manifold painted (dial up warning

[VX2VESS]

Not edited photos, as off camera, so prob big.

Did this last week, not the colour i started out to do but came out ok

I'll have to dop the other plastic the same i guess now


http://www.haroc.1337thing.com/ls1/vt2vx/100_0428.JPG

http://www.haroc.1337thing.com/ls1/vt2vx/100_0429.JPG

[team illucid]

Looks pretty good .. how long did it take, and how many coats did you give it ....

[VX2VESS]

not too long

cleaned and put on plastic primer the friday night, painted saturday 3 coats of 2 pak some toyota colour, looked very reflective on the colour tag so used it. was a blueish silver but mixing came out with a lot more blue than the card, oh well it will do....

oh about an hour all up...

umm plus taking off and refitting another hour...

[Padina]

Looks preaty nice mate. I see you got one of those Whiteline strut braces too... good on ya :) , they great arent they. :D ;)

[jsttry]

Very nice. Does it need to be a special heat resistent paint? I assumed you had to smooth the surface a little first?

2pak, so can't just use a $7 spray can from bunnings? :(

[VX2VESS]

strut brace is good had that for years.

no surface smoothing done. guess you could use spray cans they may need surface prep.

2 pak comes up clean and shiny first up like this, no polishing or anything done. bit more durable than acrylic, not hot enough to burn it. easier to work with 2 pak

[Tonner]

Looks great ,but you defently are not a colour co-ordinator

[VX2VESS]

should be ok when i get around to the rest. thought to start on the hardest pce.

rest are as they came wehen fitted.

was going to do it white for less heat absorption.

can do all this stuff but don't have time or when i do have other stuff on. EG TB was an experiment from 3 years ago that went wrong, better fix that i guess

:lol:

open to suggestions ?

on the rest

TB was going to become red, same as the fuel pipes, maybe strut ends, rest of the plastic same as the manifiold, some billet caps and stuff

ps the mess around the catch can is a temporary fix i chucked together in 3mins after refitting the manifold, different to how it was setup before. that will change also

[Tonner]

I like the tb colour, but since You have yellow strutbrace ends it seems too much but if you were to use red on the pipes I recon it would be a lttle easier on the eye -----a defining area

[skully]

nice job, at half a glance it looks a bit like the old holden bunch of bannanas :D

[vh-holden]

is it toyota derwent blue? i managed to scab 2 litres of the stuff when i was working for the toyota dealership. don't know what i'll paint with it yet.

[LX346]

Is that the VX manifold?

How's the car go, any better or barely noticeable gain?

[vh-holden]

Is that the VX manifold?

How's the car go, any better or barely noticeable gain?

i think it is just painted. purely cosmetic.

[LX346]

i think it is just painted. purely cosmetic.
I sold Steve a VX (LS6 Style) manifold the other week. Thats why I ask if it goes better. He previously had the standard VT one on there.

[vh-holden]

I sold Steve a VX (LS6 Style) manifold the other week. Thats why I ask if it goes better. He previously had the standard VT one on there.

ahhhhh, they all look the same to me!!!!!

[VX2VESS]

not derwent blue something a little lighter.

manifold seems to be a little better. you know how some days it just feel a bit better well it like that all the time now. i'll find out some numbers later on, not worried about measuring, plenty have shown gains before.

i'll port the heads and do the lifters first then fit the bigger injectors and retune, after i get over the painting spree.

wet is a bugger take off as slow as possible without going backwards and still manage to get slip when really trying not too in some places

[VX2VESS]

done a bit more still a lot to do

http://www.haroc.1337thing.com/ls1/vt2vx/100_0432.JPG

[Tonner]

can you get onto any hp hoses in the same red?

[VX2VESS]

was going to look for some.
the red need more work that was a quick look see one coat no clear. TB has to come off yet too