WDP TL-S: Painted Engine Cover
08-22-2007, 09:37 PM
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WDP TL-S: Painted Engine Cover
Had few hours of extra time today. So I painted my engine cover in gold. I'll have to repaint the cover after sanding off some dust particles that settled down during drying process.
Engine cover off
Prepping
Finished
Engine cover off
Prepping
Finished
08-22-2007, 10:02 PM
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i just cleaned, taped, and painted.
i think dealer scratched my engine cover while it was in service for its first oil change. that scratch shows up even after painting it. i'm going to repaint it after some sanding when i have spare time.
i think dealer scratched my engine cover while it was in service for its first oil change. that scratch shows up even after painting it. i'm going to repaint it after some sanding when i have spare time.
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08-22-2007, 10:49 PM
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This is nuts. I am normally not a fan of gold, but I can stand behind this mod. Is it just the lighting or did you do-up the grill in gold chrome, too?
08-22-2007, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by brettallica
This is nuts. I am normally not a fan of gold, but I can stand behind this mod. Is it just the lighting or did you do-up the grill in gold chrome, too?
grille is chrome as usual. its just the lighting or the reflection
08-22-2007, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by brettallica
This is nuts. I am normally not a fan of gold, but I can stand behind this mod. Is it just the lighting or did you do-up the grill in gold chrome, too?
it looks like he put his type-s badge on the front grill too. it looks like the grill is tinted gold
08-23-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by The Dougler
I'm not feeling it either, I thought it was going to be WDP. Dragonloard color matched his NBP and I think it's the nines!
08-23-2007, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chill_dog
Guess I'm the only one not feeling it 
. Workmanship is top-notch, though 
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. Workmanship is top-notch, though .
08-23-2007, 12:29 PM
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Looks Good. I would've gone for something other than Gold (maybe WDP, maybe Gloss Black) but it still looks really good. Red would be nice too, but SWMBO would kill me.
Saw a post (either here or 2G) where the guy did his cover. Something like 27 coats. Sand, prime, prime, sand, color, color, sand, color, ...... sand, clear, ..... replace.
Did it body color (Royal Blue?). Looked Sick.
Saw a post (either here or 2G) where the guy did his cover. Something like 27 coats. Sand, prime, prime, sand, color, color, sand, color, ...... sand, clear, ..... replace.
Did it body color (Royal Blue?). Looked Sick.
08-23-2007, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
Looks Good. I would've gone for something other than Gold (maybe WDP, maybe Gloss Black) but it still looks really good. Red would be nice too, but SWMBO would kill me.
08-24-2007, 08:32 AM
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Hopefully the 04 TL's engine cover removes similarly. I really want to try this, except I wouldn't know which color to pick .. probably red heh.
08-24-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by minkl81
behind the emblem, there's two tiny clips that are holding the emblem and i just pried it off.
08-25-2007, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Evader
you just pulled the emblem off from the front, or did you just pull the little clips off with pliers or something? I tried pulling the emblem and I just felt if i kept pulling it would break off
i inserted flat driver underneath the acura "A" sign and pried it off. it popped right off with little force.
08-25-2007, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by THTL
Everything is Hot about your car. Except for the "TYPE-S" emblem in the front grill. It looks out of place and you don't need that to tell it a type-s TL.
i really liked the look of my tsx's front euroR grille emblem. so i tried to make it look similar but it doesn't look that good as expected.
this was my tsx with euroR conversion before the tl-s
08-25-2007, 08:00 PM
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so I just took off the engine cover of my TL..and honestly I was expecting it to be a PITA..so I turned the light on took my shirt off got all ready and it came off in less than 10 seconds 
...hahah..Im thinking of painting it tomorrow..Deciding on color. I have NBP btw.
Mink-thanks for the inspiration! haha
...hahah..Im thinking of painting it tomorrow..Deciding on color. I have NBP btw.Mink-thanks for the inspiration! haha