I really screwed up.
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So yesterday I had it all planned out, I was going to paint my engine cover and my battery cover the same color as my car. This is not as easy as I thought . First off I did not sand the battery cover. Second I picked up a cheap airbrush gun and the paint that I used all it did was run. So too make a long story short my battery cover now looks like shit ill post pics later. And I never started my engine cover thank god for that. So what I wanna know is for thoose who did this what paint did you use and what kinda prep did you do before painting the parts?
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Im going to try this again tonight maybe but this time I will sand it down good and I will go with a midnight black metalic paint instead and its gonna be straight out of the can and ill hit it with a few coats of clear. This is the color I painted my mesh grille.
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Damn, man! You're just full of issues lately. Winter getting to you?
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IMHO, I think the engine bay looks better w/o the battery cover. I'd actually like to pull out the battery bucket or whatever it as altogether. I just don't want to have to reset everything after I do it.
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IMHO, I think the engine bay looks better w/o the battery cover. I'd actually like to pull out the battery bucket or whatever it as altogether. I just don't want to have to reset everything after I do it.
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Originally Posted by AcCoRdCoUpE2k1
i have an extra CL-S battery cover, brand new still in the plastic if you wanna pick it up off me. Let me know.
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Originally Posted by REDLINEN
Im going to try this again tonight maybe but this time I will sand it down good and I will go with a midnight black metalic paint instead and its gonna be straight out of the can and ill hit it with a few coats of clear. This is the color I painted my mesh grille.
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Somewhere around here I have info from a company that will put factory paint in a spray can. All you need is the paint code. If you'd like this info let me know and I'll PM ya back with the info.
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Ok guys Im at it again. Yeah lord helmet I have a case of the winter "Im so fucking bored out of my mind syndrome" Well I did it over a few minutes ago with the paint like I said it is coming out great. It was so nice I decided to do the engine cover also. Im happy so far but i only have put on 2 coats on the battery cover and one on the engine cover. Now I have to run back to home depot damn. ill post pics once everything is complete.
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Missing my Acura's
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Originally Posted by Blitz
But guys im almost done and so far
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