vdiddy210

^
will do!

it'll have to wait till sunday, it's my cleaning/painting day

'02_TL-S

For those of you who used it, how does the Duplicolor paint hold up? This is on my mod-to-do list but I don't have enough time. But I would like to make sure that it will hold up against the temp of the engine bay.

vdiddy210

^I can't say much about duplicolor except that it's rated for 1200F which should be way more than needed.
I bought G2 paint, first blue...then I returned it and got green (I flip flopped alot) and it's rated for the same and it's not two days and it's great! the paint is smooth and it's usually cool to touch. It also looks great on the calipers as well.

I have a few cases to handle this week, I'll get the car washed and waxed over the weekend and shoot some pics

'02_TL-S

Sweet..thanks man. Def get some pics up. I was thinkin of goin red calipers as soon as get around to installin my Rotora x-drilled/slotted and Redstuff..just gotta find the right paint

SLushhYYY

iTrader: (8)

Just painted the engine cover, battery cover and TCS cover all white. With only one can

TouringLow

^nice, lets see it!

SLushhYYY

iTrader: (8)

^^ fosho
TCS cover is drying

fsttyms1

You are painting plastic. If it got that hot it wold melt. Dont worry about the paint. Worry about the prep job (cleaning primer ect...)

alhalljr1980

This is after 3 coats of primer and wet sanding with 800 grit and finishing with 1500 grit

alhalljr1980

So smooth and this is b4 the base coat

alhalljr1980

No clear yet!! This was after 2 coats of base and wetsanding with 1500 grit and finishing with 2000 grit

gold2003tl (90)

sweet they look good guys, i just painted mine red i still need to clear coat them.

webmastir

sorry if this sounds too newbish, but is there anything special i need to know before taking off just the engine cover? it's just the 4-6 bolts, correct? it's only being used as a cover, i'm assuming (obviously b/c of the name)?

gold2003tl (90)

nope, just unbolt them and take them off, they serve no purpose, i havnt had mine on for over 3 months. which reminds me, i should get around to clear coating them.

webmastir

thx

jrb9790

so Ive tried this 2 times now and whenever the paint dry's and I touch it, it just flakes away.

I sanded a lot, primed w/ 2 coats, the white gloss, and the clear and it just falls apart?

Any help..

JDTL-S2002

I have a WDP 02TL-S what color should i paint? i was thinking red to match my calipers, the 3.2VTEC plate and battery, but it seems kind boring. any suggestions?

snowman81

With white you can really do with any color you want but I would stick with the theme of the car...so if that's red, I would probably stay with that. The only think I'd be afraid of is overpowering with too much red. Maybe find a neutral color for the engine cover and do the intake manifold color red. I've got some pics of my engine bay on the first page for an idea of what I'm talking about.

hANDYcaptd

iTrader: (5)

I would stay WDP.

JDTL-S2002

what about doing the engine cover a white/pearl white then doing the intake manifold cover red.. i think that would look mean!

JDTL-S2002

Don't mind the ugly yellow filter that's soon to be gone, but now looking at my set up, what colors you guys think?

mevsme

Is there any more people who have done the pearl white on their engine covers? I want to, but I was curious what it looked like? Any one have pics of theirs if they do...

kidrocking79

I'm actually thinking of doing this to my 07 type S as well. I want to paint all the plastic pieces under my hood. Who's got the best paint to match a WDP? DuPont??? I want to try and get as close to a pearl finish like the factory paint is.

fsttyms1

Any one that custom mixes paint will get the color you need. Many auto paints stores will put it into spray cans for you, there are places on line that you give them your paint code and they will mix the paint and put it into cans as well.

fsttyms1

There are a bunch that have done it. It looks great (especially if that is the color of the car) I would paint the covers what ever the color of your car is.

fsttyms1

I painted these for a member, but dont have the pics of it on the car but they are on the forum if you search

DigitalEmpire22

I am planing on color matching my KBP TL-S, found a site online that makes it in a spray can, but I am not sure how much base, primer, and clear coat to order. They come in 12oz cans, and I plan on painting ALL of the covers. Any ideas how many cans of each I will need?

Thanks in advance.

fsttyms1

primer, buy in the store locally. Paint, one can should be enough (for a 2g, we have less plastic) you should be fine with 2 of each

DigitalEmpire22

Awesome, thanks! I will post pics soon as I get it done.

dukie564

This is definitely on my list of things to do

TL260power

I have a NBP 02 TL-S. Anybody painted their engine cover red? I want to see how it looks. I wasn't feelin the blue.

C.Cornell

just did mine. looks so dope!

03tLsNBP

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looks like you used Duplicolor Metalcast. good shit.



edit: wow i forgot my car looked like that at one point...

heybeni

any good coloro combos for the anthracite metallic color.????????