Engine Covers - Just Finished Painting

Trilitheum · 10-07-2015, 08:42 AM

Yup, believe it was duplicolor gun metallic.

I didn't clear coat, just masked the rest of the cover off and painting two light coats and let dry a good day or more before re-installing.

For the red I used a small paint brush, like the craft store type, and carefully applied the paint to the top of the lettering. It will build up to give a nice thick coat if you keep adding more to the brush and do a little at a time. Have to be careful as if you go to far it will spill over the top of the letter and you have to wipe it off and start over. I dried the parts in the sun for a day as the caliper paint can take a long time to dry if put on thick.

If you want to see what the paint looks like now check here when I painted my post MAF tubes a couple months ago. VHT Wrinkle Paint
It's a little dusty in the engine bay, but you can see the paint is still excellent.

10-07-2015, 08:42 AM	#26 (permalink)
Trilitheum Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 210 Drives: '11 370z 6M KAD Spt Rep Power: 16	Yup, believe it was duplicolor gun metallic. I didn't clear coat, just masked the rest of the cover off and painting two light coats and let dry a good day or more before re-installing. For the red I used a small paint brush, like the craft store type, and carefully applied the paint to the top of the lettering. It will build up to give a nice thick coat if you keep adding more to the brush and do a little at a time. Have to be careful as if you go to far it will spill over the top of the letter and you have to wipe it off and start over. I dried the parts in the sun for a day as the caliper paint can take a long time to dry if put on thick. If you want to see what the paint looks like now check here when I painted my post MAF tubes a couple months ago. VHT Wrinkle Paint It's a little dusty in the engine bay, but you can see the paint is still excellent. Dragon_Ball_Z likes this. __________________ 2011 Nissan 370Z Touring/Sport, 6MT, KAD

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