What's the best way to make this look better? Many thanks
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Degrease it then clean with wire wool. If it still looks rough, degrease it again and spray it the colour of your choice.
Mike
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Take it off, degrease it, rub it down and paint it.
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Thank you
You could have it bead blasted and then either clear lacquered or colour painted. You can use either Matt, silk/satin or gloss finish.
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Just a thought - Oil is essentially a chemical concoction nowadays. Would you have to choose the paint type carefully so it doesn't get attacked if oil gets on it?
I have, honestly no idea about that Ian, but I've not seen any paint issues on cars where oil and paint come together.
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Replace it through @spurs fan in a coupe if he has a nice one. Wouldn't cost much.
If your going to take it off, you could polish it to a chrome finish, then lacuer it. It would look awesome.
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Nothing wrong with that site, they are all useful but I know nothing, as I am a nob end.
The other finish you might apply would be crinkle black paint and polish the raised ribs.
Mike
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And you have got to get that all... cleaned by the spring
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I do indeed have a spare one of these, maybe a good trial run for treating or painting?
As for 'wouldn't cost much' I doubt it!
ummm i dont want to state the obvious but surely the best option here is to remove it and replace the whole engine with an inline 6. there problem solved.
on a more serious note, what ever you do DO NOT remove it and sand blast it, this might sound obvious but i have seen people do this. i think the funniest was a chap brought around a bike frame he had blasted to a place i once worked to have it powder coated, this said frame came from a bike that used part of its frame as the sump, the result - you can imagine.
on a more serious note, what ever you do DO NOT remove it and sand blast it, this might sound obvious but i have seen people do this. i think the funniest was a chap brought around a bike frame he had blasted to a place i once worked to have it powder coated, this said frame came from a bike that used part of its frame as the sump, the result - you can imagine.