A20 LEE My New Daily..

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

"if it comes apart it gets chromed" Nice! :lol:

[TMT McCoy 0]

Treated myself to a new starter motor which I'll polish up. If the casing comes off i'll chrome it at the same time.

 

Lee, the casing for the starter comes off quite easy. It's the magnets attached to the inside of housing which is gonna be a pain in the arse...I had to soak my casing in diesel fuel to get the magnets to come loose. Once I got the casing back I just dropped it off at a auto repair shop to have them rebuild the starter. You can also polish up the starter solenoid as well just make sure you give it a shot of clear coat so that it doesn't rust!

[A20 LEE 0]

"if it comes apart it gets chromed" Nice! :lol:

 

More like if it metal chrome it :lol:

[A20 LEE 0]

Treated myself to a new starter motor which I'll polish up. If the casing comes off i'll chrome it at the same time.

 

Lee, the casing for the starter comes off quite easy. It's the magnets attached to the inside of housing which is gonna be a pain in the arse...I had to soak my casing in diesel fuel to get the magnets to come loose. Once I got the casing back I just dropped it off at a auto repair shop to have them rebuild the starter. You can also polish up the starter solenoid as well just make sure you give it a shot of clear coat so that it doesn't rust![/quote:5e67e]

 

Do you think it will be possible to remove the casing and mask the inside including the magnets and then chrome it?. Its a new starter motor so got the warranty to think about. Might get away with chroming the case but think they would be too help if i disassembled it too much.

 

thanks for the advice and pics so far!!

[TMT McCoy 0]

Do you think it will be possible to remove the casing and mask the inside including the magnets and then chrome it?. Its a new starter motor so got the warranty to think about. Might get away with chroming the case but think they would be too help if i disassembled it too much.

 

thanks for the advice and pics so far!!

 

Actually, you probably could get away with doing it like that. I forgot you had mentioned that you had silicon tape. :oops:

 

No need of voiding the warranty when you could just mask it off & then dip it. :lol:

[A20 LEE 0]

Do you think it will be possible to remove the casing and mask the inside including the magnets and then chrome it?. Its a new starter motor so got the warranty to think about. Might get away with chroming the case but think they would be too help if i disassembled it too much.

 

thanks for the advice and pics so far!!

 

Actually, you probably could get away with doing it like that. I forgot you had mentioned that you had silicon tape. :oops:

 

No need of voiding the warranty when you could just mask it off & then dip it. :lol:[/quote:9b88a]

 

nice one. Here a pic for you. Had them since 2003 but never got around to fitting them as i'm not happy with the carbon fibre mounting bracket. Its a bit big and not quite upto show standard. £60 if anyone wants it, cost £125.

 

TMT McCoy, get a thread started in the members gallery!! Need to see more of you car.

[biggerbigben 0]

PM sent :)

[Guest]

like ya car dude. like marty, youve inspired me but not as far to hump ya back box!!!

[A20 LEE 0]

like ya car dude. like marty, youve inspired me but not as far to hump ya back box!!!

 

thats a relief, who's marty?

[Jim 1]

He can't answer any more.. he was given a prompt ban after giving grief to some forum members.

[A20 LEE 0]

more bits stripped, don't have access to a press so any ideas on the best way to remove the wishbone bushes welcomed. Next job is to rub them all down with 800 grit and buff them with the dremel. Then off to the chromers. Gearbox hasn't gone yet as money is still too tight. Hopefully some of these bits will get dipped in the next month. Continuing my current free mods theme, gonna start tacking the enginebay wiring. That should keep me busy.

 

Cheers Jim, checked his profile and now know who Marty is.

[veeDuB_Rado 0]

like ya car dude. like marty, youve inspired me but not as far to hump ya back box!!!

 

thats a relief, who's marty?[/quote:fb39d]

 

marty_vr6

 

:wink:

 

Looking good as ever Lee, keep it up. Still can't wait to see this :)

[A20 LEE 0]

like ya car dude. like marty, youve inspired me but not as far to hump ya back box!!!

 

thats a relief, who's marty?

 

marty_vr6

 

:wink:

 

Looking good as ever Lee, keep it up. Still can't wait to see this :)[/quote:2088c]

 

cheers, checked out the gallery. Very nice car. I'll post up the parts as there done. The finished article, who knows

[biggerbigben 0]

lee is there going to be anything left in your engine bay that hasn't been chromed? lol

 

You know you can chrome plastic :D

[CoxyLaad 0]

Burn the bushes out, then hack saw the bush sleeves out.

[A20 LEE 0]

lee is there going to be anything left in your engine bay that hasn't been chromed? lol

 

You know you can chrome plastic :D

 

theres a few bits. Give time tho. Think its actually paint they use on plastic. Think only ABS can be properly chromed.

[A20 LEE 0]

Burn the bushes out, then hack saw the bush sleeves out.

 

Thanks Coxy. Cracked it. I pushed them out using a G-Clamp.

[biggerbigben 0]

lee is there going to be anything left in your engine bay that hasn't been chromed? lol

 

You know you can chrome plastic :D

 

theres a few bits. Give time tho. Think its actually paint they use on plastic. Think only ABS can be properly chromed.

 

I'm not sure, but I have a mate who makes paintball guns and he said he could chrome any plastic bits I have.. so worth a thought! :)

[A20 LEE 0]

lee is there going to be anything left in your engine bay that hasn't been chromed? lol

 

You know you can chrome plastic :D

 

theres a few bits. Give time tho. Think its actually paint they use on plastic. Think only ABS can be properly chromed.

 

I'm not sure, but I have a mate who makes paintball guns and he said he could chrome any plastic bits I have.. so worth a thought! :)

 

I'll say. Personally i'd be tempted to try it on a spare dash centre piece.

 

On a slightly different topic. Stripped and polished the new track rods and have a question. Does the top section which looks like a ball joint actually pivot in operation? Just wondering whether to mask it before chrome plating. Anyone?

[24V Renshaw 0]

Yes it does pivot mate, both in suspension movement and steering.

 

Jay

[A20 LEE 0]

Yes it does pivot mate, both in suspension movement and steering.

 

Jay

 

cheers, i'll mask it up then.

[A20 LEE 0]

Here's a pic of the standard of prep required to chrome stuff. All these parts are steel took bl**dy ages. They were paint stripped, sanded with 240/600/800 then buffed with a dremel. Still working on the subframe so pics to follow, hopefully not to long....

 

Gearbox, can't afford it yet. Maybe next month.

[Trig 0]

Oh..my..god. And they'll be super shiny when they come back! :)

[TMT McCoy 0]

Here's a pic of the standard of prep required to chrome stuff. All these parts are steel took bl**dy ages. They were paint stripped, sanded with 240/600/800 then buffed with a dremel. Still working on the subframe so pics to follow, hopefully not to long....

 

Gearbox, can't afford it yet. Maybe next month.

 

Looks awesome, Lee. I bet you've worn your fingers down to nubbins...:lol:

[coolrado 0]

lee is there going to be anything left in your engine bay that hasn't been chromed? lol

 

You know you can chrome plastic :D

 

theres a few bits. Give time tho. Think its actually paint they use on plastic. Think only ABS can be properly chromed.

 

I'm not sure, but I have a mate who makes paintball guns and he said he could chrome any plastic bits I have.. so worth a thought! :)

hmm could be handy for having headlight backings re-chromed???