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RE-dressed the engine bay!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:13 pm
by Merzbow
I was getting bored with the red in my engine bay. It wasn't that glossy and all that jazz. I decided to paint it black like stock.I painted all the red pieces semi-gloss black and then I realiazed I wanted something a little more than stock so I stood far back and touched it with some silver paint to give it a silver flake appearance. i think it came out descent. Only took a couple hours including the time to dry. Then after that I sprayed a few coats of clear on it to give it some shine. As for the VVT-i in the middle I might mask it off and paint it or order grafxwerks decal. I also want to hand paint some kind of signiture or something on the little bubble to the right of hte VVT-i letters.Here are pics, what do you think?BTW excuse the dirty engine compartment.
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (Merzbow)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:17 pm
by nismo
Looks good man...Keep up the good work
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (TRD4reel)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:54 pm
by NascarXprt
i can find the signature you were talikng about. but over all that is a nice job. im going to have to do the same thing with my vibe once i get her back.
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (NascarXprt)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:59 pm
by Mrizzle05
Liking the color... good job.
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (Merzbow)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:06 pm
by djnewm
cool effect
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (djnewm)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:30 pm
by joholste
hey man not to burst your bubble, but it looked alot better close up...but i know how hard it is to get an even coat with spray cans so all in all it was pretty decent job.
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (joholste)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:35 pm
by Merzbow
lol yeah I agree...it also looks better in the sunlight since the light is not as focused but I'll live with it. I was oging to pay my friend to paint it to match the car witha nice even automotive paint with auto clear on it but I didn't feel like waiting or paying for it so this is good for now. I don't have an air compressor and spray gun or anything so I had to use spray paint shhhhh...Now I just have to figure out if I wanna leave the CAI red of have it powder coated a different color.
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (Merzbow)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:40 pm
by joholste
might as well leave it red dude....it's not gonna hurt it to be red and i like how it stand apart from all of every thing else
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:49 am
by AKLGT
not too bad. you should get the spiffy injen or trd cover. lol
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (Merzbow)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:23 am
by drunkenmaxx
dirty engine bay? sheeeeiiit! mine is far worse!
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (drunkenvibe)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:45 am
by Psychobroker
Looks good Merz
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:52 am
by P-Fernandez
looks good... .. thats a good idea ( silver flakes)
Re: RE-dressed the engine bay! (Merzbow)
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:38 am
by ToolGuy
Nice job!