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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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Default Did a tiny bit to the neon today

Gave under the hood a modest cleaning and touched up some bad area's of it.
Here is what i had to start with:
Painted the intake manifold to get rid of the spotted rust finish.
Also painted the upper radiator supports.
And here is the finished product. (Note paint is still a tad bit wet as you can see from one of the radiator mounts)
While cleaning i found this, i guess that's bad eh
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Hmm yeah that mount isn't good obviously... good thing you found it though.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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You didn't sand them did you?
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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Default RE: Did a tiny bit to the neon today

I sanded the intake, and routered all the rust out of the one radiator support
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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looks good... keep it up..
 
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Looking sweet.

You could do a couple more things like the fuse cover and fuel rail cover and it would look even better.

Yeah, the motor mounts don't look too good.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 02:05 AM
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now is that actually a motor mount or the upper torque mount? ive heard it called both, was just wondering the correct term
 
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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Officially, it is called an "upper torque mount" so yes you are correct. But realistically, it is a glorified name for a motor mount, nothing more.
 
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 12:48 AM
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eh motor mounts break, it happens. happened to me way to many times until i bought prothane mm inserts. Havent had any problems since it was the best $25 purchase ive made for my car
 
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 01:04 AM
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Yup, filling mine in with a custom urethane here soon (cant tell the name of it or I may get in trouble) and hopefully it helps mine out a bit before they break.
 
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