How to customise your engine cover

[Jecs]

Why do you need an engine cover??? Painting an engine cover = Quick & easy...

How about you polish the intake/plenum & fuel rails?!?!? lol

Cheers
MaT

coz the plenum looks like crap

 

[yZoH]

coz the plenum looks like crap

Polish it all... Looks like a mini Group A if you do duel throttle body's lol

Cheers
MaT

 

[ruredi]

I was going to create another thread but might aswell put it in here...Ive painted my engine cover black with green lettering...my car is green...and for a while now ive been thinking about putting a little neon tube under there so that it glows green down onto the engine from under the engine cover...except I didnt know if there are any neons or globes out there that wold stand the heat. Any ideas guys...??? By the way all these people saying about the heat affecting the paint...there is like a layer of foam under the cover sort of acts like an insulater so it will be far from a problem anyway...

Cheers, Joe :thumbsup:

 

[Lord-Data]

Heat *does* affect normal plastic paint on these covers .. mine has the blisters to prove it .. lasted a couple of months .. then slowly you'd start to see bubbles and blisters, now theres quite a few .. once they pop/crack, they start to collect direct/grime, so become very obvious.. gonna have to buy a new one and start again with VHT paint :|

 

[BnSuter]

Hey infus10n how did you go about painting the sequentual injection and v6 so good. with it been so small

 

[faroogoo]

That engine covers cool cos its original...

 

[struggo]

i like to play with my missus' every night, not just over the holidays. Sometimes I have to wait till she's asleep though :embarrass

Hi Fletch,

Thats the best post on this site! :thumbsup:

CLASSIC mate
:bow:

Cheers
Struggo

 

[Jon Z]

coz the plenum looks like crap

Has anyone ploished there plenum and fuel rails up as it seemed to look pretty good on ITT-38L. Definately looks much better than a piece of painted plastic which holds the heat in. If anyone has pics of a polished plenum on the ecotec could you post plz as it can look pretty good if done right. Some of the covers here do look pretty good though :thumbsup: but imo i like the polished look better.

 

[yyg998vsute]

I got bermuda mica (same colour as the car) from super cheap, $7 a can

and then I can the $3 can of Gloss ferrai Red,

$10 make is look a treat on a S pack ute

 

[ecotec38]

Jecs with your engine cover did you use a clear coat or anything to stop it from getting dirty