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Old 09-20-09, 10:38 AM
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Does anyone have any pictures of painted 3rd gen gs engine covers? I'm looking forward to painting mine very soon and I want to get some ideas for the paint job.
Old 09-20-09, 11:38 AM
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i thought there was a dude from australia with a silver gs that painted his engine cover a royal blue(f-sport)?? forgot his sig name.
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may want to search the 2gen GS430. May find more have done this and its the same cover we have.
Old 09-20-09, 12:56 PM
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heres a pics of mayings engine cover at the bottom of the page. mine is on the next page
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...thread-78.html
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yea....I like the one with the red engine cover looks great.
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Nice color (red), I thought about mixing red with black as well.
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What do you guys think about this design?
Old 09-21-09, 12:05 PM
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should I go for this ^ design or paint it all red with black emblems???
Old 09-21-09, 12:43 PM
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i think the red with black emblems will look better, the red on black makes me think of G.I. Joe Cobra, but in the end its what you like
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On a related note, do you guys have problems closing the hood? I have to slam mine multiple times to get it to close. Dealer said that was normal...so I don't bother opening the hood to show the engine to anybody.
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I have no problems with closing my hood, plus I don't think that your problem is a normal thing. The dealer is bsing you, so he wouldn't have to deal with it. You should able to close the hood easily, in your case you might have a worn spring or something close to that.
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You should go get it check out.......
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Thanks. They said they lubricated it because I complained, but that it was "normal." That didn't make a difference, however. I have an oil change coming up soon...so I will bring it up again.
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