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painted my engine cover, nothing tooo fancy

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Old 03-01-15, 03:56 PM
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Default painted my engine cover, nothing tooo fancy

Not the greatest pics but just a few to get the idea. Will be painting the rest of the intake and the ecu box covers once i fix my radiator leak.





I went with black to keep it simple and give make it look a tad cleaner, i wonder what else i could add.....

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looking good. nice and glossy
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Looks mad, and that is some serious wiring there too! Maybe add some red accents to the cover to match? Could look tacky, though
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time for some new hood struts
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
looking good. nice and glossy
Yeah i took my time wetsanding it lol

Originally Posted by Bhubb18
Looks mad, and that is some serious wiring there too! Maybe add some red accents to the cover to match? Could look tacky, though
Just did the big 3, im still missing 2 more wires and 1 more fuse, i tried to make it look as clean as possible. I was thinking the same thing with the red, planning on painting the 4.3 vvti red but i think i might just leave it.

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time for some new hood struts
LOL when i put the engine cover in and pressed the cover down to pop in place... It fell on my head..
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Looks awesome, agree with keeping it as is,
Old 03-03-15, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by SC4Paulo
Looks awesome, agree with keeping it as is,
Thanks
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That's a mean looking paint job. I like it a lot.
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Nice job on that!

Looks pretty good
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Awesome work. May copy this idea dude.
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looks good!!!
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Nice! i love the way painted covers look. i just painted the covers on my LS and the GS covers are next.
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From the thread title, I was expecting rice.

**** that looks good.
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yeah honestly it does look good. you should hit the rest of the hard plastics in there. I was expecting some crazy in your face color... smiled when this loaded.
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thanks guys, just for all the positive feedback i will paint the rest tomarrow and post pictures


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