with the heat from engine etc.?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/337514.htm

Ps , great buy
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jj
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Post by jj » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:24 pm

They are painted - if you powdercoat plastic it wont go very well, they heat it up to 200deg :D

there is a how to on exiges.com - I never bothered doing mine as its fiddly and not going to make it any faster :D
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Post by jj » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:30 pm

had a look here is the thread http://www.exiges.com/ubbthreads/showfl ... art=1&vc=1
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Post by tut » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:43 pm

"This car is cherished beyond belief - garaged all the time under a soft cover, polished and protected"
........and occasionally driven

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