Engine colour recommendations

[RUSSELLM]

Hi ya folks, I've got my various engine covers rolling around in the back of the car and the time has come to get them powder coated. They're nice & clean, apparently they've had an acid bath of some description.

Car's Blue, Silver wheels.

I'm thinking either Blue, Silver or Black ?

Has anyone else done theirs ? If so, have you any pics please ?

[_Neal_]

Purple? Best choice as a classic TVR under-bonnet colour IMO.

[RUSSELLM]

ooooo Purple. I've got to consider that the fibreglass panels are still Blue though. I reckon that might look a bit mad.

I believe the Viper's are always Red

I wonder if any one's chromed them ?

I could always nip down the jewellery quarter & get them plated in something, I suppose

[_Neal_]

I think if you go for a nice dark "purple pipes" purple, it'll look sweet as a nut

Chromed will look a bit OTT and be annoying to keep clean, IMO.

Edited by _Neal_ on Tuesday 25th March 17:47

[kirk2118]

Before
After
Sorry about img quality

[SimonKD]

Hi Russ

Which other covers do you refer to besides the 2 rocker covers.

Regards
Simon

[The AJP Griff]

RUSSELLM said:

I wonder if any one's chromed them ?

I could always nip down the jewellery quarter & get them plated in something, I suppose

I've not had mine chromed,but they were stripped and polished and look great imho.

[RUSSELLM]

My dad has mentioned getting them polished first, and seeing what I think of them.

That Red one above looks great. From the image on my phone it looks like the fuel rail & oil cap have been painted Aswell.

Hi Simon, they've dropped me five items off, please forgive my vast technical knowledge if I name them wrong ..... 2x rocker cover, 2x air intakes, the bit that the plastic attaches to, and 1x crank case front cover with TVR logo on it.

I'll post the pictures tomorrow, and do a " before & after" once I've done them.

[RUSSELLM]

[TT Tim]

Russell,

Do you mind if I 'steal' those images to put in my gallery?

Tim

[RUSSELLM]

Help yourself Tim. Let me know if you need them emailing, or you want any other angles taking....plus, some of them have what looks like a manufacturers name & TVR part number on them

Russ

[TT Tim]

The more images the better, great for reference whilst the bits are off the car.

Email them direct to be if you like & thanks.

tim @ tvrcerbera.co.uk <-- take the spaces out

Tim

[M3John]

Russ, if it were me i'd have these in the colour of the car...





And these highly polished (just remember to freshen up the air boxes which these bolt onto)...









Be sure to post up some pictures matey as that'll look really nice under the bonnet !

J.

[SimonKD]

Hi Russ

If it were me I'd have them done standard black or the colour of the car. Trouble is you'll probably struggle to get a colour match in powder coat and 2 different blues may look odd. Also all the parts are cast aluminium so you'll also struggle to get a highly polished finish on these.

Decisions, decisions........................... Black.

Regards
Simon

[volospian]

Black wrinkle finish.

[M3John]

And don't forget to leave the TVR badge on the casing polished !