Hey guys
Just bought a second hand TMIC ETS anybody know any good cleaning fluids to shine her up shes as dirty as hell.
Any help greatly appreciated .........cheers oh its just plain aluminium colour
Hey guys
Just bought a second hand TMIC ETS anybody know any good cleaning fluids to shine her up shes as dirty as hell.
Any help greatly appreciated .........cheers oh its just plain aluminium colour
Black spray paint!!!
I'd start with a good degreaser/all purpose cleaner to get rid of any grease/dirt/oils etc
Then a good metal polish like Autosol or Bowdens Own.
Then if you want to seal/protect it, a good high temp sealant like Finish Kare FK 1000p should do the trick. You can get this from ZAS. A tin will last a lifetime
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Damn your a man of many talents fiend when i fly home those products are in my garage thank you again mate much appreciated ........cheers
Last edited by Aussie Mps3; 31-08-2012 at 09:05 PM.
Post up some before and after pics when you clean it up
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Will do mate, im Home late next week so prolly next weekend
Autosol is brill for that... Dunno how the 3 is but with the 6 and aftermarket TMIC you get a mark left around the tmic shroud from the rubber bit on the hood. Going to just paint it black I think.
Avoid any form of caustic or acidic cleaning compounds, they can deteriorate the fine welds on the bar and plate core
Acids and caustics should always be avoided on any untreated/uncoated metals.
As a general rule
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lol i just wanna clean up the front scoop area and the plate that surrounds the TMIC which you can take off. I wont be going anywhere near the plate core hell no !!!!!!
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lol i just wanna clean up the front scoop area and the plate that surrounds the TMIC which you can take off. I wont be going anywhere near the plate core hell no !!!!!!
mines got that (ring mark) around the plate as it came off a 6, hopefully i can get rid of some of it.
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yeah im not expecting miracles, but i should be able to remove some of it with a bit of elbow grease, i'll post pictures when i get it sorted. should come up well
OK finally got of my *** and cleaned up this TMIC came out a little better than i thought. I took Caffiene Fiends advice and used Autosol and here are the results. This was about a 1/2 hour total labour and now has a more of a smoked aluminium look as the ground in marks were not coming off no matter what. ANYWAY im happy with the results. The pictures really dont do any justice. Thanks again Caffienne you da man
Last edited by Aussie Mps3; 19-11-2012 at 09:12 PM.
dohhh
Last edited by Aussie Mps3; 19-11-2012 at 09:10 PM.
looks good!
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Looks great.
If you wanted to have a better go at those marks you could buy a wheel polishing kit and use that.
Meguiars and Mothers make them amongst others. Come as a kit with a drill-mounted polishing tool and some metal polish (the polish itself usually is not as good as Autosol though)
ZAS sell the Megs one. It's a kit with a funky looking yellow cone lol
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That came up really well, I ended up just spraying mine matte black with engine enamel