dr_broon Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 well, all of the talk of tidy engine bays spurred me on to try out my dremmel type rotary tool with grinding and polishing bits, and cleaned up a few bits.. exhaust manifold brackets and one of the pipes (second from left), and also had a bit of a go at my rocker cover coz it needed freshening up a bit.. mainly did the Honda H that I couldn't really get to with autosol and a cloth when I first did it. can also see the recently painted strut brace but looking at the pic there was a few bits that stood out as looking shabby... first was vtec solenoid.... before: after: 100 times better... could do with a bit finishing when you look up close, but when you're stood up it looks fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 sweeeeet!! if you got a v-tec soliniod cover it would have been easyer...................... just saying blue silicone hoses ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 sweeeeet!! if you got a v-tec soliniod cover it would have been easyer...................... just saying blue silicone hoses ftwaye, was looking at them last night tbh, but where's the fun in that? what can I say... i like to polish. plus it gets me out the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson30 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 simon really like the look of your deck mate mean and moody looking keep up the hard work 1"£££$££"! 1"£££$££"! 1"£££$££"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 A few touch-up's can do wonders to the engine bay, looking good! I feel like i'm neglecting my own car, the last time the engine bay had some cleaning up was 2 years ago when the drivebelt was changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 why have i never looked at this project????really nice car mate. with some nice touches it seems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 Got sick of looking at the horrible scratch on my bonnet off a clod of mud that suspiciously found it's way there over night a while back, and left horrible scratches as it slid off when I washed it looked like this: So I broke out the clay bar (I've got a new favourite smell ) and then the colour magic, and finally some lovely wax. you can still faintly see the scratches (there's some wispy clouds overhead showing in the reflection in the pics that get in the way of where the scratches are) but it's a massive improvement. and ohhh... the feel of the freshly clayed paintwork... mmmmmmmm And general shiny bonnet pics: It was way too hot to be doing it to be honest - the polish was steaming off as soon as I put it on the bonnet and hazing up straight away.. which meant it took twice as long (at least)| to polish it off.. must get round to doing the rest of the car now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 so I'm trying to catch up on all the little bits and bobs I've done over the years that I haven't really shown. this is the holder for my phone: i did this for my old nokia n96, but luckily my n900 fits a treat. i started by taking the clock out (used to just irritate me anyway... always used the clock on my headunit, but the dash clock would always end up reading a different time on it ) I got one of those phone holders with a bendy arm and a suction cup and removed the bendy arm and suction cup (it's actually a hybrid between a one from halfrauds with a spring release mechanism and an ebay one which had a ball joint type movable head... the discarded parts joined forces and went on ebay) I glued it into position with epoxy, and used some modelling plastic sheet to blank off the rest of the hole. then covered that with adhesive black vinyl. I use it with my nokia car kit which has a charger as part of it, so i left a hole for that and fed it through, so there isn't wires hanging all over the place. because i use it for streaming music to the headunit, it makes day to day life so much easier.. and is one of the favourite things I've done to the car. also useful for using the phone as a sat nav. 1"£££$££"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEMB2 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 nice simon looks clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj46 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Supurb looking deck mate, looks awsome, really nice pictures as well like it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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