Crackle Black cam covers?
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^^^^ Always fancied an HS Chevette or Lotus Sunbeam and that picture isn't helping!! Anyhoo, the plan has evolved by leaving the current paint job alone as it's in decent nick after a clean-up and the added bling has arrived courtesy of these from Tim at ACT.....
Currently on stands as the wheels are being done so I'm getting underneath and giving everywhere a bloomin' good clean with Bilt Hamber surfex hd and then I shall get them fitted.
I'd still like to go down the crackle route at some point in the future though.
Sticky.
Currently on stands as the wheels are being done so I'm getting underneath and giving everywhere a bloomin' good clean with Bilt Hamber surfex hd and then I shall get them fitted.I'd still like to go down the crackle route at some point in the future though.
Sticky.
Sticky,
It’s a chevette HSR, I wanted one since I was 17 and could first drive, but couldn’t afford on at the time... ended up buying it off eBay drunk one night, wife didn’t speak to me for a few weeks!!!! Intend doing a full restoration on it when I get my head from under the Cerb!!!!
I have the ACT air boxes and trumpets on my Cerb, quality piece of kit, defo brighten up the engine bay and are a lot lighter then the original fibreglass items.
J
It’s a chevette HSR, I wanted one since I was 17 and could first drive, but couldn’t afford on at the time... ended up buying it off eBay drunk one night, wife didn’t speak to me for a few weeks!!!! Intend doing a full restoration on it when I get my head from under the Cerb!!!!
I have the ACT air boxes and trumpets on my Cerb, quality piece of kit, defo brighten up the engine bay and are a lot lighter then the original fibreglass items.
J
stickylabels said:
The airbag brackets have come up quite nicely with Autosol and wire wool but I might go down the gloss black look with them too.
Sticky.
The polishing wheels you get from Frost and other sources do a great job on the Aircon pump, water rails, oil filler cap. £50 for a huge kit, works much better and last longer than AutosolSticky.
Yours have come up a lot Byker. I'm currently suffering from the 'I'll just do a bit of a clean there, and ooh, look I can clean that and what's under here etc. So much so, that although the tubes under the F1 panel were really nice, there were a couple of places where the coat was chipped or rubbed away. I bought some Bilt Hamber white epoxy and started touching them in and washed the washer bottle in the sink. It has come up like new and you can't even see it!
I ended up just gloss blacking the airbox brackets but might take look at those polishing kits you mention. Wheels have come back from the powder coater (plain silver) and not bad for £200 quid inc balance etc.
Sticky
I ended up just gloss blacking the airbox brackets but might take look at those polishing kits you mention. Wheels have come back from the powder coater (plain silver) and not bad for £200 quid inc balance etc.
Sticky
Finally got around to fitting the ACT airboxes, crikey are they a tight fit! the brackets which I had painted got a bit of a pasting so will need re-doing but everything else is looking like I have at least cleaned or lightly buffed up. Purchased some new stainless jubilees for the intake pipes from the air filter box as the originals were looking very dull I gave the throttle links, balljoints, bonnet hinges a light sprinkling of Bilt Hamber Ferrosol as it is supposed to be very good at removing any moisture and has a little bit of lube effect too so we'll see how that goes.
It only started on the second attempt as some muppet forgot to re-attatch the throttle cable.......
Pics a bit dark but you get the idea.
Sticky.
It only started on the second attempt as some muppet forgot to re-attatch the throttle cable.......
Pics a bit dark but you get the idea.Sticky.
Cheers Twincam, to be honest the piccy has made it look a bit shinier than it really is but it did come up quicker than I thought with some steel wool and autosol. How long it'll remain like that is to be seen! Forgot to add, about 20 mins or so.
PMessling, I was very nearly getting in touch with you about your brackets just last week instead of phaffing about with the originals. Any chance you can pm me
details, costs etc please?
Cheers
Sticky.
PMessling, I was very nearly getting in touch with you about your brackets just last week instead of phaffing about with the originals. Any chance you can pm me
details, costs etc please?
Cheers
Sticky.
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