Painted Engine covers

[mistaken]

I picked up basic auto primer, paint, and clear coat from SuperCheap. Hasn't bubbled and is fine.

 

[chevy_big_block_bro]

oooooooooops, forgot about clear coat, well gunu come off again when the rain stops

 

[Arth]

After a few weeks I finally finished it the other Day. Thanks to those who gave tips/Advice on how to go about it all. I have attached some pics, I think It's come up quite well.

Cheers

 

[TigerVX]

Anyone know how hard it is to remove the rocker covers cause I want to paint them too.

 

[Optimus_Prime]

Just undo the 7(?) bolts and take the covers off! If you dont have a socket set with elbows to get to the tricky ones it might be easier to take off the the air intake pipe & alternator. Also if the gasket is/gets broken or even looks pretty cruddy it would pay to replace them, they're only like < $15 from holden, save yourself the possibility of an oil leak... which i should have done when i took mine off just to see what it looked like inside

Heres my painted and 'modified' (as in busted a hole in it and glued a grille to it) super6 cover. Its the same colour as the car, though i like the writing you've done in the different colour Arth... might do mine black when i take the rocker covers off to paint them & replace the gaskets.

 

[TigerVX]

arth, how did you go about painting the writing and grooves?

 

[AKII1R]

g'day..ive just finished painting my cover gloss black came up pretty well. i need sum advice on the colours for the writing/and mabey the lines running along the top.

white wagon not sure about the colour code being white?

thanks

 

[justbad4you]

i like yours optimus........very neet looking............cheers

 

[Arth]

arth, how did you go about painting the writing and grooves?

Just masked it up. Using this fat masking tape, about 15cm wide then just used a knife to cut out the parts i wanted sprayed. In this case the letters and lines. Then for those bits that were missed or over sprayed I just fixed it up by hand with a fine brush.

 

[Balistic3.8L]

get rid of your engine covers and get a polished plenum ill post some pics when im finished polishing the throttle body and m.a.f and put back on the engine