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Old 05-26-15, 06:12 PM
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Dropping my is250 all black plastic engine cover off tomorrow to get painted. Wanted to see what you guy/gals thought would look good.

Car is ultra white and have a Cusco strut bar and f sport intake in the engine now.
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Paint the middle portion of the cover blue to match the FSport intake and strut bar...
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Originally Posted by corradoMR2
Paint the middle portion of the cover blue to match the FSport intake and strut bar...
What about the outsides? Gloss black or ultra white?
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Originally Posted by ddvette9
What about the outsides? Gloss black or ultra white?

hmm.... I see where you're going with this.

I would do Gloss Black since I feel it would better compliment blue adjacent to it giving it a more aggressive look and complimenting other black tones in the engine bay, but UW is not bad too...

Here's what I envision and my preference. Not quite the same but I like the blue/black color combo.


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I matched my exterior paint. It's an understated OEM+ style.

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If you really want a smooth finish, you're gonna have to REALLY sand that thing down.
Do it yourself, save the money you would spend on prep-labour.
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Originally Posted by FullAtomic
If you really want a smooth finish, you're gonna have to REALLY sand that thing down.
Do it yourself, save the money you would spend on prep-labour.
YESSIR! that's what I did!
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After a few days of prep, painting, and retouching, completed mine.


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Originally Posted by corradoMR2
hmm.... I see where you're going with this.

I would do Gloss Black since I feel it would better compliment blue adjacent to it giving it a more aggressive look and complimenting other black tones in the engine bay, but UW is not bad too...

Here's what I envision and my preference. Not quite the same but I like the blue/black color combo.


Hmm I rather like this one

Originally Posted by corradoMR2
After a few days of prep, painting, and retouching, completed mine.

That turned out great @corradoMR2
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Here's mine....going to change the shade of purple to match my calipers

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^^^ Thanks Hoovey!

@cp2: Mine was a DIY which turned out OK on detail, but yours shows it was professionally done and looks flawless! Plus extra points for the Decepticon logo for Megatron.
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