Mk1 16v Project

[Jarred]

I love those tail lights, I want some for my car badly, where did you get yours from and how much if you don't mind be asking?

[Preen59]

Ebay! I think they came from china.. they're not actually FK i don't think, but they're really good quality and they came with everything supplied, just unscrew the old ones, screw the new ones in and plug them in. I got them at the same time i got the front indicators.

The indicators were like $10 (How can they make them for that?!!)
The tails were $200 inc postage i think.

Just keep your eye out on ebay and don't buy the first set you see. They are on there fairly regularly so just have a look and bide your time before making a purchase.

I love those tail lights, I want some for my car badly, where did you get yours from and how much if you don't mind be asking?

[Preen59]

Wet blasted the cam cover last night. Came up like new, looks really good. I'm polishing the ribs and the raised collars around the plug holes and then i'm going to spray it wrinkle finish black, with the polished ribs. Should look very no BS like. I'm going for the professional unassuming look with the engine bay too. Hopefully it will come out well.

Here's the cam cover in the vice while i was polishing it this arvo.

[Preen59]

Finished polishing the cam cover last night. Had some spare time so i thought why not.

Here it is at work at 2 in the morning..


And here it is all finished at home this arvo


Next up is the paint. I was going to prime it today... But i went to bed a bit before 8 and woke up at 5! So that kinda buggered it. Tomorrow it is!

[Preen59]

Now THIS is a real 16v!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8i5G4l6Kkw

That's about as serious as it gets.

[Jarred]

what colour are you gonna paint it?

[Preen59]

what colour are you gonna paint it?

I assume you mean the cam cover? Black wrinkle finish.

[evorobin]

Now THIS is a real 16v!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8i5G4l6Kkw

That's about as serious as it gets.

And this is revving the back out of summat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv42vKGJl64&NR=1

[Preen59]

Primed the cam cover yesterday and painted it today.



Tomorrow i'm going to rub the ribs back and re polish them. I'l post pics when it's done. This wrinkle finish paint takes a while to set properly, the can says 5 days to fully harden! It had started to wrinkle a little when i left the workshop.