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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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i got bored with one of my friends and painted my engine covers still a little more to do but here they are
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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Cleeeeeeean. Nice.
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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I like! I've thought about doing mine to match the body color, but never got past a thought lol. What kinda paint did you use? Adhesion promoter? What kinda prep did you do?
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:20 PM
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yeah it was really easy i just sanded down a little and lots of light coats and just used regular paint and every thing went good
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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Great job! I like it.

Double plus for having a clean engine bay!
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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thanks guys
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Is that ok to use normal paint for that..? Now you should splatter some bright colors all over the white.
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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Is that ok to use normal paint for that..?
Thats why I asked, I dunno what kinda temperatures that plastic sees, not sure how well regular paint is gonna hold up? Also another reason I held off painting mine. Be sure to let us know how it holds up to the temps under the hood will ya?
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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i drove for 5 hours straight while it was raining and it is holding up great and the Temp is fine it doesn't get hot enough to melt plastic so the paint is fine
 
Old Oct 5, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Looks great, especially the battery cover. Do your intake runners in high-temp flat black to complete the look.
 



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