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Old 03 August 2011, 12:16 AM
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Sweet looking mate.

Hope it all goes well.
Old 03 August 2011, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by frayz
As of tonight. Waiting on turbo now guys.

Thinking of having teh cooler off and taking that to the powdercoaters too for a coat of satin black.

Oil cooler? But you can't see it you tart...if its for thermal efficiency Frosts sell a rad specific paint
Old 03 August 2011, 07:00 AM
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No no. T'intercooler. Just because it's been 3 years since a freshen up. And I'm about to bolt the bumper back on.
Old 03 August 2011, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by frayz
No no. T'intercooler. Just because it's been 3 years since a freshen up. And I'm about to bolt the bumper back on.
Sorry mate, you did mention that last time I was round

...here you go;
http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-pa...t-aerosol.html
Old 03 August 2011, 07:41 AM
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Ta. Probably get it coated satin black with only a very very light coat on the fin area.
Old 03 August 2011, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by frayz
Ta. Probably get it coated satin black with only a very very light coat on the fin area.
comes in a satin too...thats what I've done mine in, there are some pics of my rad and i/c core on my thread so you can see the finish
Old 04 August 2011, 09:27 AM
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Coolers off again lol. Last time… promise
Old 04 August 2011, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by frayz
Coolers off again lol. Last time… promise
lol
Old 04 August 2011, 09:58 AM
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Can't bring myself to bolt up the front bumper over a cooler that has Signs of corrosion on it.
Satin black this time I think.
Old 04 August 2011, 12:37 PM
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Got to be satin, cooler needs to look stealthy, not that it's easily missed lol
Old 04 August 2011, 02:27 PM
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looking good frayz! keep it up mines at enginetuner atm so far its made 590@1.8bar 599.8@1.9bar on v-power just waiting for 4bar map sens n were goin 2.3 bar
Old 04 August 2011, 06:46 PM
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Wow, going great guns Gus! Your spec is a bit more laity than mine with fully worked heads, cams and the larger turbo. So I'm not expecting anywhere near that. Sounds amazing though. Best of luck
Old 04 August 2011, 09:06 PM
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Whoops...

There was no way i could bring myself to bolt up the bumper with the intercoolers paint finish annoying me.

This was taken earlier when i started, it was dark by time id finished. The whole core is back to bare metal now. Hopefully if the weather holds, tomorrow i might get some etch primer on it.

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Old 04 August 2011, 10:25 PM
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Garden furniture rules for car work!
Old 04 August 2011, 10:38 PM
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good job thats a crummy old table. lol
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Frayz what colour was the cooler to begin with?
Old 05 August 2011, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by IainMilford
Frayz what colour was the cooler to begin with?
Came from APS in a silver powdercoat which I didn't like. So I dusted it in anthracite. Since she's sat for the last 3 years the paint had started to bubble. Nothing bad, just a little but it annoyed the hell out of me lol. So now I've stripped her back to bare ally.
I wet flatted it last night and left it to dry in the sun today. Later I'll hit it with some Upol acid etch primer. Then a very light dust of satin black. Trick is to paint the cooler but get as little paint as possible on the cooling fins.
Hopefully should look a bit better when I'm done.
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Originally Posted by frayz
Came from APS in a silver powdercoat which I didn't like. So I dusted it in anthracite. Since she's sat for the last 3 years the paint had started to bubble. Nothing bad, just a little but it annoyed the hell out of me lol. So now I've stripped her back to bare ally.
I wet flatted it last night and left it to dry in the sun today. Later I'll hit it with some Upol acid etch primer. Then a very light dust of satin black. Trick is to paint the cooler but get as little paint as possible on the cooling fins.
Hopefully should look a bit better when I'm done.

I've got a perrin intercooler in black that I'm touching up at the moment, got it off here but there were a few chips on the front and the paint was peeling a little in a few places, not enough for a full repaint so I've taken off the flaky paint and filled in/dabbed paint in, looks much better now and you wont notice it when it's behind some mesh.

Not long to go before you fire her up now mate
Old 05 August 2011, 08:30 PM
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Well,

After mucho prep, 2 coats of acid etch primer and 2 coats of satin black, here she is.

Quite pleased as it looks way better than before in my opinion

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Looks good, can't wait to see it all back together!!!
Old 05 August 2011, 09:16 PM
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getting there........
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Originally Posted by frayz
The football pitch could do with a "lick of paint" too
Old 05 August 2011, 10:26 PM
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It got a dusting of overspray
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Your garden is even longer than mine, must be a bitch to mow
Old 05 August 2011, 10:50 PM
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Luckily, i dont have that job
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Originally Posted by frayz
Well,

After mucho prep, 2 coats of acid etch primer and 2 coats of satin black, here she is.

Quite pleased as it looks way better than before in my opinion





Nice and stealth Frayz looking very good matey,like it alot.


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It definately looks much smarter Frayz, good work. I bet you will be glad when all four wheels are on the ground for good
Old 06 August 2011, 11:16 PM
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Funny you say that Si. The Bomber is back on its wheels as of the moment as i knicked the stands to work on the Clio lol.

Looks pretty cool on her wheels, id seriously forgotten what it looked like with all four wheels on the ground.

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Old 07 August 2011, 06:15 AM
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i wanna hear this beast......perfection as always frayz.....
Old 07 August 2011, 07:08 AM
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Cheers dude. Everyone I talk to seems to be getting more excited than me to heart running now it's so close lol.

Jobs left to do:
Refit turbo
Make boost pipe
Make/fit/coat/plumb oil separator.
Wire up Bosch pump (will be done the day of start up)
Get pressure fitting on boost pipe and complete vac system

I have some other odd jobs to do but that's pretty much more or less it to get her started.

By my timescales it should take about another 4 years


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