I got bored so painted the engine cover :)

[lufkin]

i broke a door handle, so had to get a new one plus color coded paint, i had a heap left over so thought i would paint the cover

 

[Josheh]

haha that looks nice mate, Good work.

 

[Macca86]

Looks awesome mate!
Just curious tho. If its just normal exterior paint, how will it stand up with the heat in the engine bay?

 

[lufkin]

ive had it on for a week now, seems fine so far touch wood, the plastic surprisingly isn't all that hot

 

[vtanthony]

i see u have what looks like a amp wire setup can u elaborate on the how set up of it or is it in the audio section of this forum ?

BTW the engine cover looks good .just wondering how long it will last if u havent used the heat resistant paint

 

[lufkin]

i see u have what looks like a amp wire setup can u elaborate on the how set up of it or is it in the audio section of this forum ?

BTW the engine cover looks good .just wondering how long it will last if u havent used the heat resistant paint

ive gone mainly alpine just because i like to keep things the same, im picky like that for some reason anyways for subs i have 2x type R 12s ( wanna get X's but not fussed atm) powered by 2x PDX-1.1000 so 1 per sub then type x splits in front and type r's in rear doors, havnt done anything with parcelshelf, not even sure if i will, they are powered by a PDX-4.150 er some other stuff, cant remember, ive had the stereo for awhile now, can dig out the old boxes later if it matters

0 gauge wiring to boot (btw pic is old now, only 1 strand of 0 gauge now and its going on drivers side of car now that i discovered another rubber gromet and a 8 farad cap, thats about it, overkill sure, do i care, no lol

 

[lufkin]

and about temps, my dad has one of them IR Thermometers so after work tomorrow when engine is all heated up, i'll check temps of cover just for interests sake

 

[Melissa]

Good job - looks great!

I painted mine a year ago with exterior paint, and it still looks as good as it did back then.

 

[Lumps of cheese]

Pretty smooth job, nice work.

 

[NAY73N]

Exterior paint can hold up with heat, unless its not introduced to its arch enemy the Nake Flame/Fire.

as an ex spray painter i have painted a full engine black using nothing less then exterior paint that was left over of the car and cleared it off with a semi gloss finish, that was 3 years ago till this day it looks just as good as it did when i done it. if you have taken all the correct steps to prep it you should not have an issue.