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Originally Posted by dilly84 So dumb question, how did you get the masking tape to even stick? Ive tried automotive painters tapr as well as regular blue painters tape and

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Old 06-26-2012, 04:12 PM   #31 (permalink)
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So dumb question, how did you get the masking tape to even stick? Ive tried automotive painters tapr as well as regular blue painters tape and it will not stick. I also used prep all to see if that would help and it still wont stick to it. Any help would be great.
did you ever put armor all or any greasy protectant on your EC? if so thats why it wont stick dishwashing soap and water is the best killer for removing all the greasy film... OR are you tryna tape at night? the moisture in the air makes the masking tape have a difficult time to stick also... could be a possible cause
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Just did mine! Decided to go bronze and came out pretty good...



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How long do you have to wait before you can drive the car with the new painted engine cover.
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Old 05-01-2013, 12:59 PM   #35 (permalink)
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3yrs
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How long do you have to wait before you can drive the car with the new painted engine cover.
just 1 day is fine

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Awh man! I can't wait a day haha
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Thanks for the DIY Simota1!

I finished my paint job over the weekend. I did have a question for everyone that has done this. How did you handle the gap between the part on the cover that you were painting red and the non painted black part?

I taped down into the gap but didn't cover the bottom of the channel completely.

After my paint job I had a few small slivers of of the original silver paint in that channel that were still showing through. I guess I should have left it completely uncovered so the paint should have gone all the way down.

Anyway if this happens to anyone else - I went to a local art store and bought a few black extra fine point paint pens that were able to get into the grooves. I also used the paint from the pens and a very fine brush to get into the curved corners. The paint is perfect for detail work since it has the consistency of water color paint (easy to manipulate) but handles more like enamel as it dries.

Anyway happy with the results but pretty sure I made more work for myself than I needed to.
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Great DIY Simota1. I just finished mine yesterday and engine bay is coming along really well.. Thanks!
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Sorry to bump an old thread...but do you need to use high temp paint for this or can u use regular paint? I'm thinking of painting mine the orange tts color
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kinda funny, but i actually painted my nismo engine cover silver because I have a SG body color and wanted it to match, until I took it off all together, but to each his own, looks good!
hard to tell in the pic but is that NISMO a decal, or did you stencil while painting the strut bar?
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Silly question... been wanting to do this for some time so I had the spray paint ready. Unfortunately it looks like someone else in the family used it in the meantime and it's almost empty
Now that I removed the engine cover and protected it, can I drive 1-2 days without it to buy some more paint or do I need to remove all my protections and cover up the engine again?

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Silly question... been wanting to do this for some time so I had the spray paint ready. Unfortunately it looks like someone else in the family used it in the meantime and it's almost empty
Now that I removed the engine cover and protected it, can I drive 1-2 days without it to buy some more paint or do I need to remove all my protections and cover up the engine again?

Thanks
Well actually I managed to find some paint and here's what I've done (same orange as the interior).
Next step: brake calipers...

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Old 08-28-2015, 08:23 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Thanks for this, saved over $200 bucks as I was going to buy a Nismo cover.
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