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can i have piccys of peoples engine bays on there GTi's please! cheers

Mine, with engine cover removed, and BMC air filter plus custom air feed fitted:



Ignore the wee red arrow

Cheers

darn i was looking at getting one of them crazy red arrows

I would of though Tim would have got here first with his new stealth bay!

Here's my newly almost finished bay:


More pics here:
http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... &start=345

tim that is so nice mate

Tim_GTi wrote:Here's my newly almost finished bay:


More pics here:
http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... &start=345

That's some decent work on the colour coding done there Tim! Looks very, very nice indeed

(and now go get yourself a decent exhaust manifold! stock one's performance sucks )

Cheers.

Yeh I'll hopefully be looking at a raceland at some point this year!

How and what royou guys use to get your bays looking mint? Also my red rocker cover is looking dull and flakey. Any hints or tips would be wicked. Cheers guys

ben3486 wrote:How and what royou guys use to get your bays looking mint? Also my red rocker cover is looking dull and flakey. Any hints or tips would be wicked. Cheers guys

Yh tim wat stuff do you use cuz ur black piping seems to be extra shiney and clean!

For the rocker cover get some nitromos on it and scrub it clean of the old red. Then get some high temperature paint (halfords stock it) and apply a few coats. If your removing the cover to paint, you may want to look at replacing the gasket whilst your at it. If not, just be careful masking up.

In terms of engine bay cleaning I use Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner for general cleaning:
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/meguiars- ... 9b7ca7b329

Autoglym machine cleaner for extra greasy spots (after using this a few times, I'm sure there's better out there.)
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/autoglym- ... leaner.php

To dress the plastics I use Chemical Guys trim gel:
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/chemical- ... im-gel.php

And for the pipes and other rubber bits I use Autoglym vinyl and rubber care:
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/autoglym- ... 15-off.php

Amoungst this stuff I also use regular car shampoo for certain painted areas, and various microfibre cloths and brushes.

Tim_GTi wrote:Here's my newly almost finished bay:


More pics here:
http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... &start=345

That looks fantasic!
I'm half tempted to clean mine! haha

Gave it a wash, just need to get everything looking shiney!

Nice work

Next job is to copy your idea with the red bottle caps!

Do it