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02-02-2006, 10:25 PM
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#41 | | Registered User
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| What I really want to do is paint my dash to match like kartel on here did. | 
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02-02-2006, 10:27 PM
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#42 | | Registered User
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| damn it chris. keep postin up about how you copied my wrinkle paint! loser ! lol | |
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02-02-2006, 10:29 PM
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#43 | | Registered User
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| if anyone wants to sell a cf engine cover for cheap  | |
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02-02-2006, 10:58 PM
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#44 | | Nor*Cal's Most Hated
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Originally Posted by FrankenScion Here's mine: 
ANd my fusebox cover:   | Nice! My fuse cover is painted to look like cf.
Jon's looks better. | |
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02-02-2006, 11:11 PM
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#45 | | Registered User
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| Has any one thought of using caliper epoxy paint on the valve cover? Or would the temp get too hot. | |
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02-02-2006, 11:13 PM
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#46 | | Registered User
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| that would work.
now do u mean the valve cover or the plastic engine cover?
the valve cover doesnt get too hot. but any "high heat" paint should do teh trick just fine. | |
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02-02-2006, 11:21 PM
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#47 | | NEXT LEVEL MOTORING
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Originally Posted by FrankenScion Here's mine: | How about painting skeleton fingers on them intake manifold, kinda like scatchin it's chin  | |
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02-02-2006, 11:40 PM
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#48 | | Registered User
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Originally Posted by hotbox05 that would work.
now do u mean the valve cover or the plastic engine cover?
the valve cover doesnt get too hot. but any "high heat" paint should do teh trick just fine. | I mean the valve cover, not the plastic engine cover....I think the e-poxy might look good almost a powder coated look. | |
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02-03-2006, 12:01 AM
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#49 | | Registered User
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| if you really want to make sure it will stay in place after all the cleaning us SEM flexi primer it will give the paint a good bite on the plastic it works so good i even painted my visors and they are still plyable as stock. | |
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02-03-2006, 12:05 AM
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#50 | | Registered User
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Originally Posted by RageStevens Has any one thought of using caliper epoxy paint on the valve cover? Or would the temp get too hot. | the valve cover doesnt get that hot regular engine paint will totaly work | |
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02-03-2006, 12:06 AM
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#51 | | Registered User
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| i've gt sem paint on my visors too | |
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02-03-2006, 01:00 AM
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#52 | | The OG Super Mod
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| hmm i wanna see pics darren!
i used high heat red engine paint and scuffed up the cover and rattle canned. holding up strong still! | |
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02-03-2006, 01:02 AM
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#53 | | Registered User
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Originally Posted by FrankenScion What I really want to do is paint my dash to match like kartel on here did. | that would be sweet....did you paint your cover yourself? Mad Props
Yeah, I really doubt you have to use Hi-Temp paint on the engine cover but I would sugest it if you were doing the Valve cover it never hurts to be prepared.
The wires under the cover are a big Cluster ****, I noticed that when I took off the engine cover to install my AEM Intake.
Good luck on yours Luv, be sure to post pics for us when you finish it  | |
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02-03-2006, 07:26 AM
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#54 | | Registered User
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| I wish I had the talent to do it myself, but I did get it done for free so that's a bonus.
The people that did my paint screwed some stuff up so they did that for free because they felt bed. | |
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02-03-2006, 02:50 PM
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#55 | | Registered User
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| Ihave painted mine. It isn't that extensive as Frankenscions...but.
I did not sand the surface, just made sure that it was super clean. I used about 4 coats of Metallic Black Paint(similar to Black Sand Pearl) for the cover and taped off the letters and did them in Metallic Orange(Hot Lava). Then 3 clear coats.
It's hard to see the Metallic finish int he pics but here they are.     | |
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02-03-2006, 04:29 PM
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#56 | | Registered User
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| dude that is sweet!!!
soon ill be painting my cover white and laying down randodes CF overlays for the emblem and the vvt-i | |
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02-03-2006, 05:25 PM
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This is the piece I was talking about originally I hope engine cover is the proper name.
So this piece does NOT need hi temp paint am I correct?
You guys are confusing me with the engine cover valve cover thing. LOL  | |
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02-03-2006, 05:27 PM
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#58 | | Registered User
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| the engine cover does not need high temp. the valve cover pretty much does need high heat | |
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02-03-2006, 05:30 PM
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#59 | | Registered User
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| THe piece in my pics is the Engine Cover. The Valve Cover is underneath the Engine Cover. FOr the Engine Cover, I don't know if you need High Temp Paint or not. I haven't had any issues in the 4 months since I painted mine. | |
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02-03-2006, 05:32 PM
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#60 | | Registered User
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| Wheewww ok thanks!!!
Engine cover is what he has in mind to paint!! | |
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