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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:49 am |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2011 Posts: 248
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Leeds
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:54 am |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010 Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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wire brush and hot soapy water?
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:55 am |
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Joined: Jan 27, 2011 Posts: 1588
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Location: West Midlands
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Wow where you been driving through the sahara desert? ha
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:00 am |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2011 Posts: 248
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Leeds
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Antknee wrote: |
wire brush and hot soapy water? |
will give that a whirl, sounds like a cheap option too haha
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:01 am |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2011 Posts: 248
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Location: Leeds
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lukesaunders91 wrote: |
Wow where you been driving through the sahara desert? ha |
2 female previous owners, says it all really LOL
I think it's the first time the engine has seen a clean in its 8yr life 
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:05 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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I took mine off and painted it in satin black high temperature paint when I did my calipers.
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:09 am |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2011 Posts: 248
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Location: Leeds
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macca1411 wrote: |
I took mine off and painted it in satin black high temperature paint when I did my calipers. |
sounds tasty! easy job to remove & refit? got any pics laying around?
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:18 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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There's a photo in my garage but not too clear. Will try and dig another one out if you need one. I should have painted the manifold at the same time, would have been a nicer job
It was only 2 10mm bolts to remove it IIRC
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:42 am |
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Joined: Sep 13, 2011 Posts: 22
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Location: The South Coast
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Failing that AutoSol and a polishing cloth gets those up lovely, but requires quite a bit of patience and elbow grease.
You can get a really nice mirror effect on the heat shield again with that.
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