Making Pintos Look Bling

[Beakster]

Two questions about making Pintos look pretty:):

 

1) I've just cleaned up an inlet manifold so its nice and shiny. How do I keep it that way? Just keep cleaning it? Laquer it? Or do I have to Paint it?

 

2) I've painted the engine block, and will be painting the spark plug hole bits in the head. But what about the machined surfaces? Can I paint them too? If so do I need to apply the paint after the bits are on it, e.g. water pump, inlet/exhaust manifolds? Or should I just leave it bare? Or laquer it?

 

Cheers

-Chris

[escort21]

Don't paint machined faces it e a bodge and looks shit, could laquer the inlet but have to do it properly as if water gets underneath it'll look shit

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bling bling.... did somebody call me ?

[tom28]

i wanna make mine look like that!! thats wkd mate!

[hotrodholty]

any excuse ay tony

im just waiting till you put it in, lets see how shiny it stay's then. or did you really just build it to show pics of it to people

what did you do with your inlet manifold mate, iv polished mine but it dulls after a day or two, as to be expected. laquer?

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

mines all mucky and dull and basically just looks like a used engine now

[Guest chriscapriman]

mines all mucky and dull and basically just looks like a used engine now

 

same here, gave up tryin to keep it look proper clean a long time ago, after an oil leak does look bling tho red block, black head, chrome rocker cover what i always wanted just need to sort the fanimold with some paint and wrap

 

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[countrybumpkin]

heres mine not great but i like it

 

 

[caprinerd]

how mine use to look

 

and how it looks at the moment

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any excuse ay tony

im just waiting till you put it in, lets see how shiny it stay's then. or did you really just build it to show pics of it to people

what did you do with your inlet manifold mate, iv polished mine but it dulls after a day or two, as to be expected. laquer?

 

it; only get done once mate, but i couldnt bare to fit it looking like it did when i got it.

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[Beakster]

Don't paint machined faces it e a bodge and looks shit, could laquer the inlet but have to do it properly as if water gets underneath it'll look shit

 

Thats what I thought, but all these guys above seem to have painted their machined faces. Although I'm not keen on the look, it looks better than it would if you don't paint it and it goes all rusty.

 

Does the paint affect the seal on the inlet/exhaust manifolds and waterpump?

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no .

[jayson2.3pinto]

heres mine

[Supercharged Nat]

Beakster i painted my head with some proper brush on VHT black paint. i just used the maifolds as something to paint around. that way the bits that shouldnt be painted dont get painted!

 

the block was done using smooth hammerite but that will burn off in seconds on the head. the VHT stuff i used, me old man brought some home from work, they paint their exhausts in it. I doubt its an expensive product because i know they dont like spending money!

 

its does smoke like hell for a few mins on the first start up though

[caprinerd]

i can vouch for that

just start it up and walk away as the fumes gave me head ache

[twincarb]

Wish i had a (shiny ) engine ....

Wish i had a engine at all... Sob.....