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[Robert]

Hahaha yeah
Had that issue when I painted the manifold on my other car

It worked fine for about 3 months then all of a sudden I had some really weird issues
Not sure why it was delayed but yeah

Don't think I tightened the bolt all the way either lol

[Matt]

Sweet

If you didnt wanna go new bushes simply grind a bit of the front bushes

Each side of the bush is marked exactly where to shorten it to

[Robert]

Didn't know that lol

I've going all out on the rest of the suspension kinda made sense to get fresh bushes to freshen it up I suppose haha

[Matt]

lol i just assumed ya did

I woulda done it that way if i didnt already have the new solid whiteline bushes leftover from the gen3

All gewd but...youll be able to use your dads press to get the old bushes out now

PS....its a karnt of a job lol

[Barbbachello]

All gewd but...youll be able to use your dads press to get the old bushes out now

Wish my dad had a press 

[Adam]

I have a press I can sell to your dad?

[andrew_k]

Any tips on using the VHT wrinkle paint? I'm tempted to do my manifold in black after seeing how good of a result you got. I did my old manifold in VHT's orange engine enamel but it chipped reaaaal easy.

[Robert]

Make sure the manifold is spotless
Use a high heat primer
Put the base coat (the wrinkle) on really thick
Like just keep layering it on

And put it in the sun to bake for a few hours
Ideally you want to put it in an oven or similar
But not everybody can do that

The heat is actually what makes it wrinkle

It's a fairly tough coating but make sure it's had a few days to cure before you resemble the manifold so you don't chip it

[Robert]

The black looks alright too






Always looks so much better when you first do it
These days the black isn't as wrinkly looking but it still looks pretty good

[andrew_k]

Nice! Cheers for that. I think the missus might have a heat gun somewhere which would be ideal.

I hope you replaced the PCV valve in that last pic

[Robert]

Pretty sure I did lol

Either way it's cleaned and working now

[Robert]

Bit more work on the car today

Resembled the intake manifold


Installed the ks tech intake spacers with genuine gaskets on both sides
And reinstalled the manifold with longer bolts and Spring washers


The oil filler tube was full of shit and I cbf cleaning it
So a brand new one from Partsouq was like 20 bucks
Easy decision

[Matt]

This is looking good mate

Makes me almost keen to red out my intake one day lol

[Adam]

Partsoq is addictive

[Liberty]

Nice stuff Rob. The car's looking fantastic.

Partsoq is addictive

 

You got that right.

[Cam.]

Try and keep partsouq on the DL guys. Customs are starting to figure it out

[Robert]

What is customs doing ?

[Cam.]

Remind me to tell you the story next time I see you Wob

[andrew_k]

Try and keep partsouq on the DL guys. Customs are starting to figure it out

Anything that comes in with a price declaration near $1k will have customs all over you. I used to have the same problem bringing in parts to build tube audio equipment. suuucks.

[nickknack]

Remind me to tell you the story next time I see you Wob

 

is that the built wrx wagon from canberra in your signature? It's so nice!