MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Bernhard30 on August 16, 2012, 06:11:38 pm

Title: Modding the engine cover
Post by: Bernhard30 on August 16, 2012, 06:11:38 pm

Just after some words of wisdom from you chaps who have cut up and modded their engine covers to fit around intakes etc.

Bought a spare cover to fit around my Dbilas intake, but I now wonder if you actually need to use specific high temp paints/glues to make this all fit together or will just normal products do just fine.

Any info much appreciated.

Mark

Title: Re: Modding the engine cover
Post by: Banham on August 16, 2012, 07:05:55 pm

I had to modify mine to fit around my twintake. I just used all purpose plastic glue from homebase to glue abit of my engine cover back on. I just sprayed mine with normal spray paint i got from halfords (reflex silver) but the blue was high temp as it is the same colour as my brake calipers  :happy2:

The heat hasnt effected the paint in any way, heres a pic of mine:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fbanaham49%2FGolf_GTI%2FIMG_0632.jpg&hash=ad54e4868c106a9893bf9a00e95701809eaa9e9c)

Title: Re: Modding the engine cover
Post by: pitsirikas on August 16, 2012, 08:11:06 pm

^^
Awesome.......!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Modding the engine cover
Post by: NeilM on August 16, 2012, 08:55:57 pm

Try something a bit different, water transferable printing (WTP).   :happy2:

http://www.pitstopdesigns.co.uk/


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fneilmelvin%2FBuild%2F5-5.jpg&hash=aff02102596cb30d62af4baca218e40dd38c0da7)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fneilmelvin%2FBuild%2F6-5.jpg&hash=9b904560aad2794107e53a9a7fc6b52743bd2c90)