engine cover painted
 

soon to be outside paint

RE: engine cover painted
 

Nice! Love the color shifting look.
So hard for a cop to accurately right down the color of your car on a ticket! :D

RE: engine cover painted
 

Nice work.

I see pfyc.com now offers stencil kits for engine covers. I guess to please the Monte owners for removing the trunk lid covers from their product line?

Anyways I thought about purchasing one of the stencil kits for our '03 Pace car. I just don't want to change the car from whatever original is by adding chrome lettering to the engine cover.

RE: engine cover painted
 

thanks

haha, thats the idea! the top will be this color an the bottom will be a deep candy purple

RE: engine cover painted
 

Looks great, Can you try to post some larger pics

RE: engine cover painted
 

ya, its raining in my part of cali lately so when it suns up i will.

also, i sprayed the clearcoat a lil heavy an was excited to put it on so i didnt properly let it dry before i rushed to put it on the next morninng so you WILL see some imperfections

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what is the best way to prep the cover, and what type of paint do you use? I would guess the paint needs to be able to withstand some heat as well as be flexable with the plastic.

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here is a good link to how to do it.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/paint_plastic.php

RE: engine cover painted
 

i used automotive paint and clear


since its rigid i sanded the plastic with 320 as best as possible. i then sprayed a coat of bulldog (an adhesive promoter), then followed with a filler primer. reason i used a filler was to be able to sand that as well. if you think your sand job is smooth enough primer may not be needed but i HIGHLY recomend using the adhesive promoter. i then sanded the primer with a 400 grit then proceded to shoot the necessary color. since my chosen color was a color shifter of sorts i sprayed black first, then the shifting color, than the clear coat