The largest Civic Type R club forum

Established in 2002 it brings together people from all over the world to discuss their one love of Type R's.

Information, speculation and anything else specifically related to the MY07+ (FN2 & FD2) Civic Type R.
User avatar
By Private Custard
#3863174
Right, one of the items on my long list of tidy-ups, is a total strip and repaint of my FN2's completely grotty rocker cover. I have the correct wrinkle-finish paint, the fine wire brushes for the dremmel, some medium coarse wet and dry and discs (180 and 240 grit), and a new rocker cover gasket. Is there anything I'm missing? Do I need to replace any gaskets around the coils, or will they be fine? Oh, and do I need high heat primer or etch? I used to work in a bodyshop, but I've never painted a high-heat item like this!

Also, while it's off, I was thinking about getting really involved inside it too, with a load of solvent, many rags, and a toothbrush. That shouldn't be a problem, should it? I figured a good spring clean can't really hurt!

Long time ago I had and Ep3 for 220k kilometers in[…]