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Painting engine covers - mrtc - 28:th-Mar-2016

Has anyone on here painted their wngibe cover. Im especially interested in painted cdti engine covers. Anyone?

RE: Painting engine covers - bruce_19 - 29:th-Mar-2016

God I have done that in a few years and it was on different cars.

I assume you are doing this to the plastic cover for the engine.

I used to soak the cover in Gunk for a day to help get all the unwanted grit and oil off it then let it dry for a day.

Now you have a couple of options 1 is just to slightly rough up the surface, clean and apply a high temp primer then paint or smooth it out and get it how you want then primer and paint.

I always used high temp paint to reduce the likelihood of flaking or discolouration.

RE: Painting engine covers - Rusty2009 - 29:th-Mar-2016

@Dicko painted one up, most people seem to be doing this hydo dipping now.

RE: Painting engine covers - bhalay207 - 30:th-Mar-2016

(29:th-Mar-2016, 08:13:56)bruce_19 Wrote: God I have done that in a few years and it was on different cars.

I assume you are doing this to the plastic cover for the engine.

I used to soak the cover in Gunk for a day to help get all the unwanted grit and oil off it then let it dry for a day.

Now you have a couple of options 1 is just to slightly rough up the surface, clean and apply a high temp primer then paint or smooth it out and get it how you want then primer and paint.

I always used high temp paint to reduce the likelihood of flaking or discolouration.
+1 on the high temp primer!

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