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05xrunner 07-01-2010 03:55 PM

Painted the engine cover
 
Decided to paint my cover..the silver didnt match the black and red under the hood so I changed that.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...g/JOND3292.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...g/JOND3291.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...g/JOND3289.jpg

JWButler14 07-01-2010 04:26 PM

very nice man!!!

TreyR 07-01-2010 04:50 PM

Thats a nice job! How did you paint the letters and keep them neat looking?

Is that black or charcoal?

incorrigible 07-01-2010 04:54 PM

I like it! Nice job.

09cs 07-01-2010 04:57 PM

Looks good, did you paint the TB your self too?

05xrunner 07-01-2010 06:53 PM

yea I painted the valve covers, TB and engine cover myself.
the way i did the cover was..I shot it last night..all the red area with the same 500degree red I used on everything else..let it dry and baked it on by driving around for a while.
today I took it and I put vasoline over all the tops of the letters with a qtip..then I shot it all in black and when it dried I wiped the vasoline off...its not perfect but it came out pretty good and 100000x easier then masking with tape

the cover is satin black engine enamel

wingless 07-05-2010 01:28 PM

Yours came very nice!

Another way to paint embossed letters is to use a wine bottle cork and drill a hole for a ¼" paint roller spindle.

Dreamtheory 07-05-2010 07:38 PM

very clean job!! looks like it came that way off the factory line!

Xcelsius 07-06-2010 07:18 AM

oh man I like that flat black. I dont really care about the engine area, but I may do this for a quick project. good job

WeinerDog 07-06-2010 12:48 PM

Wow, that looks fantastic!


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