Engine Cover Dress-Up

cknight725 · Post by **cknight725** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:18 am

The stock engine cover has been wayyyy to boring for for me since I took delivery in April -- this past weekend I saw a similar treatment on a 2005 GTO and decided I wanted to do my engine cover the same for the Vibe.Its very simple -- Some Dupli-Color Hi-Temp Gloss Black as the base coat, some Argent Silver and Charcoal for the raised letters. The whole thing was then glossed. I used some leftover Eastwood wheel restoration paint (made for metal) for the raised letters so I sanded the tops of the letters to ensure it adhered properly. I gave the rest of the cover a good bath in dish soap and dried it. I didn't do any other sanding or touch up mainly because the surface had a texture to begin.Summary ShotLettering DetailAnd god help me I tried for 15mins to "index" the oil cap so that it was positioned exactly right but couldn't get it!

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:23 am

Lookin' sharp! Someday I'll do mine, I just know it!

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:03 am

Nice Job! Definitely, better than stock.

jwalcik · Post by **jwalcik** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:51 am

looks good!

BOZACK · Post by **BOZACK** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:44 pm

Looks good. I will do mine when I have two hands again.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:12 am

wow, that is NICE looking. looks way better than stock. did you spray the under side or just the top?

cknight725 · Post by **cknight725** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:50 am

Just the top .. the underside has some tissue paper attached that would've been a pain to work around, plus you can't see it at all ...

ToolGuy · Post by **ToolGuy** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:46 am

Good job looks great!

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