VoLLy

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Painted my Engine and battery covers!

Before:



In the process of scuffing up the surface:





OMG I'm naked!!:







After:

Mike_McCready

nice work

INSPIRE 32V

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looks nice, kinda like a TYPE R engine from far away

2Rude

Good job! Now paint the calipers!

VoLLy

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Thanks guys!

Oh yeah, and SPECIAL THANKS TO Mike_McCready FOR PROVIDING ME INFO ON HOW TO GO ABOUT PAINTING IT!!






LoL! I did paint the calipers silly!:

FL3.2TL

Good stuff. Question though, why didnt you paint the battery cover red too? Just trying to give it a different look? Nice combo tho of the red and gold. I wouldve done the top silver part Gold, the "3.2 Vtec" in Gold, leave the letters silver and everything else you already have.

Also might I add, its screaming for a degrease!

BLaCk Acc

Sorry but thats a bad color combination, specially the calipers. Should painted them black. Bright Gold makes it look ricey. No comment on the rims. lol just my ....

datzdaboi

i think you should've painted the engine cover gold to match the car and battery cover

rolinacura19

that looks terrible. im not sure what possessed you to paint your engine bay red.

Cozmo

Despite what others say I think that color looks pretty good, though the gold probably would've been better. When i was installing my icebox a few weeks ago I realized how ugly our engine is without the cover.

vtlec01

ewww

Phrosttz0

you need to clean that engine bay

godfather2

garnet and gold ... some of my fav colors - GO NOLES!

bkzjimmy

jonjacob

gold rims on a black car is the definition of rice.

Phrosttz0

i dont think so man, blackacc's car is clean and classy exactly the opposite of rice

Meek32v6

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LOL!! I love car forums


nice job on the calipers...looks quality

maxxxboost

very Intense colour but i'm not feeling the battery cover's colour. I think it should be left black to better contrast the engine bay cover but also match the blackness of everything else in the engine bay that is black.

But the job itself is well done. Really stands out.

VoLLy

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Thanks for all the comments guys!

I thought that if I painted everything red, it would look boring.

JnC

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To each their own, but as a few others have said it, i am not feeling the combo. May be it would be a different story once one sees it in person, good job non the less .

salvo24

I'll second that...GO NOLES!

BLaCk Acc

Obviously you have no taste and don't know what rice is.

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SSMTL01

it looks ok- i would maybe do the battery cover to match and do some more sanding/another coat to make it a little more glossy.

Which type of paint did you use?

fsttyms1

Here is my I would have used a High Build Primer, Many coats of that to build it up (to get rid of the rough texture look) . Sanded that smooth, Then painted it body color

Cant tell from the high metalic and the light but its as smooth as the body (and and exact match-but hard to tell from the pics)



Looks really dark here but its the flash in a dark garage.

VoLLy

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Thanks fsttyms1 for the advice.

I'll redo the cover if I have time, but for now I think it looks good the way it is, maybe when it starts to chip, I'll repaint it.

snowman81

I agree with fsttyms1. I did mine the way that he is talking about, although it didn't come out as good as I wished it had and it looks like metal now instead of plastic. The color matches the car (SSM) and the piece in the metal is red to match the letters. Doesn't look to bad though.