bungy 2 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Nice smoothness, awful colour. Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 That be marmite!Great work but ill have to hold fire on the colour judgement till I see it all together.. Something tells me it may work! Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 don't need to worry about the color, i've totally changed my mind again. spraying it nevada beige!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Call me cheap and tacky but I quite like it!! could i ask what paint you used to paint the engine? and did you shot blast it or just sand and reprime? I only ask becuase Im doing this whenever my garage thaws out! Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 well then alots happened since last time..... here we go: straight out copy n pasting went up bodyshop today and started the dreaded rub down of the orange!!!! i'm still in 2 minds as to what color to paint the engine bay.... half saying cream half saying match the shell....the reason i'm going for the same color as the shall and not cream is because, i have started to paint things already in the engine. and they look good and if i spray the engine bay cream... it wont match the color of the engine parts/gearbox etc.....so, i'm really thinking spray the bay the same color as the car.... and with the cream touches (like the gearbox and alternator etc etc) i reckon it will look really good under there..... OPINIONS ON THE ABOVE PLEASE?!?!?!?!PICS NE WAY:rubbed down and some filler added loland gearbox with 1st coat... Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 getting all the bits ready for paint tomorrow... FINALLY. Never doin this sh1teeeee again.polo stubby mirrors sorted:Vento bonnet with washer jets smoothed:wings sorted, welding up the indicater holes tomorrow:and got the bay all rubbed down.PS DECIDED TO GO FOR THE SAME COLOR AS THE HSELL TO PAINT THE BAY: Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Well i collected my custom PAS lines and also my custom Clutch line tonight.so, when the car's back i can start to get the lines all fitted up and back together :)so happy with the quality of these parts, They have used my OE PAS fittings to make life easier for me, The clutch line however is completly custom. No more rusty PAS pipes or corroded clutch line Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 well then guys, i have taken some pics today Fianlly setteled on a color for the engine bay......Also fitted my polo stubby mirrors.... not very well but a bit more "bodgin" and she'll be in there Pretty impressed with these, i love them...also whilst i was there couldn't help to "faff" around and had a play with my polo 6n2 delocked door handles.....And a shot with my stubby also fitted Wet flatting tomorrow.... joy Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 so, got cracking on painting and rebuild the engine today so i can finally drop it back in where it belongs and get a feel for the "overall" picture!so, firstly, this is what i done the other day, painted the master cylinder and fitted my copper brake pipes to my T pieces, these will be located behind my steering gaiter. Also fitted the custom braided clutch line and feed pipe.so during the build, i decided to paint the head black as well..... just think it will look 10x better rather than having black silver and cream. so here is its first coat along with the tensioner and rear engine mount bracket - note the clean bolts..... why build back an engine and use crappy rusty bolts....? unfortunalty i cant find any bolts small enough to fit the wheels on the water pump and pas pully to make clean.... any heads up?other randon shizzle being painted.... (gearbox bracket, bracket for the pas pump and alternator etc, oil housing)gearbox with a 3rd coat on.engine built up with all the "bolt ons" put back on lolgearbox built up, again using nice bolts Thats it so far.... up there again tomorrow..... hopefully get the box bolted to the block and get it in the car.... Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 got a bit more progress today....as said yesterday got the gearbox bolted onThen i set about fitting my top fill rad and slim line fan.... Wanted it something like thisso drilled 2 holes in the bottom of the plastic, for the locating lugs to go in and a cable tie and she's in there solid... not happyy about using the cable tie of a show car so will look into it further to correct it. But to fit the slim line fan.... a bit of cornish brutality i drilled 2 holes through the fins of the rad and bolted the fan to the actuall rad itself... fits beautifully.here it is all built uptidied up my PAS lines as well...Also painted the wishbones, PAS rack and passengers drive shaft. not done the drives one as i need a new one. At the same time my cable change was shafted, so had to replace that one, just happens that VW connections were breaking a mk3 golf outside - LLUURRRVVVEEERRRRLLYYYYYY MASSIVE THANKS TO THOSE CHAPS!! i got that fitted up today too...Then fitted my front cross member for putting the front engine mount on looks niceJust offered it up to see how it looked... happy to be honest so, everything is now on hold until my copper pipes and brake flaring kit turns up so i can start making fresh lines to the front brakes and rear brakes and then, i can finally drop the engine in Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Loving the stubbies.... Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Loving the stubbies....thanks buddygot a problem with them tho that needs addressing they let water in as they don't sit tight like the cabby ones!! complete nightmare need to look into them further to address the issue Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I have them on my mkiv but they are stubbies fitted onto the mkiv brackets. Might be worth looking at that. Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 can't really be assed...so rear brake lines with inline bias valves fitted.headlight loom sorted.thats it really... Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have them on my mkiv but they are stubbies fitted onto the mkiv brackets. Might be worth looking at that.is it hard to do / change? Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 so done some tidying tonight.Fuel lines, PAS pipes and also my headlight loom all sorted outcolor coded 6n2 rear door handle fittedrandom engine shot.... long way to go yet!!! Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 just incase someone might be interested:fitted tail gate struts and polished the wing boltsfitted washer bottle and plumbed up the pas steering pipesus spec rad cover fitted n inlet mani painted etc...wings grill etc all fitted...snorted Link to post Share on other sites
Caddyslammed 16 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Nice mate!! Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 cheers dude Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Looking good! Love the colour. Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 thanks buddy... looking to turbo it shortly Link to post Share on other sites
lumoxs 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 well got it all up and running the other day and ran into some petty problems....firstly pissing out PAS fluid -so ordered a few parts to get that sorted....rad is leaking bottom corner soi need a new one grrrrrrrrrrrbrake lines are stil leaking the gayersidling at 2.5/3kmissing - sounds like a lawn moweri have also by passed the aux water pump, ive done the remainder of the wiring. i need to re-wire my AFM/MAFF meter as i think thats why it'sidling at 2.5k need to get a set of leads and also get a new coil pack and then back up body shop to get the things i'm not happy with sorted! Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Good work pal, no conversions is without its problems but let me know how you get on with the maf wiring as mines started to idle around 2k and is as jerky as anything. I have noticed that one wire has started to melt off of the exhaust. Which could be my issue. Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Good work pal' date=' no conversions is without its problems but let me know how you get on with the maf wiring as mines started to idle around 2k and is as jerky as anything. I have noticed that one wire has started to melt off of the exhaust. Which could be my issue. [/quote']probably your lambda mate Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 thanks buddy... looking to turbo it shortly nice!.... liking the colourscheme too Link to post Share on other sites
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