drifty325i 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 (edited) Hey Guys/Girls, Planning on doing a bit of detailing on the engine, Now since this photo Ive tidied up the wiring alot and things are looking alot better now but im also wanting to powder coat the intake manifold,intake pipe, airbox, Valve covers etc. Added an example of a 1uz painted with Ferrari red crinkle and silver intake manifold Now I'm thinking i want the air-box, intake pipe, intake manifold all silver so it looks nice and clean The Valve covers in crinkle Ferrari red to give it a slight race look but not look tacky. Or all Crinkle Silver Thoughts? suggestions? Cheers Edited May 13, 2008 by Riley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 Hey Guys/Girls, Planning on doing a bit of detailing on the engine, Now since this photo Ive tidied up the wiring alot and things are looking alot better now but im also wanting to powder coat the intake manifold,intake pipe, airbox, Valve covers etc. Now I'm thinking i want the air-box, intake pipe, intake manifold all silver so it looks nice and clean The Valve covers in crinkle Ferrari red to give it a slight race look but not look tacky. Or all Crinkle Silver Thoughts? suggestions? Cheers Get all the brackets and bolts re-anodised. Silver for the brackets, gold for the bolts & nuts. Rocker covers and manifold in Mercedes Grey. Done it before & looks nice. BTW. Glad the tacho's up & working Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted May 13, 2008 Go the red Riley - looks better than I expected Red must be the new black that white's the new new black now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 Get all the brackets and bolts re-anodised. Silver for the brackets, gold for the bolts & nuts. Rocker covers and manifold in Mercedes Grey. Done it before & looks nice. BTW. Glad the tacho's up & working Any idea on the expense for re-anodising Glen? sounds like a great idea Yes I'm kind of swaying towards the gray now to looks soooo clean and factory. Cheers again Glen, so much better with the tach working Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 like Glenn said re-anodising the brackets and bolts makes a huge difference, I really like the look of gold/bronze nuts & fasteners. although its a toyota engine i think you should try to keep it bmw themed therefore i would paint the rocker covers in crinkle black with the ribs polished aluminium. Paint the intake manifold silver (aluminium) and all the other covers and the fuel rails in the mercedes grey. or gloss black for the fuel rails See how good the gold & silver anodised brackets and nuts look on this S14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 electroplating all bolts / nuts etc and crinkle finishing the rocker cover in matt crinkle red or black. make sure its heat proof and make sure the cover is stripped with 0 contaminants, else youll be doing it again in 6 months. Problem with red matt is it only takes one spec of oil to screw the finish (I know I had this on my old toyota) Black hides and accidental oil splats it may get. other way is HPC coatings ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 this is a demo of stripped electroplated bolts and power coated finish Hi-tek had done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr E34 11 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 I went for classic black crinkle finish, all raised lettering/ribs natural Aluminum (filed off black), all cam cover bolts etc left chrome/silver as stock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 i like the black and silver look , my self Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 dark purple crinkle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 i like the black and silver look , my self You'll have a lot more black in there soon Brent, if you dont change that oil filler cap Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 keeping in mind fellas its a lexus v8 not a bmw inline.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2008 Right heres what im going for thanks to your guys help, electroplating all bolts / nuts etc crinkle finishing the rocker cover in matt crinkle red. gold & silver anodised brackets Intake/air box/manifold in Mercedes Grey Sounds good to me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savvi 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2008 Right heres what im going for thanks to your guys help, electroplating all bolts / nuts etc crinkle finishing the rocker cover in matt crinkle red. gold & silver anodised brackets Intake/air box/manifold in Mercedes Grey Sounds good to me hey riley sounds as thou that would look sweet , my opinion is keep the intake tube an cai box polished itll give a we bit more bling factor and look good with the electroplating, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tune 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2008 f**k that thing must haul ass quick chop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2008 f**k that thing must haul ass quick chop Hey ive been trying to figure out how to photo chop colours onto the pic of my engine, do you think you could have a quick go? or anyone else that would be awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcbaurpower 5 Report post Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Right heres what im going for thanks to your guys help, electroplating all bolts / nuts etc crinkle finishing the rocker cover in matt crinkle red. gold & silver anodised brackets Intake/air box/manifold in Mercedes Grey Sounds good to me Hello, that will look really good. I have photo shop so will give it a go this weekend. I am doing this as well. I have the engine stripped back and are just finishing the cleaning down process ready for painting. This is what i am doing, - Gloss black block - Silver manifold to match air in take which has been cleaned and still looks great so no need to paint. - rocker cover to colour match the new paint job. - gloss black brakets around block, silver around head. - and some brand new parts too. I was just going to buy new bolts and nuts so how much is it to get them electroplated? Where would you get this and anodise done in Christchurch? I might look into it. What is crinkle finish by the way? Cheers. Edited May 15, 2008 by tcbaurpower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
