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Painted My Engine Covers

Old 03-14-12, 06:36 PM
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One of my friends who has an Accord just recently painted his engine covers so I decided to do the same. Heres a few pics of what he did.

Please excuse the bad quality pictures. Some were with flash and others without










For now I decided to leave part of my covers unpainted to see if the black/blue theme would look good. What do you guys think? Should I leave it the way it is or paint the entire cover?



























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Old 03-14-12, 06:38 PM
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Im actually thinking about painting the bottom and side covers a glossy black to better match the enter cover. Any thoughts?
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Not a fan... sry
Old 03-14-12, 06:52 PM
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Spray paint did not pull it off for this one.

A+ for effort
Old 03-14-12, 06:58 PM
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looks nice..looks cleaner too
Old 03-14-12, 06:58 PM
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i was expecting your car to be USB when i saw the blue.. the blue and black theme didnt really flow well with the color of your car imo

however the paint job is very clean and would certainly give you mad credit for that
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Thanks guys lol. This idea was kind of a spur of the moment and I didnt really want it to flow with the color of my car, just look good under the hood . I want to repaint the bottom and side covers, what color would look flow well?
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Not feeling it. If you did just the middle engine cover (the one that says "V6" on it) then maybe. But as it stands now it's too much blue for me.
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agree.. if just the middle cover, will look better. in my opinion. good effort though
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Yup, another vote for it doesn't flow.
Old 03-14-12, 07:39 PM
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looks really cheap and tacky.
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i agree, too much blue
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I like the honda's Orange actually.
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Ouch...looks like a garage job!
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Repaint it

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