Cleaning Inlet Plenum

[Si]

Any tips or products that are good? I don't want to paint it really, would just like to clean it up. no matter what i do it always seems to look s**t!

 

[Nick_P]

Theres not much you can do to make it look not s**t, If you got it sandblasted it would look good again!

Or just give it a coat of silver vht, looks standard enough

 

[Austin-182]

Theres not much you can do to make it look not s**t, If you got it sandblasted it would look good again!

Or just give it a coat of silver vht, looks standard enough

Whats vht and were would you get it? I fancy doin mine so it looks fresh again.would you have to take it off to paint?

 

[Nick_P]

very high temp, halfords or any motor parts shop.

You can just mask it all up, but i took mine off to spray it

 

[Austin-182]

very high temp, halfords or any motor parts shop.

You can just mask it all up, but i took mine off to spray it

Cheers mate, dus it take long to dry?

 

[pritchard182]

hous hold vinigar is amazing at cleaning grime of metal

 

[sideways danny]

strong wheel cleaner/acid, a stiff brush, and a jet wash, then a dusting of mercedes brilliant silver from halfrauds

 

[davo172]

Get it polished !!! Was gonna do mine myself started to do it but got someone else to do it in the end YOU WILL get PI**ED off trying to do it yourself !!

 

[DannoTheGreat]

^^^ Looks wicked! im in the middle of doin mine

 

[Daniel]

Polished??

Pah, thats not polished.... THIS is polished!

 

[Luke.]

how much does that cost mate??? out of interest? and where did you get it done??

 

[Daniel]

Was like it when I bought it dude. Guy did it himself!!

Never again. Spen more time keeping the engine clean than I did driving it!! A complete b**ch to look after it.

 

[Rob]

I need that in my life Daniel!!!

 

[Luke.]

i think i may just paint mine then does look amazing though!

 

[Rob]

Gonna paint mine silver this weekend to go with my new engine cover, and get the Renault sport writing polished by a friend.

 

[Daniel]

I need that in my life Daniel!!!

I think me and you have other priorities at this precise moment in time! lol.

 

[Rob]

So true, but I love this car so much I just want to make it pwetty!!!

 

[James.f]

Or paint it yellow?

 

[Rob]

That was actually my initial plan, but won't be going ahead for a while, so silver to tidy it up to start with.

Yellow and silver theme is for winners.

 

[Luke.]

Or paint it yellow?

Is this thing going yet??

 

[James.f]

^ Ovcourse it is luke, first week of it properly running, no faults yet except a small vibration on decreasing acceleration

 

[Luke.]

thanks god for that got there in the end!

 

[mattjk]

best thing is a brass or a "soft" steel wire wheel. comes up like new.

 

[Rob]

Wire wheel?? As in an attachment for a drill?

Or did you mean wire wool?

 

[James.f]

Just use a wire brush fella, does the same job

 

[Rob]

Don't wanna scratch it to crap though!

 

[James.f]

You going to paint it in another colour ? if so then wire brush will be fine, thats what i used on mine and the yellow went on perfectly afterward

 

[Rob]

Ok cheers mate

 

[AlexG]

Does everyone use high temperature paint or is any paint good?

 

[Keith185]

Brass wire brushes work well with cast aluminium to clean up the oxidisation.

 

[Rob]

With how hot it gets I'm guessing high temp paint is a must!