Out with new, In with old!

[edgeydt50]

I bought a pipercross induction kit for my 172. After everyone saying that it would loose power i wasnt really that fussed as im not racing around, i just wanted a little bit of induction noise. well...travelling on the motorway was a pain in the arse so its gone. But i bought it for £35 and sold it for £35 quid. and while it was out i thought i would give the engine bay a little TLC as it wasnt looking all that happy!

This is what i was working with!

I set up a little spray area in the nice warm shed,

The cover was wet and dried, then had a couple of coats of primer and then many coats of paint and clear coat.

(sanded)

The 'RenaultSport' was also polished up to give it some sort of presence.

The cover was then refitted and now im just waiting for my stickers. I didnt want anything in your face, just to know that it was looking clean and half respectable. Pretty happy as it was the first time with anything like this.

Also does anybody have any good technices for cleaning the real stubborn dirt and grime of the engine, like black spots. I have used motorcycle cleaner which is good for general cleaning but even autosol wont get rid of it.
Cheers
chris

 

[gtruk]

tried TAR REMOVER from autoglym?

 

[bmh.01]

What problem did you find with the pipercross on the motorway? Just being a nosey b*****d.

 

[edgeydt50]

No i havnt tried tar temover, i have tar and bug remover so ill give that a try, thanks

and yes..just gives you a headache. Im running a K-tec stealth (cat back) but still it was to much noise when generally driving without really having a good enough induction sound to justify keeping it.
Chris

 

[john.med]

Nice tidying up, much better than colour-coding and the like imo.

 

[edgeydt50]

Hmm...i had a try with the tar remover but no luck. Maybe ill just need to get some heavier duty metal polish.
Chris

 

[Simon_172]

what version k-tec stealth you running?

 

[cat171]

Looks nice, i'd polish up the rest of it aswell (the bit under the renault sport lettering & the bits on show coming out of the cover.

 

[edgeydt50]

I have the ph2 k-tec. Now i have the standard filter back on it sounds much better.

Also 'cat172' do you have any recommendations of how to polish ip the metal without taking it all off and getting it professionally done.
Cheers
chris

 

[cat171]

^
Close with the username No idea about the polishing, a few on here have done it though. One place offers polished up items in exchange for your non polished ones (they of course charge for it)

 

[edgeydt50]

ha sorry about that...its getting late! ill see what i can do,
cheers
chris