Engine Cover Paint

[RacerVS]

Hi Guys ,
What type of paint would you reccomend for an ecotec engine cover ?
cheers

[cander24]

Many different paints will stand upto this kind of heat but I personally would recommend a two pack or an enamel with a hardener addative if you want a really good finish, but even the enamels in an aerosol can off the shelf will be more than suitable. Remember though, even the best paint will not last if the prep work is not upto scratch. This involves stripping all of the standard silver paint off as you will find it is not stuck on the best in places and then sanding the whole thing with something like 320grit to give the paint something to bite into. Spray it with a plastic primer, then your colour and then a clear top coat.

[nicko]

Any paint will be ok. i painted mine with holden quicksilver out of a pressure pack about a year ago. still perfect

[deanos70]

Attachment 61762i just done mine the other week
got a fine bit of wet n dry rubbed over and bits that were flacking and smoothed them down , got a soft scouring pad rubbed over the engine cover , cleaned it with wax and grease remover or turps will do , wipe all that stuff off and let it dry.

then i sprayed it with high gloss engine enamel, you dont have to use engine enamel but i had some laying around , going to put a bit of white on the lettering then spray a clear coat or 2 over it

[vsl67]

I did mine with K&h plastic primer and $3 export paint

[RacerVS]

I did mine with K&h plastic primer and $3 export paint

What are the three red plugs pictured before the engine cover ?

[RacerVS]

Attachment 61762i just done mine the other week
got a fine bit of wet n dry rubbed over and bits that were flacking and smoothed them down , got a soft scouring pad rubbed over the engine cover , cleaned it with wax and grease remover or turps will do , wipe all that stuff off and let it dry.

then i sprayed it with high gloss engine enamel, you dont have to use engine enamel but i had some laying around , going to put a bit of white on the lettering then spray a clear coat or 2 over it

That looks awesome mate !
Well done .

[RacerVS]

Any other pics of VS V6 engine bays would be much appreciated !
Thanks Guys

[Scooter79]

What are the three red plugs pictured before the engine cover ?

That would be three MSD coil packs

[deanos70]

That looks awesome mate !
Well done .

thanks racer , they arent hard to do , the enamel takes a while to dry hard but you can still drive around without your cover on no worries , if your a bit worried about stuffing yours up just grab a cheap one from ebay or a wreckers and give that a go , good luck with it and post a few pics up when you get it done

[RacerVS]

That would be three MSD coil packs

Where would you recommend to get some MSD Coil packs at a good price ?

[seraphic06]

Where would you recommend to get some MSD Coil packs at a good price ?

Sorry to get off topic but I was wondering the same thing.

[WogBoyz]

any supercheap, autobarn n repco stoor for about $70 ive been told

im getting mine 2mro

[WogBoyz]

$70 each coil btw

[Scooter79]

Upgrading your coil packs is pointless unless you've got some serious mods already done.

[WogBoyz]

im only uprgading mine, cus there starting to die just thought id mention that lol

[vsl67]

I got mine msd coils from auto barn because by the time you pay for postage from ebay they are pretty much the same price & if you get a set buy some leads aswell custom made ones are a lot better than any brands leads, a bloke in kallangar QLD makes them
When you paint your engine cover use the heat of the engine bay to your advantage to bake the paint ,and do all of the sanding as suggested
I lightly sanded mine ,used plastic primer and gave it a couple of coats sand between them

[RacerVS]

$70 each coil btw

Where do you get them for $70 each ? ?
I did a phone around in Sydney today and the average was $115 each .

[Cobez]

I used high temp black on my engine covers on my Senator. Haven't scratched or chipped at all in like 4 months, and the engine bay heat cures / hardens the paint better too.

Deanos70, that Ecotec cover came up good!

[vsl67]

riec barn or try vpw for the coils

[WogBoyz]

Where do you get them for $70 each ? ?
I did a phone around in Sydney today and the average was $115 each .

i read some articale saying there wud be 70 but dw i got quoted about $120 for them

[RacerVS]

riec barn or try vpw for the coils

Any links to their websites ?
cheers

[Cobez]

Ricebarn (Autobarn) won't have anything listed, they don't list anything on their website stock wise. Just ring them.

[helrzr925]

late last year i rung up repco and they quoted me 199 for the pack ( all 3)

[RacerVS]

Picture of my first attempt at an engine cover paint job .