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Hey guys, just primered and put the paint on my engine cover..but im just curious..when i was painting the cover, the can kinda sputtered..leaving lil balls of paint on top..so it kinda looks like crap..is their anyway i can sand it down abit and then perhaps re-paint it another coat before i clear it? or would that give the paint an un-even look??

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »Hey guys, just primered and put the paint on my engine cover..but im just curious..when i was painting the cover, the can kinda sputtered..leaving lil balls of paint on top..so it kinda looks like crap..is their anyway i can sand it down abit and then perhaps re-paint it another coat before i clear it? or would that give the paint an un-even look??No, I think it would be fine (with a fine grit sand paper), just make sure your second coat is nice and thick, but not so think that you get runs and what not. Good Luck, don'tforget our pics!!!

oh dont worry, i took pics already ..i'll have to put another coat or 2 on it..then clear it..then scuff up the letters tonight and put the stickers on tomorrow or whatever

wet sand the paint and the cleat coats. Google wet sanding if you dont know how to do it, but you need some fine a$$ sand paper.

well here's some pics..here are the paints im using, clear primer, the paint and clear coat.here's a shot of a 2nd coat of primer2nd coat of paint( i did 3 to be in the safe side)and now the 3rd and a close up afterwardsand my first clear..i may do the wet sanding as northvibe mentioned tomorrow then do another clear or 2 before i put it on the car in the morning before i leave for ohio!!

It's lookin good... I actually had mine painted close to that color for a little while, but the paint suxed and came right off, then I got the red.

Thats going to look really good!

yea i got the dealership to get some actual paint of my car..same paint code and everything..got them to add additives aswell for the heat

Thats sweet! I can't wait for pics once its installed.

tomorrow..i may do a quick wetsand..i just dont wanna mess it up..and i'll be putting the stickers on too..then pics of it will be posted installed..i cant wait

Now you just need to yank your engine and paint the engine well to match. And then get some gold pinstriping to curl around all your hoses. It'd be like your subi-esque Vibe swallowed a subi-esque meal. That doesn't make any sense, does it? Oh well. Keep going, it's looking great.

OK i need help...i've tried to put the vinyl stickers on the VVT-i and 16 valve part..but the letters are to small..maybe 1mm smaller then the actual letters them selves

Thats how mine were too. You should do the letters and all one by one.

yea..i was gonna..but the V is a lil off..so i just installed it for now and bringing the letters with me..hopefully someone can give me a hand lol

Good color matching, impressive

well i sent an email to ryan at grafxwerks and he says that they're 1mm smaller so it wont peel off..which i guess i can understand but i think it just looks weird..specially when i sanded down the whole letter..now it's gonna be all dull around the gold..may just paint the letters gold instead of using the stickers

Gold?!?! no way man do a nice silver, or get some chrome look alike vinyls.oooo ooo the black chrome look.

i hate chrome..so no chrome..and the reason im doing gold is cause thats my color scheme..that and the rims are gold..everything else is staying how it is

We'll fix it up down in Ohio.

yea..if it doesnt look right i'll just rip them off and paint it gold when i get back

gottta get myself a can of of our color!...lol....awesome job so far dude

now the only thing i can say is put a couple layers of clear coat over it so that it won't change colors and you can clean it easier. looks really good

is 4 coats of clear good enough? lol..cause thats how much i put on i think..maybe 3..