Engine Cover

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:15 am

Hi. Boredom on sunday lead me to modify and colour code my engine cover. What do you guys think, im not too sure about it yet, It may grow on me, plus I might colour code more bits, ie the HT Lead holder bit

Got to stick the 1.6 16V back on.

side note: I'm selling my K&N panel filter if anyones intrested, see the for sale section.

theclient · Post by **theclient** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:49 am

i think it would look better if you colour coded more stuff, it looks abit out of place at the mo, top job tho!

i think its a grower

Sleety · Post by **Sleety** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:02 pm

looks good cant beleve that was a DIY job very imprest

sleety

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:04 pm

Yeh, It doesnt match the red, I wonder if its possible to polish the rocker cover.

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:45 pm

i think it looks really smart

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:52 pm

I like it!!

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:02 pm

It looks better than the cover on mine which is sort of sitting on top of the bmc!

but then I can return mine to standard.

Although I think you should take out the standard air intake pipe, its got a very tiny opening inside the wheel arch!

I used 60mm dia tubing to draw air from the wheel arch, works a treat.

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:40 pm

Did you chop your cover so that your BMC would fit or is that a different one?

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:47 pm

Yup I chopped the back bit of the engine cover off. im planning on getting rid of that intake pipe, going to look into getting abit of Stainless steel tubing made up, then get it to go into the arch.

Thanks for the comments glad people like it.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:00 pm

Will look even better once the 1.6 16v is on there mate, good to see people doing something different.

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:31 pm

I've just started respraying my 1.4 8v cover, got two layers of heat resistant paint on there with sanding done.. now i need to get a colour match to make it look right

top job on your respray btw, i had some practiceo on scrap plastic before i did mine

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:14 am

umm mine doesnt have any heat resistant stuff, I best check up on it lol.

I think its easier than people think to paint things you just have to take your time. I've had practace on my door handles and my front splitter. Its not going too look 100% pro, but I enjoy doing things myself, I think you get get more satisfaction doing it yourself than handing over money for someone else to do it.

Im getting POLO and GTI badges instead of the normal 1.6 16v to go onto the engine cover, so that'll be abit differnt.

ohhh and 2days till coilovers now

HK 6N2 · Post by **HK 6N2** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:35 pm

Just live it???
Will the oil gas make the engine room so dirty??

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:23 am

It has a filter on there now : )

jon_poloV · Post by **jon_poloV** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:39 pm

I think that is wicked, good to see something different!
Jon