painting the rocker cover

[matress]

hey guys,

when i get my new rocker cover, i have to give it a paint...

i'm wondering what the best way to polish the letters "DOHC" and the rest.

is there something i should apply to them before painting it so that paint doesn't stick to those areas?

can I just paint over the lot and hit it with a sander later?

mat

 

[Entaran]

Mine was fully sprayed and hit with an orbi sander

Then hit with a super heavy metal cutter and a polishing wheel

You've seen the result

 

[JayRome]

just paint over the letters. then hit it with a angle grinder with a sanding disc attachment. then a buffing wheel with an alloy compound

 

[matress]

what colours do you guys reckon would look good?

i was thinking a bright metallic blue?

or maybe black wrinkle, red wrinkle or grey wrinkle?

 

[JayRome]

midnight blue with gold flakes lol

 

[matress]

the sound of that makes me feel like spewing :lol:

 

[JayRome]

you would be suprised, but yer um........ red, black, silver, gold have been done soo be different and suprise us!

 

[matress]

it's just that the car isn't really that "bling"

i think a really over the top rocker cover would look a bit strange, but i could be wrong!

 

[JayRome]

just match the body color or just be different

 

[Yellowgsr]

id paint it first then get some 600 wetanddry sand paper, sand it then use 1000 grit then 1500 then 2000 and polish it! it sounds like a long process but its not its actually quiker cos ur starting with something fine!!!!

 

[CLuTZ]

I want something like this, a rising sun. The only rice thats going to be on my car

 

[matress]

that doesn't look too bad!
nice manifold!

i really wish i could get blue wrinkle paint! I've confirmed that VHT don't make it anymore

 

[JayRome]

nice EVO 7 engine....... extractors look goood toooo

 

[tharaka]

candy blue looks good!

 

[matress]

thats the type of blue i meant

 

[tharaka]

thats the type of blue i meant

yeah do it!

get some blue silicon lines to replace all your standard black vacuum hoses and get some sort of colour theme going in your engine bay

 

[olly]

where u gettin it done mat and how much? i want to spray mine black.

 

[matress]

well i've got blue sillicone hoses at the moment, and the factory lines are black, my catch can is black...

so i was thinking either black or blue might be good...

olly, i was going to have a go at it myself, and if it all goes pear shaped ill strip it and take it somewhere

 

[tharaka]

get the top of the valve cover zinc coated to match your piping :shock:

 

[matress]

you mean the whole rocker cover, or just the spark plug cover?

i have an aluminium spark plug cover on the way from JM Fabrications