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rocker cover
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:34 pm
by tintin
as a few of you mite of seen i got my inlet manifold sprayed. im going to be doing the rocker cover soon have any one of you done the same? if so what paint did you use? considering its plastic and dose get a bit warm now and then
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:26 pm
by lwrida
I want to do the same thing and seeings how I got black with green flake exterior I was thinking of doing it pink.
But seriously I would also like to know what paint to use. Someone answer this great blokes request.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:46 pm
by mr-charisma
do a coat of heat resistant paint as the undercoat & then you can use whatever paint you want, if you can clear coat it with more heat resistant paint i'm sure that would be best, otherwise i don't think that the clear coat would matter if it wasn't heat res.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:33 pm
by Camo
Depends if you want to just spray it one colour, or if you actually want to paint a picture on it (i'm sure you have seen some of the amazing samples on the net)
If you just want to spray it one colour, then caliper paint should work fine for you!
If you want to spray it with a whole picture (lots of different colours) there might not be a big enough range of colours in caliper paint to suit you.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:43 pm
by Rocco
Isnt caliper paint in matt form as standard?and i'm sure u want a gloss finish
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:38 pm
by nosman
Caliper paint also comes in glossy depending on what brand you get. Cheaper ones are matte.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:59 pm
by Camo
There is quite a range of caliper paint out there!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:00 am
by tintin
ok cheers i will see if heat res paint will stick to plastic then rocker cover coming soon then
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:35 am
by BorepYano
prep the surface then it will definately stick.
um... i think sam (FtoSam) has his painted silver... if my memory serves right, so just shoot him a PM and ask
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:52 am
by FtoSam
We talkin bout the MIVEC cover here???
I painted mine with some silver high temp paint from the local paint store.
just sanded it back first and washed it.. Then Sprayed away.. No clear coast or anything... HOwever its pretty rough up close. So you may want to investigate further.
Piccies:
Ignore the MS Paint crap.. Pic was being used for something else. (To get a CF Mivec cover made up.)
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:10 am
by tintin
ok cheers im going to be doing a few coulors. i have heard of the cf covers very rare ?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:16 am
by mr-charisma