gandatoyou

I wanted something new on my CL and decided to paint the engine cover. I could have done a better job but I think it came out pretty well. Anyway, I just want to share with you guys.
To haters, I know it could look so ricey and it didn't give me any hp But I LIKE IT!! that's only thing that matters.

Before (took the cover)




Painted




Put on





Intake should be cleaned though : )

400 grit sand (hard)
2 coats of primer (regular red)
400 grit sand (soft wet sand)
4 coats of base coat (high temp)
3 coats of clear coat (high temp)
and done!!

Possible next job: repaint red caliper to black, take off or paint the mudguards glossy black

- 2001 Black CL-S
- HKS Super Dragger Exhaust
- AEM Cold Air Intake
- Comptech Header
- 20% Tint All Around
- Aluminum Dash Trim
- Brushed CL type S Door Sills
- Audiobahn A12001DT 1200Watts
- 2 12" Audiobahn Subwoofers 1100 Watts
- Custom Box for 2 12" Subwoofers
- H & R Sports Springs
- Cleared and Smoked Headlights
- 18" Motegi FF7 Gunmetal w/ Yokohama Parade Spec-II tires

Mark307

looks good, a simple job that makes a big difference

g1underground

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I second that

h2o-pr00f

hell ya, i LOVE The red engine.. i think its NiteQwill who has that too:


was it easy to do? i wanna do that to my 1st gen CL engine...

cltypeSLOW

it looks cool but IMO it would look even better if your intake was color matched too tho but i like how its super glossy

blk2001tlon19s

Good work! Looks great!

gandatoyou

Thanks for the great comments, guys. h2o-pr00f, it was really easy to do. It was my first paint job. You just follow what I did (sand, prime, wet sand, coat, clearcoat). Worth $15 for the look. Also, it's not body paint, but just a plastic. You can always mess with it

h2o-pr00f

k i did my 1st paint job w/ my black emblems... i just gotta take my time so i dont mess it up

notcreative

ive been meaning to do this, but ive been to busy, i guess i will try next weekend

DarkSithCL

iTrader: (1)

that's incredible!!!!!!

great job!!!!

NiteQwill

I was copied!!!!!






























Very, very nice job. I ran out of paint when it came to the battery cover.

But since the thermoblok mods, no more engine cover.

RaviNJCLs

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Looks good.

jandj2204

looks good nice work..

Chaptorial

Lookin good man.

Did you try and get paint to match up to the CAI before you went through with the process?

Looks great either way though.

dshearon

iTrader: (1)

if you want to match the color to your CAI you may want to use the ruby red metallic from rustoleum as your base coat and then hit it with a couple coats of high temp clear... there is a link below for the paint i am talking about... the silver color matches the acura silver almost exactly....

http://www.rustoleum.com/Product.asp...ct_id=22&SBL=1

gandatoyou

I was gonna match the CAI, but I didn't really see the color carefully before I do that. Eventhough it doesn't match it, I'm very happy with the color and looks altogether. Thanks for the link anyway.

2k3-CLS-BLACK

looks real nice man! A++ on the job... looks awesome!

m&b6speed

looks goos, nice clean job, i have a black cl-s and i painted the only part you didn't, right in the center, red and left the rest "stock".

m&b6speed

with the thermoblock's you cant use the factory covers or did you opt not to?

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Would looks much much better if it matched the AEM intake. Right now it is kinda goofy looking IMO. Paint the CAI too. You did a great job on the paint process... it just doesn't match. Kinda like wearing a red jacket with a burgandy shirt

Just my Props for taking the step to paint it all yourself though.