#16: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:29 pm ----
Ellis1612 wrote:
looks great man, love your vent idea sweet
How did you manage to paint your PS pipe in your engine bay?? Really good effect
Keep the pictures and Mods coming
Hammerite with a cheap 10-for-a-pound paint brush lol.
Tinted rear Ph2 lights should be arriving soon too
Mods coming soon (hopefully)
- tinted lights as said
- few more red hammerite parts in engine bay
- polish exhaust heat shield, engine mount and ECU cover properl
- Gloss black rocker cover
- Re-sprayed wheels
thats about all i can afford at the moment
Thanks for all the comments, i'll try to put a little update up tonight about the fog light project
#17: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: anthonyc313, Location: North EastPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:06 pm ---- looking very nice im loving the 'Pepper pot' wheels thats what ive got but nice gloss black and silver lip
#18: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:24 am ---- cheers, i love them. mine are in a right state at the moment
little update:
despite having the fog in boiling water for half an hour to try and help with the super glue, the lens didn't make it off in one peice
Not the end of the world as i might not use it at all. Another problem arose though, the LED cluster is slightly too big so will have to cut 2 channels down the top and bottom then slide it in. Then i'm thinking fill it with epoxy putty or resin then build it up at the front into the origional fog shape but with all the LED's sunk back
like this:
and thourght i'd post this up from the day before yesterday lol
Thanks for looking!
#19: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: DERV_POWER, Location: UKPosted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:47 am ---- some good work there mate nice one
#20: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:16 pm ---- Playing around in the engine bay yesterday and started a bit of rust removal.
This is the bit i have started
Its the metal bar that goes over the engine mount.
To start with
How it is now
I've re-fitted it while driving but is it actually important?
Think i'll be polishing up parts of the engine rather than dunking them in hammerite
Thanks for looking
#21: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:26 pm ---- another update:
Fitted black tinted phase 2 lights I got from Ad_182_uk
before:
After:
Thanks for looking
#22: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Jonno, Location: Boston/Spalding LincsPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:27 pm ---- looks good,
could possibly do with laquer on the rear lights? or are they dirty? look a bit...dull in the first couple of pics
#23: Re: Nimminz' 1.4 8v Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:33 pm ---- they are matte / satin finish but was contemplating lacquering them, just wanted them fitted to show off tomorrow lol
Not dirty as i gave the back end a quick clean after fitting them, frost on last pic though.
Cheers
#24: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: RicH, Location: South East UKPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:37 am ---- Hi really like the car what spray paint do you use for for plastics interior etc any special one?
#25: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:13 pm ---- Interior plastics were done in the following:
Black - Plasticote satin black (wouldn't use again as its never as good as other paint and all the other laquers apart from the plasticote one reacted with it )
Red - Hycote Fiat swift red - got it from 'boyes' store in Whitby before they stopped selling it
Grey - Hycote Peugeot Graphite grey - as above
Lacquer - Hycote clear lacquer and plasticote lacquer
The wheels were done in Peugeot Cossak grey with no lacquer, wish i had now. This paint was got from halfords.
The halfords stuff is quite good for most things, Its what I'll be using in the future.
Brakes done in Hammerite Red Smooth - For its High temperature resistance
Hope that helps cheers for the comments.
UPDATE:
Got the rear mudflaps on today, will see what the photos I took look like and see if they are worth uploading, It was pitch black by the time I finished. Had to take archliners out as i Couldn't be bothered removing the wheels to fit the screwdriver in, Gave them a good clean and a clean behind them.
Going on a little photoshoot tomorrow so should get some better photos then.
Thanks for looking!
#26: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: Quarmbo, Location: Bristol & LeicesterPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:07 am ---- Looking good
#27: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: bigdave237, Location: cannockPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:19 am ---- where did you get that induction kit from i want one lol cars looking good so far mate
#28: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:58 pm ---- cheers. I got the K&N off a mate, just the cone part. Then i bought the chrome tubes and silicone connectors from a site on the net but can't remember what it was
If i remember I'll post it up.
Update:
Just Lacquered the lights, House stinks of the stuff now
Started polishing the metal bits again, they'd gone mucky already, need to lacquer them once they're done.
Brakes are really doing my head in, squeaking whenever i brake and vibrating badly, quite sure its a warped disk so will be replacing both the disks and pads and respraying the wheels
Thanks for looking
#29: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:43 pm ---- Pics with rear mud flaps and tinted lights here:
#30: Re: NIMMINZ' 1.4 8v PROJECT Author: Nimminz, Location: Durham, NE England, UKPosted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:25 pm ---- Update time...
Got a tinted fog from ad_182_uk, so got that fitted:
Sprayed my exhaust manifold black
before:
During
After
Started refurbishing the wheels:
before
sanding
sanded
primered
painted
Thats how far I am now, one wheel, just needs the rim polishing and the whole thing lacquering. 3 to go...
Doing them Peugeot Cossack grey like before but this time will lacquer them to bring out the metallicness. and they have been sanded smooth this time, think the lad i got them off cut corners when he sprayed them leaving the rim bare metal but polishing it up, then lacquering it.
Next week should be getting a new air filter as mine has a hole in it, will be making a box round it and cold air feed to prevent heat soak from the engine bay.
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sweet 
im loving the 'Pepper pot' wheels 
thats what ive got but nice gloss black and silver lip
leaving the rim bare metal but polishing it up, then lacquering it.
