well as most of you know Mario's car is getting a Barbz engine so to finish it off we did it a new rocker/coil cover in anodized red with polished lettering ,



what do you think ?

Oh that looks lovely. I should really get my rocker cover refurbished.

Very nice!!

i still remember the day when Mario said he was never going to mod his coupe and it was going to stay a Standard lovely looking LE...

OH how thats changed

next up will be your brembo's red anodized Marco so you can see how they will look

Wow, really nice, job very well done

Ive just done the exact same to mine in azzuro portofino, only I've polished my coil pack cover. What a transformation it makes to the aesthetics of the engine bay.

Looks very nice

I very much like that! Has it been anodised or is it paint? Looks really good.

Looks great, is the coil cover the same colour or polished?

Looks very good mate!

It looks 'teh sex'!

Very nice Nismo, but I'd like to seee a photo of F1ANGs done in portofino!

I've been toying with the idea of getting mine done like that but not sure what colour to go for, red? or yellow?.
I've not seen one done in yellow so don't know how it would look, but that red looks awesome, especially with the polished lettering.

It's 99% finished, just need to finish the coil pack cover off, I'll have a pic for you tomorrow mate

Angelo

This is the only pic I have,taken after It was baked it in the oven for an hour, before polishing the lettering and around the oil cap, please excuse the poor lighting. Ill have a much better one tomorrow.

Do you polish these before anodising? I assume it gives a bright finish if it is?

that red one looks ace!

I did, I polished mine to 2500 grit all over as I was going to have that as a permanent finish, but it's to high maintenance to keep on top of all the time, it took me around 20 hours to fully polish it. But then went over it (painfully) with scotch brite to give the etch primer a good key, I dont think polishing is essential, as the primer does most of the work, but for a flawless finish I would recommend it at least to around 400 grit.

Also just to add mine isn't anodised, just etch primerd, 2k painted and VHT laquered.

It looks good enough for me, but if I could get anodised in Porto I deffonatley would, as Mario's looks amazing and I dare say it will be alot more durable.

Same colour as the one I removed from my car.
The powder coat colour is called candy apple red.

Mine was closer to wine red.

About time you anodised those stupid yellow calipers.

Very Nice indeed Nismo, Fancy doing mine

How long 'til you anodise a whole coupe Iain? You know you want to

yes you have to polish the rocker and coil cover then mask up the lettering and spray it with a red lacquer then peel off the masking tape so the letters stay polished , here's a photo of mine done in blue anodized .

or

Mario won't let me do them as his are staying yellow but Marco's are going anodized red .

takes way to much time for me to polish a rocker cover and the last one i did i sold for £200 .

I'm interested in some anodised calipers,mine are black now.

one day when it needs a respray

let me get Marco's one's done so you can see how they turn out and we'll go from there Johnny .

Nice job Angelo , just mask up around the lettering before you sand them back just incase you slip and catch the paint as i have done afew times .

That looks ace, think a polisher might be on the list of things to buy now

Very tasty!



I may have to consider this for mine, but I've too much else to do beforehand. Ace presentations, though.

you can get a alloy polishing kit from halfords for around £15 that fits in a drill that works very well .