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**mrtc** · 28:th-Mar-2016, 21:56:43

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

**bruce_19** · 29:th-Mar-2016, 08:13:56

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.

***Rusty2009*** · 29:th-Mar-2016, 08:16:01

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

**bhalay207** · 30:th-Mar-2016, 08:18:21

(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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