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[Xr2i-baz]

Hi all,
I'm looking to paint the rst motor I'm going to be dropping into my xr2i. I'd like to do it all black, or possibly silver with a black rocker cover. What sort of paint should I use to achieve a nice finish with good durability etc? Are there any Do's and Don'ts when it comes to painting my motor?
Cheers in advance Harry

[- Danny Boy -]

Make sure you clean it good and proper first, as for the paint, hammerite should be fine for it! Used it on all sorts and never gone wrong yet

[dangerousdave]

needs to be heat resistant, i used the halfords brush on stuff but it was crap compared to there sprayon range but i did buy the laqure then to and it was mint!!

[- Danny Boy -]

needs to be heat resistant, i used the halfords brush on stuff but it was crap compared to there sprayon range but i did buy the laqure then to and it was mint!!

Hammerite is heat resistant Plus its cheap too!

[dangerousdave]

needs to be heat resistant, i used the halfords brush on stuff but it was crap compared to there sprayon range but i did buy the laqure then to and it was mint!!

Hammerite is heat resistant Plus its cheap too!

if your on about the tinned one its s**t compared to the spray stuff i got last time i wouldnt use any brush on one again....ever

[- Danny Boy -]

needs to be heat resistant, i used the halfords brush on stuff but it was crap compared to there sprayon range but i did buy the laqure then to and it was mint!!

Hammerite is heat resistant Plus its cheap too!

if your on about the tinned one its s**t compared to the spray stuff i got last time i wouldnt use any brush on one again....ever

How strange lol, because ive used both, and never had any problems with either! Spray looks better as its more even and you dont get brush marks.. but like i said, ive never had any problems.. must just be you

[scotty0146]

just wondering,what paint do you think is best for doing the bottom end in blue the sump an black an the gear box in silver?
do you use spray for that?or do you use tin?

cheers for any help on this

[dangerousdave]

i used spray last time and it looked mint then when i went zetec i bought a tin and it looks pants imho my gearbox is still silver but been in and out that many times its got dirty!


this was after i sparayed it all on the cvh......



looked mint imo

[scotty0146]

loving your work dave,looks mint mate
thats the sorter finish im aiming for

cheers for your reply mate

[dangerousdave]

looked dull at first but put some heat res laqure on and it looked mint the brush paint on my zetec looks s**t but its no show engine its a go engine..... i hope! lol

[scotty0146]

i never new you could get high temp laqure till you said.will be doing that soon as .
im shore it will go mate,like a gooden
has it been pretty easy doing a turbo conversion from a xr2i as im picking a xr2i up in a couple of weeks time to do a turbo conversion on

[dangerousdave]

Yeah xr2i to cvh turbo was a piece of pi$$ the zetec wasnt too bad but doable with research and a bit of sence