Engine Covers - Just Finished Painting
 

Just finished painting the main engine cover and the lettering on the battery and brake fluid covers as well.

I was looking for a more subtle look that then a all red cover, but still incorporating some red accents. Went with a close match to the gun metallic and used dupli-color glossy liquid caliper paint and a fine brush to apply it to only the top surface of the raised lettering. Came out better than I expected.

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That looks really good!

Well done. Very clean!

Thanks, taping the inside radius of the curves was ***** tedious but the edges came out really crisp and even.

Wow! Excellent idea and execution. I might have to try that on my battery and brake covers.

Did you mask inside the batt/brake cover letters or just the engine cover.

I just masked the engine cover for the grey metallic paint. The red caliper paint was viscous enough that it wouldn't run over the edge if applied carefully with a fine brush (~3 mm) with a steady hand.

There were a couple small spots where I pushed it over the edge, but rubbing the edge gently with a toothpick took care of that when the paint was partially cured but still soft. Placed it in the oven at 75 C (~167 F) for 25 min and the surface came out nice and smooth on the lettering.

Great! Thanks for the tips. I just want to do the battery and brake covers. If that turns out OK, I may try doing the V6.

I have some Solid Red paint left over from some body work. Do you think that would work? I'm hoping that there is nothing special about caliper paint for this job and it's just what you had laying around. ;)

Nice!!

^^Pretty much, the calper paint was a nice deep red, not too bright, and it was thicker than other paints I had so it made a nice thick layer on top of the letters without running. I would think most paints would do fine.

Thanks. I have a few other projects going right now, but will try it out when I get a chance.

Came out great! :tup:

Nice, you did similar to mine but I painted the VVEL black.

Wow that looks very classy. Subtle but really nice. Too many times people go way too much. Proving once again less is more. :tup:

I like.

yup, agree with everyone, very nice and subtle :tup: