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Replacing head gasket this week (not me my mate) and I just wondered which parts of the engine would be paintable whilst it is stripped down to the gasket.
Iv never seen this done before so I dont know which parts of the engine will have to come out and hence, be painted.
Would you share your opinions as to which bits I should paint and also, if possible, the best way to ahcieve the best quality finish.
wudnt bother tbh mate, if your gona paint aka detail your engine bay you hav to go all the way with it or it jst looks poo.
heres how a proper detailed engine bay looks
thats liams (bluecorsab) engine bay. thats an old pic its even cleaner now. any one that has seen it in person will tell you its VERY impressive, and any one thats driven it (like me ) will tell you it drives and pulls very well too
OCD FTW!!!!!!!
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts
Yeah im gunna wait till i can afford to do it alll proper. Just a quick question, where is the marker for the amount of coolant because mines faded and you cant see it? Or is just below the arrow like the pic above?
if u look on the tank. it looks like th top half and the bottom half have been sealed together, there is a ridge? the ridge is where the arrow points too
Corsa B 1999 1.2 16v,
Debadged, Lowered 40 mm front and back 60mm,angel eyes with standard rears, Smoked Side Repeaters, Drilled airbox (Shredded). 4" Sportex Backbox with sportex straight through centre pipe. Graphite grey cesaros.
thanks matty, makes all the work worthwhile, ow and by the way its will be getting cleaner that is a fact i think i do have OCD when it comes to my car
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Corsa B 1999 1.2 16v,
Debadged, Lowered 40 mm front and back 60mm,angel eyes with standard rears, Smoked Side Repeaters, Drilled airbox (Shredded). 4" Sportex Backbox with sportex straight through centre pipe. Graphite grey cesaros.
should download yourself a haynes manual i downloaded mine the other night off the net
Corsa B 1999 1.2 16v,
Debadged, Lowered 40 mm front and back 60mm,angel eyes with standard rears, Smoked Side Repeaters, Drilled airbox (Shredded). 4" Sportex Backbox with sportex straight through centre pipe. Graphite grey cesaros.
theya say less is more dnt they my mates engine bay on his mk1 golf is stripped barely see anything lol! and liams (blue corsab) the job is imaculate he and his dad are a god of engineering i still look at the pics and think how the hell they did it !
) will tell you it drives and pulls very well too 
