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Re: Polished rocker cover
[Re: jame5]
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31/03/2010 14:28
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 15:07
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read the how 2 that zonta has put up as it has more info than i can give you james5 .
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 19:23
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 20:26
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coupedummy
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Supply and fit for £95 nigel or polish mine? Very nice!
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 20:50
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Going to go the elbow grease root, hard work but more satisfying i hope. Quite far down the ever expanding list of jobs though. Need more time and money, should get t-shirts printed with that on for all coupe owners!
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 22:58
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they do look amazing polished
He must either polish yours up or give you a polished one and take yours in exchange surely for that price.
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 23:06
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I used emery and autosol and it came up ok.....just elbow grease and hard work. I think they may sell elbow grease on ebay. Paul
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 23:23
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looking good spit....if you saw my engine bay you'd cry...in fact you will at AutoItalia, but be nice, I'm not going have time to do anything other than give it a clean
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 23:29
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It takes literally a few hours to get it like that 1...get new gasket and gasket sealer 2...take off cover , clean and de grease... 3...Just use some halfords spray (hammerite etc.) and give it one or 2 coats.It does not have to be high temp. stuff. 4...while the main cover is drying,rub up the plug cover and just use elbow grease and finish off with autosol.You can use wet and dry but I just used fine emery. 5....re assemble with new gasket and seal
Honest.....would take no longer than 4 hours to do it. That's all I did...not perfect but it looks ok.
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 23:52
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use lacquer on plug cover,will keep its shine longer
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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31/03/2010 23:57
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I prefer not to use it and just shine it up with brasso or autosol from time to time......do the same with the fuel cap too but everyone is different I suppose It is going to look when I get the red hoses fitted from the GB......I know that much lol
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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01/04/2010 00:06
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iam sure it will,i hope you went for red
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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01/04/2010 00:07
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I did mate.....I did
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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01/04/2010 00:18
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I printed off the rocker cover removal how to, so I could give it a go.
I noticed that Patch did his without removing the rocker cover......might give that a try as a temporary tart up....although Patches looks amazing
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Re: Polished rocker cover
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01/04/2010 00:24
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There is nothing stopping you removing the plug cover and doing that first......that's what I did. Your car will run fine without it it while you are cleaning it up. That will make a big difference too.
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Re: Polished rocker cover
[Re: MarioCirillo]
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10/04/2010 23:13
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Those look very nice. I was hoping to get something like this: Is there anyone who does this, on an exchange basis or otherwise?
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Re: Polished rocker cover
[Re: enfant_teribl]
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11/04/2010 00:33
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I used to do them for Barbz, a local lad polishes & then chrome plates the plug cover. I tried plating the rocker, but it doesn't come up too well, due to the sharp edges, the nickel comes through, so you get the yellow tinge. I ended up poweder coating, like the pic you show
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