painting gearbox?

[dac69er]

would i be best of just giving it a good clean or should i paint it?

obviously it will look the bollocks after painting it and a few months afterwards, but whats the durability of the finish like on a painted box????

also, what paint should i use? would just going over it with some silver hammerite be ok? also, would it be best to spray it on or just brush paint?

 

[steveatyork]

I've just finished painting my new box,and it looks minty fresh now.what I did was use a wire brush attachement for the drill,and give it a good going over,once i was happy with it,then I give it a good clean with White spirit,then applied the paint buy brush(aliuminum colour paint) this is the 3rd box I have done and it lasts well,my dad has also done the same on two of his cars and still look good

the only other way of getting a as new finish is getting the case vapour blasted,but I'm guessing that the case has to be empty for this???

 

[dac69er]

what paint did you use mate?

also, when you say it lasted. how long are we talking?

 

[Glanza24]

Iv seen good few members using hammerite paint ( that you use to paint metel gates) Which would last up to 5 years. But this obviously wouldnt give you a show class finish but would last and be tough wouldn have to worrie about it! Hope it helps mate

 

[steveatyork]

I will hav to hav a look in the garage,will let you know tomoz for the exact paint we used.it's been on one of the cars nearly 2 years and still looks spot on,but it is a wkend car only and gets used in summer only

I can't imagine hammerite looking that good,as it's a thick paint??

If I get chance I will post some pics up of the painted box

 

[Glanza24]

Thick paint will last longer also can thin it down paint it and forget about it wouldnt worrie too much about the finish as its down the bottom and hard to see if u have fmic pipes the battery would all cover it up. Once wen its cleaned and degreased paint it up and forget about it for 5 years. Might not have the finish but duability over finish for me anyday on a part like that were its not too visible.

 

[thefalls]

Same as Steveatyork said.
But if you powerwash it too often then the paint will come off.
The gearbox surface is rather smooth,the paint needs a slightly rough surface to hold on.
I painted my gearbox 7k kms ago,still holding on,just the power wash spoilt it at some places.

 

[dac69er]

if its going to look a bastard with paint then i may as well just clean it and leave it at that.

the only reason to paint it would be for looks. hammerite spray comes out really nice, its just so thin, needs about a million coats to get good coverage.

 

[jayc-glanza17]

i sprayed mine black with hammerite, then went over it with brush on hammerite mate, its lasted 4 months and the winter so far.
i sprayed, then brushed and finally aprayed again to give a better finish...
hope helps matey.

 

[steveatyork]

It doesn't matter what paint you use if it ain't prepped prperly then it wll come off

I've never power washed my engine bay,saying that it never gets dirty as my 5 is only a summer car and do no more than 3000miles a year

did less than a 1000 miles last year :-(

 

[steveatyork]

Thick paint will last longer also can thin it down paint it and forget about it wouldnt worrie too much about the finish as its down the bottom and hard to see if u have fmic pipes the battery would all cover it up. Once wen its cleaned and degreased paint it up and forget about it for 5 years. Might not have the finish but duability over finish for me anyday on a part like that were its not too visible.

The Only prob with mine is that alot of the gbox is on veiw,so it has to look right,the only parts I have used hammerite on are the block and the odd bracket as there prone to rusting and hammerite is good at holding back rust

 

[steveatyork]

ok,just had a look in the garage and the paint is called ,fascinating finishes ltd-aluminium silver.im sure my dad got it off the internet??

heres a little pic of my finished gearbox

i also did the inlet and that looks spot on aswell

 

[corofin12345]

have to say that thats a cool place for the coil pack but out of curiousity, why did ya put renault on the rocker cover?

 

[steveatyork]

because it lives in a renault 5 gt turbo,looks a bit more inkeeping lol

 

[corofin12345]

haha cool.. nice work

 

[dac69er]

that does look really good. i think i may have a go at painting mine. its a bit more of a pain as its the 4wd box.

 

[weeJohn]

Try appliance paint, it comes in metalic silver, bonds well and drys quick. I have my head sprayed with it and its not flaking off yet!!

If you etch primer it before painting it will stay on as long as you want.

 

[corofin12345]

simoniz high temp paint is brilliant.. (spray can) i did my head, inlet manifold, rocker cover and other parts around the engine and no sign at all of it flaking yet.. sprayed them this time last year.. touched up rocker cover since but it wasnt flaking..