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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Hey Guys,

This weekend I decided to paint my engine covers. I started last night and took all day to finish but the end result was pretty good considering its all duplicolor. I'm just wanting for it to cure for the rest of the day, but I put it all back on to take pics.


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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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very nice very nice

i was planning to paint my engine cover also... did you use any clear coat and does it look like it was professionally done? use a spray gun? or just from a regular can
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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looking good there
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Batmobile
very nice very nice

i was planning to paint my engine cover also... did you use any clear coat and does it look like it was professionally done? use a spray gun? or just from a regular can
I still need to clear them. No spray gun, came straight out the can.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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looking good man
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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cool mon.. me likey. prefect time to do it too.. hummm. now i want to do it...
off to auto-zone i go...lol
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Thanks guys, Just paint my calipers also, but I didn't like the blue that duplicolor offers so I went with black instead. It was to dark for pics, so I'll post those later.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 11:54 PM
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nice ****.. Now I want to go ahead and paint mine !!! LOL.. except if my car is SGM would it look good if I was to put it that same color on my cover. not the whole thing ofcourse... ya know??
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:13 AM
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did you use primer? if so what kind?
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 04:20 AM
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Nice, If you get that engine bay washed to bring some shine in it would definately set it off, IMO
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by bigmalik00
did you use primer? if so what kind?
I used Duplicolor white primer.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Not bad, thinking that finished project is gonna look a whole lot better when done.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Nice Leroy! One inspiration after another
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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nice job. i thought they were painted at carlisle. either way they look good.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Juangado
nice job. i thought they were painted at carlisle. either way they look good.
They were, traded straight up last year with a .net member. His painted covers for my stock. They were supposedly professionally painted, but were really crappy looking instead. So I finally got around to re-doing them myself.
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