Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread
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Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread
Here we go fellas. Painted and coated block thread.
This thread will be used to give some ideas on not only how to paint or coat your engine block, but mostly how to keep it clean. If you have any tips you care to share, please to.
Post pics away!
This thread will be used to give some ideas on not only how to paint or coat your engine block, but mostly how to keep it clean. If you have any tips you care to share, please to.
Post pics away!
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Re: Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread (Stunna BEN)
Polished block for me hopefully one day 
Anybody have experience how they hold up to heat on a performance aspect? I have seen many hotrods and lowriders with them, but ummmm i doubt they need the performance aspect since they are manily cruisers.
Anybody have experience how they hold up to heat on a performance aspect? I have seen many hotrods and lowriders with them, but ummmm i doubt they need the performance aspect since they are manily cruisers.
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Re: Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread (Pworld)
I was wondering the same thing.
Theres a car in the ITR forum that has everything under the hood polished, and i have been looking for pics. I mean its ill. And it looks like its driven.
Pics prolly dont do the underhood of this 98 justice. I will try to find pics.
Theres a car in the ITR forum that has everything under the hood polished, and i have been looking for pics. I mean its ill. And it looks like its driven.
Pics prolly dont do the underhood of this 98 justice. I will try to find pics.
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Re: Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread (Stunna BEN)
Found the pics...
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Re: Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread (Pworld)
polished bay looks sick.. so much work though..well worth it.. i just got done painting mine and took some step by step pics! ill have mine up soon!! its all about the prep!
i just got done painting mine and took some step by step pics! ill have mine up soon!! its all about the prep!
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Re: Painted, Coated, and Polished Block Thread (civicgeek133)
So does it take weeks to polish the head, block, & tranny? 
I'm contemplating painting mine, but I may just media blast it and keep it clean.
I'm contemplating painting mine, but I may just media blast it and keep it clean.
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I already know from experience with lowriders you wouldnt want to drive the car much.......
BUT IT IS GANGSTA!!
I already know from experience with lowriders you wouldnt want to drive the car much.......
BUT IT IS GANGSTA!!
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Re: (B16B_coupe)
My block/head were painted by the machine shop free of charge since I got a bunch of crap done.
I like the way it looked, so I bought some of the paint from the shop, and shot the transmission before it went in.
Here's an old picture, but it's the best one I have of the engine in daylight. The most recent pictures are all in my dark garage.
Still looks like the day I put it in, too.
- Derek
I like the way it looked, so I bought some of the paint from the shop, and shot the transmission before it went in.
Here's an old picture, but it's the best one I have of the engine in daylight. The most recent pictures are all in my dark garage.
Still looks like the day I put it in, too.
- Derek
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Re: (B16B_coupe)
The way we do all our race blocks is by bead blasting them clean before the machining is done. All the grime, oxidation, discoloration is taken away and you get a totally clean surface like the pictures below.
These blocks are NOT painted, they are bead blasted and cleaned.
Painting is not bad either, but we just like getting the natural look on the blocks rather than just paint over the discoloration and the dirt.
Modified by exospeedAMcrx at 1:43 PM 2/13/2007
These blocks are NOT painted, they are bead blasted and cleaned.
Painting is not bad either, but we just like getting the natural look on the blocks rather than just paint over the discoloration and the dirt.
Modified by exospeedAMcrx at 1:43 PM 2/13/2007
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Re: (exospeedAMcrx)
i like the look of that^ but i have no need for a re build so i cant bead blast mine!! !!! soi i just stuck with paint.. and i prepared mine before i painted! wire brush and all that..
