Battery Jacket plus engine bay pics wanted

[antnee]

Why do Seat put the batteries in little jackets?


And would people also post pics of their engine bays, need some ideas

 

[cus]

i never got a jacket on mine just a load of fuses! must just be the 1.6 with the jacket, as i cant remember my 1.4 with one either

 

[Riko]

I'm sure mine has a cover too? Might not have one cos batterys been replaced cus? Probably there for fire reasons I'd imagine! Good idea with that useless fuse holder!!

 

[cus]

your probably right, its an 8 year old car so its bound to have been replaced over the years!

 

[olethalb]

i got a jacket on mine but the battery is now in the boot so i put it back on to tidy it up a bit.

as before though it's dark when i get home so pics are :w4nk:

 

[PhilW]

Mine went as soon as i had the car, along with the bonnet lining. Ugly POS.

 

[olethalb]

ugly under the bonnet agreed but really tidies the boot as i'm not stripped out.

think the mk4 golf plastic covers look better tbh though.

 

[Mat]

my bonnet lining has gone, not checked the battery on the cupra lol

thinking back, my 1.4 never had bonnet lining!

 

[Mat]

here's a pic of my bay

got more knocking about





(waits for phil to post pics of his AMAZING bay!)

 

[Mat]

dirty pics

bonnet

never got around to cleaning the engine, will do in the spring/summer tho

 

[olethalb]

dammit, i can't see any pics at work!!!!

 

[cus]

theres mine. sorry for the really bad picture quality!

 

[cus]

mat.. get cleaning that engine bay!! its disgusting

 

[Mat]

i know

too cold at the mo. Keep doin bit at a time, but never seems to get clean. I have Surfex HD and Megs Next Gen. Been using toothbrushes to clean lol. Need some fine wirewool i reckon

What would you suggest is the best way to clean? Remove coil packs to make access easier???

 

[cus]

well i managed to get a mates inlet manifold to spray black to put on mine. polished the inlet manifold by taking off the heat cover at the back and using auto glym metal polish

the rocker cover... well could take the coilpacks out, but i was planning on taking the full thing off to get sprayed black.

i also did some daft stuff like taking the plastic cover off the driver side of the engine, cleaning it and spraying that black as well. makes a big difference
used hammerite paint

 

[cus]

i know

too cold at the mo. QUOTE]

trust me, once you start polishing, it soon warms you up!!

 

[olethalb]

AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! i want to see these pics damn crappy work policies, can't even use photobucket either or see sigs!!!

 

[Swordjo]

Get some AutoSol or Brilliant polishes, they work a treat. I'll be starting mine soon.

 

[Mat]

yeah i know you warm up. Washed mine and bros car on saturday! It's just the "getting up and starting" that i find difficult when cold lol. Once you crack on, you soon warm up, finish withjust t-shirt on and sweating lol

 

[Mat]

Get some AutoSol or Brilliant polishes, they work a treat. I'll be starting mine soon.

had some AutoSol! Can't find it, hence buying Megs Next Gen just to give it a try. Quite disspointed TBH! Not as good as the autosol i had!