painting engine cover/strut brace

Originally Posted by destinyZ

I was pretty bored and wanted to see how it would look. I think it turned out really well. If no has done this yet then here some pics and instructoins. Its pretty easy just time consuming:

Brace: 14MM
Cover: 10MM

Picture 1: before shot.

Picture 2: Remove bolts on each side of strut brace.

Picture 3: remove rumber seal at the back of engine bay. it just pops off

picture 4: where my hand was in pic 4, there is a plastice piece behind it that pops off. be carefull not to break anything, its only plastic.

Picture 5: remove the 2 bolts under the plastic piece that you just removed.

Picture 8: Before you ever do any painting, you should clean ALL surfaces first. tape off or cover everything you dont intend to paint. i used grey tape and masking tape. both of them stuck very poorly to the plastic. so if you have a better method use it.
to cover the rubber pieces inside where the bolts that mount the the cover down, cut out a piece of tape the size of a nickel. just get a nickel, put tape on it and cut. i used the grey tape. After that paint the desired color.

Picture 14: sand down the brace, prime then paint. see, not hard at all just takes a while because of the dry of the paint.

Last coupld of pics are just the finnished product

EASY DIY enjoy.

P.S. how do you make the pictures pop up big without it beging an attachment??