ceebmoj
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 12:48 PM |
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RV8 Painting
hi all,
does any one have any pictures of there nice clean RV8s painted, what colours did you use
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Irony
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 02:28 PM |
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mine looks okay in Gloss black. I can't put up a pic because for some reason I can't upload images. U2U me a email address and
I'll send you some.
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deltron63
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| posted on 3/8/10 at 05:46 PM |
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i was just thinking about the colour i should do my mg v8 engine 
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 4/8/10 at 08:10 AM |
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hi,
I was under the impression it was better to paint the engine a colour other than black so that you can see oil leaks?
also have you painted the whole lot black or just the block?
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scudderfish
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| posted on 4/8/10 at 08:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ceebmoj
hi,
I was under the impression it was better to paint the engine a colour other than black so that you can see oil leaks?
also have you painted the whole lot black or just the block?
A RV8 is going to leak, might as well cover it up 
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Simon
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| posted on 4/8/10 at 11:41 PM |
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Spent hours cleaning then painting my first R V8, then found out it was duff. Since then just a decent degrease
ATB
Simon
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 5/8/10 at 08:46 AM |
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as the engine is coming out of the Marcos as i'm taking the body of I know its ok just want every thing to look a bit better once its back
together.
what did you use to degrees the engine?
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Simon
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| posted on 6/8/10 at 03:57 PM |
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Just a proprietry engine degreaser and wire brush (including drill mounted)
Then a good hose down
ATB
Simon
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Irony
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| posted on 8/8/10 at 09:48 PM |
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I have painted the whole lot. The block, the sump, the timing cover and the heads.
Yes I know the folly of painting a enigne gloss black as it makes it more difficult to see oil leaks. But my car is red and black. I just
didn't want a red engine.
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robinj66
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| posted on 9/8/10 at 09:55 AM |
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I painted my block and heads in VHT silver and the rockers are black.
On my RHood I painted the heads a sort of gunmetal grey with blue rocker covers.
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