GTSX-05

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Hey guys,

If you’re from Toronto you’d know this long weekend sucked at least weather wise, anyway I was bored and home since most of the day was cloudy with showers, so I decided to paint my engine cover. While removing it for cleaning a while back I managed to drop it and scrape the front of it considerably so I thought why not give it some fresh paint.

My plan of attach consisted of wet sanding it thoroughly with some 2000 grit sand paper and plenty of water, followed by masking off the i-vtec badge and then shooting it with Dupli-Color ‘Textured Metallic Coating’ in a dark gray. I wanted to go for a sleek stealthy type look, as you would get from factory.

Anyway without further due here are some pictures;











What do you guys think? should I also paint the cover with the Acura emblem on it? or would that be to much?

feuss2

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Sharp! Looks like CGP!

VorteC

looks great gary. im gonna do something like that tooo.. but gonna do my VC as well

speedlimitz

looks factory, nice job

LukeaTron

Word, it looks like it came that way. Good job.

Audioserf

That looks really nice. Well done.

liquidg3n3rati0n

wow amazing job

turned out REALLY good

what type of paint did you use? brand? color?

and it looks like you put some coats of clear coat?

dmassott

looks great! especially with the black injen

VorteC

btw, did u get it from canadian tire?

undefined.tae

Looks sharpe and cLean.! i did the exact same coLor Last coupLe weeks ago. i aLso painted the vaLve cover too but bLue.

inkedup

Looks good

acuratsx228

thats looks nice, but if your lazy you can go to the get a honda accord one

VorteC

+1 It's 20 or 30 bucks but it doesn't have the nice finish that CGTSX05 has done.

chuson

I did this last summer/fall, the result was better than I thought (NOT as good as GTSX-05 due to my paint skill); I was looking for a CF IM cover but there's none existance, but I'm fine with my project.

rex.

I have an Accord IM cover that I swapped with my friend before he sold his car...

You should paint your dipstick to match

godfather2

i'm in awe of that, really. splendid job

MMsTSX

certainly the best painted one I've ever seen.

you could paint others like that and sell them, no question.
very clean, all the way around. zero visible flaws from what I see.


yes, paint the spark plug cover too.

wanna paint mine?

chuson

Thought you had Mugen Cover, no needa paint your sparkplug cover lol

xjohnkdoex

iTrader: (2)

looks really nice and clean.

is it the element that has the same cover as us but in black?

MMsTSX

yessir, it is.


^Element one.

I'd like to have my silver IM cover painted though...

thunder04

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Looks great! I may do something similar.

GTSX-05

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the compliments guys

Paint and colour is listed in my OP, and I did not use a clear-coat I just made sure to layer it about five times.

Yup, VorteC you can find it at Canadian Tire.

I would love to see pictures

Looks great Chuson, I need to find myself some resivour covers

I agree, however I want to paint it a flat black!

Thank you for your kind words

Thank you for your kind words, there are very little to no flaws that showed up after the paint applications, I am happy with the results. I might just end up painting the spark plug cover .... sure MM's I'll paint your cover anytime all you have to do is ask.

Thanks, I forgot to take before pictures, but it was definitely an improvement since before the paint was scratched since I managed to drop it.

afici0nad0

very nice.

what was your paint process? paint, wet sand, repeat 5x?

cali4tsx

good job

bhavin3623

man i may have to do mine.. good job

LoveMyTL-S

Great job!! Matches well with the black them you have going. This was my old TSX:

GTSX-05

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I know everyone is going to say ‘this POST is useless without pictures’ but man-o man does it shine when the sunlight is directly hitting the engine bay the sparkles really pop and the colour comes to life. At work I did not have my camera handy so I wasn’t able to capture it and when I got home the weather got crappy so I will make sure to take pictures tomorrow and post.

wong05tsx

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OP? care to share your technique ? I just picked up a can of the the same paint. Figured 1 can should be more tha nenough for 5 thin coats

GTSX-05

iTrader: (1)

First and foremost, mask off the i-Vtec badge, with some painters tape and a exact cutting kinfe...

My technique consisted of wet sanding with 2000 grit automotive sand paper. Lightly glide the sand paper along the surface and let the paper itself do most of the work. Make sure to repeat until the surface is completely sanded and ready for paint…

Make sure to evenly spray from a good distance in a well ventilated area, I did about five to six coats and make sure to let it dry before re-installation, It still looks great in my engine bay, no flaking chipping or signs of distress.

Hope this helps? for any more info don’t hesitate to PM.

wong05tsx

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Thanks, I ended up just going at it since I was bored and nothing to do lol

I ended up sanding it with 300grit till it was smooth to the touch. Did 6-7 light coats, and then 3 clear coats. It came out very nice.

here's pix, but my camera phone sucks.. looks much better in person. I was thinking about wet sanding it with a maybe 3000grit to get the surface smooth, however, after putting it on, the textured look goes well with the IM

GTSX-05

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Wong05, it turned out great!

wong05tsx

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to your for doing it first! I didn't even know Duplicolor made a textured metallic until this