Looks damn good bro if only I had the initiative to do something like that. :bigok:

 

Good job! Looking back, would you have still spent all that time doing it? What's the upkeep on it after it is installed? Hard to maintain?

 

Yes. Very difficult if you don't protect it. Road salt instantly ruins the finish. There are several ways to fight this problem, though.

One is to have the parts laquered. You get a hard, clear waterproof finish. Don't spill gasoline or oil on it, though. It also yellows if it gets too hot.

Another way is to find a powder coating shop and have a hard clearcoat baked on. More resistant to engine chemicals, and maintenance free... but over time, it can get dull from repeated temperature changes. I'm not a big fan of this idea, but it works for some people. I like the shine of the bare metal better than the plastic-like coatings. You can't bust out a can of Mother's metal polish and shine them back up once they're coated.

There's another product called Zoops Seal that seals aluminum from everything, and it's semi-permanent. It's not resistant to abbrasion, but it's resistant to anything else you'll find in an engine bay... fluids, gasses, etc... It's a polymer coating that is invisible once polished. It won't yellow or dull, and you can shine your parts back up with your favorite products if for some reason it ever does go dull, then seal it again. I'm going to try it since I've got so much stuff to seal. check it out... http://www.zoopseal.com This crap is expensive, but probably not in comparison to what it would cost to get 9 parts powder coated clear.

 

Yep. :thumbup:

I love this car. I'm not forced to drive it every day... Actually, I haven't even been able to drive it since last July. I guess I had the time to kill and want to make everyone puke at the track because I'm still going to race it after all that polishing. It's kinduv silly, really. I've just always wanted to polish everything. It's easier to do it when the car's in a few thousand pieces.

 

bro you are going to have to take pics of your car when it is fully reassembled. I remember when you blew that beyotch up I was still in the Yahoo group then.

 

Wasn't I the one to reccommend that you check out HAN? hehehe. HAN ownz.

I went back to it last week and there's days upon days of nothing going on. 2000+ members and no posts. I posted a "long time no see" message, and blevins replied... "is that all you're doing to it?". & you wonder why it's dead... Reading that list made a little bit stupider over the years.

Don't worry about the pictures, it will be well documented. What's posted in my .Mac account is 1/40th of the pictures I've taken of it. Give me until April Fools and I'll be ready to fire it up.

 

sweet man I am going home to Colorado on Wednesday and cleaning up my Greddy kit and getting it ready to get installed sometime soon. It's gonna be kinda hectic for awhile with my wife and daughter coming home. So I don't really know when I am going to install it. I am getting 2.5" custom IC piping done and looking at running the AFC hack instead of the Greddy blue box. I can't wait to hear the turbo spool up for the first time man. Anyhow looking awesome man take it easy. Oh yeah and thanks for shooting me over to HAN a year ago!