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Hadnt any plans for Saturday so i thought id have a go at cleaning up the engine bay of the 6n. I liked the idea of the polished Rocker Cover and thought id give it a go. I forgot to take a before picture but here was the result of a few hours work. And from what it was at the beginning im well chuffed with the result. Let me know what yous think!




Also any tips on getting the plastic covers of the airbox etc back to a nice clean black colour? Not too fussed on respraying.

Sorry about the pics. They wont upload any bigger than that no matter how big i resize them to.

There you go mate, and it looks really smart!

Cheers Mate! I know i wasnt expecting even close to this result!

What sort of things did you use for cleaning it up?

Started off with about 400 Wet and Dry then just worked away making sure that i went in the same direction. Then worked my way to 700 then 1000 then 1500. Then used Metal polish to buff it up at the end. Just repeated this process for a few hours. To be honest i just used what i had in the garage. Didnt really follow any guidelines. It was sort of trial and error and it turned out great. I went to see if i could get pads for my drill to get a better finish but couldnt get them so it was just all manual work. Its a really easy DIY thing. It just takes having the patience and time to just put the effort in. But trust me when you see what it was before then realise how good it can come up then its definately worth it!

Good effort mate!

Great. Might give it ago as i mine is a bit of a state now. Did you take off the rocket cover or leave it on to clean it?

Cheers Tim!

No i left it on mate. Im planning in the long run to get it off and do it right with the polisher and some AutoSol, Ive been told by a few people its good stuff for this kinda thing!

Good stuff. Well i think it looks really smart. Cheers.

Looks good, alot of effort well payed off. Planning on polishing anything else like the manifold cover/hot feed?

Yea just planning on tidying up the whole engine bay over time. Will polish anything i can lol. But thought the rocker cover was a good place to start!

Sounds good, gonna go polish crazy then

Looks Schweet !! Might have a go at mine aswel Id like one of them engine covers with the VW badge and 1.4 on myself