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Dec 24th, 2011, 17:19 | #11 | |
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Don't both polishing the cover. I bought one and the castings poor. Once you get rid of the paint you are left with a load of inclusions that look rubbish and too deep to remove. Ended up repainting mine after spending an age polishing it. I repainted it black but thinking of going a crinkle finish if I can find a high temp crinkle paint in black. The top of the fins have been left bare ally HTH Russ Quote:
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Jan 5th, 2013, 11:40 | #12 |
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i wonder if there is any updates on this so bumping thread back into action
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Jan 5th, 2013, 12:15 | #13 |
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About Ellemann-jakobsen? Last I spoke to her she was still going but that is a while ago.
I ended up just painting and baking my valve cover and then I nickel plated the cap if that is what you are asking about? |
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Jan 5th, 2013, 12:28 | #14 |
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i was wondering if they have started to redo / re produce the new style rocker covers
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Jan 5th, 2013, 12:29 | #15 |
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I had a go over the Xmas break painting the rocker cover with crinkle finish. It involved stripping the existing finsh which was a pain (all the gaps between the lettering. Then waiting for the missus went out and put it through the dishwasher! I then had a go using he crinkle paint available on ebay. I used one tin and loads left Came out surprisingly well Russ http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...er_media_share |
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and yippee when all done , then later praying and hoping mrs dont see any evidence you have had car parts in the dishwasher lol and laterz at end of day a good sye of relief you got away with it
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Jan 5th, 2013, 12:38 | #17 | |
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Robert, last I was told was that they might do them for people who buy one of their engines. Do you fancy e-mailing her to see if they are just selling the valve covers as they do look great? |
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Jan 5th, 2013, 12:43 | #18 |
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i will contact her and ask but im not going to by a engine just to get a repro rocker cover if i had a template i could get these made i have a nordic rocker cover but thats in getting dipped and recoated so a dare not use that now i was going to get a IPD cover and use that as a base template to have them custom made to suit
one i have seen recently surprised me never seen another one a car tony barret looks after a real nice dark blue 123gt and it has a rather nice 123GT alloy rocker cover
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Jan 5th, 2013, 13:55 | #19 |
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The problem with using wrinkle paint under the bonnet is is dirt and oil. It's difficult to keep a nice black finish as it gets ingrained in the wrinkles. Doesn't take much. Many (many) years ago I did the top tank of the rad on my first Amazon with it. Great for a while, but after a few wipe downs it soon looked very scruffy. If you are a very keen detailer you may get away with it for a time but...........
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Jan 31st, 2013, 01:54 | #20 |
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Up for sale in another Ellemann-Jakobsen valve cover. It is already expensive, but it is still fun to watch: http://www.tradera.com/ellemann-jako...2212_174089740
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