Pistonbroke's Sparkplug cover

well some of you will recognise the pics but unfortonately the covers pickled and the paint micro blistered.

so i have come to the rescue to re-do the cam covers, fuse box cover and relay cover.

were keeping with the same 'go faster stripes' but doing them in a sparkling aluminium and instead of black he chose a nice sparkling blue.

ill update the thread as we carry the work out, it might help others when it comes to doing there own.

Thats not the cam covers;)

Thats not the cam covers;)

well plastic cam belt cover thingy

Spark plug coverrrrrr, hower it does cover over the 2 cams...but hey:D

Spark plug cover.... what paint did he origianally use. I remember the thread, they looked good. So did they fry in the end you would need a decent VHT paint as it gets very hot around the cover

Spark plug coverrrrrr, hower it does cover over the 2 cams...but hey:D

exactly and it also covers the cam belt, oh well who cares!!

It covers the spark plugs, coilpacks, cam pulleys and cam belt:p

I guess someone searching how to paint their sparkplug cover will

Spark plug cover.... what paint did he origianally use. I remember the thread, they looked good. So did they fry in the end you would need a decent VHT paint as it gets very hot around the cover

he used a cocktail of stuff from halfrauds, tbo he did a really good job and as mentioned in his thread he is no pro at it so fair play to him.

not going with a vht paint just going to re do them in 2k, never had any problems before. i think the plastic primer he used is the problem and its caused a reaction plus the gold which was on there before was not 100% keyed or flated down.

so your saying PB was an amatuer

tbo he did a really good job

tbo???

mine got coolant on it and now I need to paint it again. dammit.

tbo???

to-be-onest. lol

tbo???

to be honest,,,,, is my guess

tbo???

turtles bite occasionally

so your saying PB was an amatuer

no he did a good job, its just a shame they reacted the way they have

turtles bite occasionally

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anyway back onto the subject, the covers have now been flated down and given a good coat of primer.

Ooohh, nice.

Yes, I'm an amateur, and yes I take the blame. however, in my defence. I've sprayed my dash in both supras I've owned and they both came up good. I blame the ogrish gold paint that was on there before

Ooohh, nice.

 

Yes, I'm an amateur, and yes I take the blame. however, in my defence. I've sprayed my dash in both supras I've owned and they both came up good. I blame the ogrish gold paint that was on there before

i thought you did a good job, but yeah i think the gold is to blame mate.

all finished now and here it is, the blue looks amazing when the sun hits it

Looks good mate What about the lettering being silver? although might be too much with the silver lines as well.

Going to attack mine soon to tidy things up. Will be very similar to how i did before, but i'm tempted to remove the lettering completely, apart from the 2JZ bit. Seems silly it saying two way twin turbo being a single I presume using a Dremel would be best for this?

they look cool mate, just use some rubbing down paper tht will remove the words.

im happy how these come out just hope dan likes them lol

I'm sure he will mate look great

Would rubbing down paper really remove them, take hours wouldnt it. Thought a dremel would make life easier then finish off with sanding. Or could a dremel just butcher it

well use the dremel gently then i would switch to paper. or the ideal way i would use just a course rubbing down paper you cant beat doing things by hand. we wet flat, rub down all by hand here never rate machines plus were old skool

I'll give it a go avoiding the dremel and see how i get on mate