as you may or not know, i have been painting my engine cover and the such. i started w/ metalcast paint but it sucked cus i used the wrong primer so i had to sand. but the part of the engine cover with the letters on it is really messed up, i was unable to sand it properly. here is the pic, anybody know where i can get a new one from?

 

Womp womp... http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...catdisplay.jsp

Search for "INTAKE MANIFOLD COVER". You might be able to find it in a junkyard i suppose. Good luck.

 

Contact Tim at honda curaworld.com He also can get the silver A for the cover in case you broke it while removing it.

 

BTW, on the '99, the entire section with the lettering and the silver A pops out. The upper side of the section has three 'snaps' while the lower side has three 'hinges'. I personally think the section looks best if you tape over the 3.2, VTEC and ULEV so they stay silver. It's a bit of a pain to do though. Otherwise, leaving that section black looks better than painting over everything. Again, IMO.

 

co-sign

 

While I'm thinking of it NYZGREATST, the center section of the top engine cover comes out, too.

 

While I'm thinking of it NYZGREATST, the center section of the top engine cover comes out, too.

 

yea the letter part comes back also. what i wanted to do was paint that background red and paint the letters white. i didnt have any tape so i remember one member saying you can use vaseline to cover it. i tried it and it was a realllll mess. i tried one last thing tonight. i used paint thinner to remove the grey primer. then i used realllly rough sandpaper and scorched the hell out of the whole thing and then wet sanded. now its smooth as a baby's butt EXCEPT that area with the letteing. so im def gonna need that piece. thanks alot fellas

 

yo good lookin, i didnt even see that post!

 

The only way I could think of to get the Vaseline on neatly was to use a Q Tip and only use a very small amount of Vaseline to lightly coat each letter. Decided the odds of me getting that to work was slim to none, so I used black electrical tape. Regular masking tape would not stick, Scotch tape was too thin and being clear, it was too hard to tell if I had the letter covered and duct tape was too thick. Then I used an Xacto knife to trim the excess tape.

 

thanks for the tip, i ordered the new piece. just the part with the lettering. ill try electrical tape. thanks

 

Why the hell does your's say ULEV? Mine doesn't say that!

 

yea i was wondering that too. kind of odd. maybe i got a special tl. that the hell does ULEV mean?

 

ultra low emmissions vehicle.. fken n00b

 

deyum i got owned.

 

its ight we still broz

 

I meant I knew what ULEV meant, but why the fuck doesn't my car say that?