Shiney bits going manky

[Guest MK1gaz]

Just fixed my car this weekend from the last time i used it on 1st dec 07 and was shocked when i opened the bonnet to see all my nice alloy rad and other bits are alll foooooked and corroded after being out in the rain once !!!!!!!!!! Now i wouldn't mind but foooook me i've only driven it 4 times and they now look shite !!!!!!!

[LEONMEX]

I parked the anglia up in the garage end of november as the engine expired went in a week later & it was soaking wet with condensation got it out wiped it down & soaked it in wd-40 & its been fine get busy with the autosol mate

[Guest MK1gaz]

I think i'll have to spray all the alloy bits silver instead because i can't be arsed taking it all to bits and polishing it all every month . What do other people with alloy bits do then ? Is they're some sort of laquer/clear coating i can get ?

[Mrs O/H/C]

we just use good old fashioned ELBOW GREASE !!

[w p e]

use damp start it gives everything a coat of clear protection

[60ftman]

Wax polish everything before you fit it.

Use a good quality solid furniture wax (liquid or aerosol waxes contain water!).

Wax seals the pores of the metal and stops moisture getting in.

If you then need to mirror-polish it (or whatever) it's not difficult to polish through the wax.

Works great on chrome as well as alloy.

[PIG]

paint um all satin black,bufty boy

[Guest MK1gaz]

use damp start it gives everything a coat of clear protection

Sounds easy so i like this one . What's it like though ? Dry or slimey ?

[tim]

bufty polisher gaz you should buy an avo wit all this talk of cleaning

[Guest MK1gaz]

That's the problem , i'm not a bufty and don't want to polish anything . That's why i want to find something i can spray on that doesn't corrode or require polishing everytime i drive it .

[BIG G]

Im pretty shore that you called me a bufty rs owner once.......

What a

[Guest MK1gaz]

You can come round once a month and polish mine then !!!!!!!!

[tim]

That's the problem , i'm not a bufty and don't want to polish anything . That's why i want to find something i can spray on that doesn't corrode or require polishing everytime i drive it .

 

its called paint

[Guest MK1gaz]

I need some see-through paint then

[Posse]

What ali bits have you got gaz?

[BIG G]

Gaz back in the day when i had a lovely chrome engine bay in my rs turdbo i would cover it in WD40 leaves a film that wipes clean easy

[Guest MK1gaz]

Under the bonnet i've now got a manky corroded alloy rad and matching throttle bodies

[Posse]

Under the bonnet i've now got a manky corroded alloy rad

 

 

Is'nt the rad less weight tho you should of stuck a nice black satin big header in there then you would'nt of had any probs you bufty

[Guest MK1gaz]

Gaz back in the day when i had a lovely chrome engine bay in my rs turdbo i would cover it in WD40 leaves a film that wipes clean easy

i could do that i suppose but doesn't all the dirt and shit stick to it then ?

[Guest MK1gaz]

Under the bonnet i've now got a manky corroded alloy rad

 

 

Is'nt the rad less weight tho you should of stuck a nice black satin big header in there then you would'nt of had any probs you bufty

I've got one of those but they rubbish compared to a pucker group 4 alloy one

[Posse]

There must be some sort of clear lacquer you can get to spray over your bling?

[BIG G]

Dont leave it drippin in the stuff just a film.

[LEONMEX]

dust will stick to wd-40 but does wipe off piss of piddle. On my old motorbike i used to spray it on the engine casing when i put in in the garage & wipe it off when we went for a blast i think its the only way you will get round the prob gaz or ill take the rad off your hands if its being to much hassle?

[Guest MK1gaz]

mmmmmmm very interesting . WD40 or damp start for the clear stuff or good old fashioned paint

[petrolhead]

don't go the laquer route now! moisture will eventually get underneath and it will look really bad then and difficult to change. Use Autoglym metal polish for stuff that has a good surface finish like your rad, you will be amazed at the difference after 2 applications. I guarantee it (and no I don't work for Autoglym!)

 

Autosol has a coarser grain for more corroded stuff. Then just use a silicon or Teflon type spray or wax as a barrier. It will still need buffing up every now and then though!