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| posted on February 8th, 2004 at 11:07 PM |
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to paint or not to paint my gearbox?
...that is the question...
I am intending to strip the black paint off the gearbox that I aquired.
A) should I leave it on and jsut clean it up? [protects the metal?]
B) strip off the paint and have it bare metal
C) eat cheese on crackers
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| posted on February 9th, 2004 at 09:14 AM |
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I'd suggest stripping it and repainting it, but mask the ribs and details so that they retain the alloy look. 
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on February 9th, 2004 at 10:17 AM |
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I've read that article in the now defunkt VWA mag, they said to use heatproof paint.. GBs dont get that hot do they?
That rib paint job looks good - like shadow spokes...:thumb
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| posted on February 9th, 2004 at 10:52 AM |
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You don't have to paint it, as We don't have salt & chemicals put on our roads during the winter for the ice, which is what eats the
gearboxes away in the UK & North America (plus Europe).
I painted mine red & yellow... and no, VW gearboxes don't get hot enough to blister paint... Lee
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on February 10th, 2004 at 09:18 AM |
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im painting my gbox soon and will be doing the ribbed effect, i figure u might as well use heat proof paint, wats the harm?
lee, ur car is making me feel like having a Big Mac...
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| posted on February 10th, 2004 at 09:43 AM |
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you can read this thread on how to make a gearbox look pretty
[url=http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=4657&page=2]
And you can read this one if you want to ponder the cooling effects of painting cases / gearboxs (to summarize it has virtually no effect).
[url=http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=4657&page=2]
VWFool, I think your 812kB avatar is a bit big and really slows the loading of any thread with your avatar. Especially for the modem people out there.
You should think about changing it.
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| posted on February 11th, 2004 at 01:47 AM |
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definately go the cheese on crackers. and blast the gearbox to shininess and coat it with pearl finish and ghost flames 
let sleeping dubs lie
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| posted on February 15th, 2004 at 10:41 AM |
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okies dokies then
I'll see how bothered I am to do what to the gearbox. THanks guys... this forum rocks!
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