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Getting parts ready for "Project Powdercoat" which falls under my "Black Is The New Bling" philosophy.

 

I've slowley been istalling a catch can, (well, i'm actually waiting for that part to turn up) with -12 breathers. I picked up the cam covers from a local "old school" Engineering firm who had welded the -12 bungs on for me. I'll be making the pipes up tommorow at work :D

 

The parts involved in Project Powedercoat are

 

  • Cam Covers
  • Turbo Inlet Pipe
  • PAS tank (its a whifbitz one)
  • Rad Expansion Tank
  • Oil Catch Can (Again Whifbitz)
  • Inlet Manifold (Done Already)
  • Possibly Compressor housing on turbo

 

Majority of it is going to be started on friday :D

 

I've also re-wired the AEM water injection, as I moved the pump to the boot, rewired part of the dash as it looked like a rats nest and put in distrubution blocks for the accesories, covered the dash in the Carbon Fibre Look-a-like fabric (not to exeryones taste) and fitted a black TRD gear knob as I fancied a change. I may also be changing the dash lighting from blue to another colour or colours ;)

 

Amongst all this I have made 11 sets of rear Light PCB's which have gone to america and a couple of Dash conversions - If it wasnt for the pesky LED's Project Powdercoat would have been finished aaaaged ago!

 

Rock On!

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The compressor housing gets way to hot for powdercoat mate, but everything else should look awesome! I'm a big fan of powdercoating in black!

 

If you haven't already purchased the powder, i forgot the name but their is a black powder that has a textured appearance when its done. It looks awesome. A smooth black powder, to me, doesn't bring out the "awesomeness" of powdercoating. I'll see if i can't dig up some pictures for reference.

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The compressor housing gets way to hot for powdercoat mate, but everything else should look awesome! I'm a big fan of powdercoating in black!

 

If you haven't already purchased the powder, i forgot the name but their is a black powder that has a textured appearance when its done. It looks awesome. A smooth black powder, to me, doesn't bring out the "awesomeness" of powdercoating. I'll see if i can't dig up some pictures for reference.

 

ahha.. i wasnt too sure on the compressor housing, well, thats one thing less to coat!

 

I'm not doing it, I found a local company that will do it for me :D

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What about the powder? See if that place can do a texture black. My experience was superb when using it!

 

Here are the pictures, i dont have the original large image but you can maybe see or zoom in to see the rougher look i'm refering too

 

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Keep us posted with pictures mate, i love seeing powdercoated items!! Its like porn to me! :D

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right, just picked up the parts from the Powdercoater...

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/pas.jpg

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/rad.jpg

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/covers.jpg

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/idle.jpg

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/throttle.jpg

 

And... to be done when I have the wheels done...

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/random/pc/oil.jpg

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