[beason]

After painting Karim's engine cover, i decided to do mine as well. I have the older style one, so i didnt have nearly as much to tape off.

I plan on leaving the burger chrome, making the V8 5.6 white, and the rest a metallic blue.

I finally got the white base coat down, and will do some light sanding and tape off the words tomorrow before doing the blue.

For some reason the paint would not stick to my cover unless i did SUPER light coats. I even cleaned it really good with soap and water, and wiped it down with thinner!

I will also clear it with automotive clear that can be waxed after it dries for a week.

here is the progress so far.

I guess if we are going to REP MA H-town, I gotta mod!

 

[beason]

the white is krylon gloss white, same paint i did Karims whole cover with. his never did what mine did, it stuck just fine.

I figured the krylon would stick good to the plastic, and serve as a primer for the blue. I hope i dont have to strip it and start over..

 

[beason]

The paint is krylon fusion, but the blue isn't sticking very well either. Lots of orange peal areas. But after much sanding andpainting its almost ready. Got a couple more blue coats, and the the clear.

 

[beason]

OK, so first coat of clear is done. I still have to uncover the white letters and hit it again with clear, but its getting close.

The stupid paint wont stick to the mount bolts now... wth

 

[beason]

yea i sanded all the rough spots until they were smooth, then hit it with a very light even coat. let that dry about 30 min, then hit it with clear. I will remove the tape over the white letters and hit that area with clear again tomorrow. Im not taking a chance and wrinkling the clear like i did on karims. im STILL working on fixing that blemish.

 

[beason]

i know i said i was going to wait, but i couldnt do it.... took the tape off the letters and hit it with a second coat of clear. now i just have to let that dry, finish the bolts, and unmask the burger. then its damage control for any paint that got past the tape. My cell phone as a really good camera, but for some reason it doesnt like shooting this. maybe its the light. but it looks way better in person.

 

[beason]

Nah the truck is black, but I plan to add some blue accent lights under the hood. Maybe ill find something else to paint under there

 

[beason]

and here it is, complete.

and YES I COLOR MATCHED THE BOLTS..

 

[beason]

Im going to get some engine cleaner this weekend and clean it before i install the cover and the under hood light kit. I will take pics then!

 

[beason]

Yea I've used that stuff before on RC cars. Great stuff and smells awesome! Light kits will be here today!

 

[beason]

I am going to reroute that power cable soon..

 

[beason]

that sounds great. gotta see if i have enough slack to get it up there. thanks bro!

 

[beason]

Nice job! I need to re-do mine for the Meet....hmmmmmm what to do what to do.lol

how do you redo it? sand it off? paint thinner? i may have to redo karims. i dont know what happened but it all went to hell.

 

[beason]

Just for you DA