Engine cover painting
 

I really did not know what section to put this in.. There's no engine forum! [:@]

Anywho, my friend came over and wanted to do something to my car (he's really really really into modding cars), so I wouldn't let him near anything interior. He finally settled on painting my engine covers, and I think he did a nice job.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...001Resized.jpg

I noticed the overspray in the picture, we are going to paint that a flat black and paint the rings and the 5V turbo white.

Any thoughts on this?

RE: Engine cover painting
 

It looks like you guys know what you are doing so keep up the good work. The only thing I would worry about, if you have not thought about it already, is to use high temperature paint on anything that can get over 400F. The last thing you need is a flash fire under your hood, or for the paint to just peel off. Again, it looks like you guys have everything covered already...just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents :)

-Mike

RE: Engine cover painting
 

We're using Engine Enamel paint. It's rated up to 500 degrees F. I forgot to mention my friend is OCD/ADD/OMGWTFCRAZY when it comes to safety and cleanliness, so he kicked himself over and over for the overspray.

RE: Engine cover painting
 

lol On projects like this, a little OCD can go a long way. Too many DIY refinishers and even some bodyshops are too lazy and take too many shortcuts. Its the OCD bodyman that will end up in a high quality shop refinishing corvettes while the shortcut guy will end up in a chop shop doing hack jobs.

-Mike

RE: Engine cover painting
 

i painted mine as well. However, i had nicks and dings all over. One of the corners was broke off. So, i came up with a simple solution. I wish i would have taken pics to post, but heres what you do. The super glue and fill in any holes/cracks. Sand it down with a very fine-grain sand paper and go from there. After i got it primed/painted/enameld, it looks hot!