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Any idea if anyone makes the sticker/decal overlay for the "VVT-i 16V" on the engine cover of the 2009/2010 2.4L Vibes?I know GrafxWerks has one for the 2008 and earlier vibes, but of course the size of the letters is different...For my painting plan, I was going to leave the letters their original silver and tape them over when I painted, but my silver was all chipped and nasty so I just sanded it off. Stickers anywhere, or am I paining this by hand? (or just leaving it red like the rest of the cover for now, I guess)Pics will come of all this (and the new intake) in my garage when I am finished!

To my knowledge no one makes overlays for our ('09-'10 2.4L) engine covers. I can't believe the paint on neither mine nor my mom's engine covers is peeling, chipping, cracking, etc. at all. I swear we're the only ones here without this problem .Painting it shouldn't be a big deal. Can't wait to see pictures, and better yet, see it in person in two weeks !

with mine, I painted them by hand before I found out about grafxwerks...Not happy with my results. You may be better with a brush than I am, but the texture I got kills me. I wanted it smooth and perfect. You can't feel it, but you see when you study it in the light. Still not too late for me to cover mine up tho 8)

I did OK by hand with a foam brush (the kind you get at a hardware store) but since it's a shiny paint you can see all the paint strokes in the light. Still though, the edges were pretty good. Looks better than my old chipped-up one.

Why not spray the cover in the colour you want the lettering, let it dry for a couple days, then mask off the lettering and spray the cover again with the red?

Quote, originally posted by VibeBear »Why not spray the cover in the colour you want the lettering, let it dry for a couple days, then mask off the lettering and spray the cover again with the red?"mask off the lettering" is exactly where the problem is! trying to mask off that level of detail AND make sure the lines still look crisp is a lot of time and a huge pain. It took forever for me just to mask off the squares so the lines are straight, and those are, well, squares. I'm satisfied enough with how it looks now to avoid spending all that time.

...well, it looks like you solved your problem very admirably!...excellent job done indeed!

same reason i didn't spray my lettering. it's next to impossible to mask off

I noticed a couple days ago that the silver is just starting to chip away on the bottom edge of the letters/numbers on my 2010 AWD. I did the 'VVT-i 16 valve' on my wife's '05 in red, as she has the red grafxwerks overlays on the Vibe badges. I did a mask and spray and it turned out ok, should've just got that overlay from grafxwerks as well, oh well..might still do it anyway.I guess I'll leave mine alone for now, although I know it isn't going to get better. I'll rethink the plan and try to do a better job than I did on wifey's car. JR

get hold of Grafxwerks and see if he will make one for you. I sent my engine cover to him many years ago so he had the template.

I'm sure if there's demand there (and oh, there IS demand ) he'll gladly do it to make profit off of future salesI know I would anyways

Any way to scan your cover and send me the pic?

maybe take a pic from DIRECTLY above for a template, then measure the dimensions of the words and kinda go from there?would that work?

Not really, as the image will be slightly skewed when taken with a camera. If scanned and given the correct measurements, I can make a decal that should fit perfectly.

If someone is willing to send me their engine cover, I'll do up an overlay at no charge.Cheers,- RyanGrafxWerks

Gotta love those GrafxWerks guys! My latest turned out great, Ryan:Sorry for the hijack, Michelle. Now back to your regularly scheduled 2009+ engine bay decal discussions...

Quote, originally posted by GrafxWerks »If someone is willing to send me their engine cover, I'll do up an overlay at no charge.Cheers,- RyanGrafxWerksI'm willing to send mine in as long as I can drive without the engine cover and not hurt anything (anyone? I will do a little more research on this). My paint isn't peeling yet, but I fear it will start to soon so I would rather be prepared for the inevitable.Ryan definitely makes a great product! I have had my metallic silver GenVibe stickers for over a year now and they look as great as the day I received them. They haven't started peeling, faded, anything. Great product for sure !

Quote, originally posted by J_TO_ENVY »I'm willing to send mine in as long as I can drive without the engine cover and not hurt anything You go girl You can be the first to "premiere" the decals then when proven sucessful (do we have any doubt) the rest of us can order the decals and apply them to our Vibe's engines

I drove mine a bit without the engine cover the day I painted it, when I drove about 20 miles or so to test the intake. I don't think the cover has any practical use, it seems to be just cosmetic...

Hi Ryan,As we discussed in e-mail a few weeks ago, I can send you my 2009 engine cover the last week of July, and you can have it for a month (I won't be driving my Vibe in August), but you said you didn't know if you could get to it then.So, can you do us up a 2009/2010 VVT-i 16V overlay if I send you the engine cover about July 24th?Thanks,Geoff

Quote, originally posted by tpollauf »You go girl You can be the first to "premiere" the decals then when proven sucessful (do we have any doubt) the rest of us can order the decals and apply them to our Vibe's engines Quote, originally posted by enfield577 »Hi Ryan,As we discussed in e-mail a few weeks ago, I can send you my 2009 engine cover the last week of July, and you can have it for a month (I won't be driving my Vibe in August), but you said you didn't know if you could get to it then.So, can you do us up a 2009/2010 VVT-i 16V overlay if I send you the engine cover about July 24th?Thanks,GeoffWell, if Geoff has already volunteered his, than I gues I won't need to send mine to Ryan after all. I will definitely buy two sets of the overlays when they come out though!Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »I drove mine a bit without the engine cover the day I painted it, when I drove about 20 miles or so to test the intake. I don't think the cover has any practical use, it seems to be just cosmetic...That's the consensus on Matrix Owners as well. I figured it wouldn't hurt anything, but I would rather find out for sure than take it off and have something bad happen to my baby .

Yes, I will probably also buy overlays in silver- my paint doesn't look bad in terms of the lines, but because it's a shiny paint rather than a matte paint, you can see the brush strokes in the shine.

I will be getting them in metallic silver (same as the GenVibe stickers) too. At least now I won't have to worry about the engine cover looking like crap because of the paint coming off !

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 » because it's a shiny paint rather than a matte paint, you can see the brush strokes in the shine.Same problem I have

My engine cover is on the way to GrafxWerks, so hopefully Ryan will have VVT-i 16V overlays for our 2009-2010 2.4Ls sometime in August.Will let you all know how it comes out ...

Quote, originally posted by enfield577 »My engine cover is on the way to GrafxWerks, so hopefully Ryan will have VVT-i 16V overlays for our 2009-2010 2.4Ls sometime in August.Will let you all know how it comes out ...Sweet! Glad to hear you guys got everything worked out Geoff. I will definitely be ordering two sets as soon as they are for sale!

Awesome!! I'll be ordering one as well! JR

Ryan at GrafxWerks has finished the VVT-i 16V overlay for our '09-10 2.4 engine covers. Mine is on the way back - I'll post photos when I get back home in a couple weeks.It's already on the GrafxWerks page - http://www.grafxwerks.com/prod...-1518Looks great, huh?

Awesome!Hope they are sending it back with the stickers pre-applied!

Sweet! That didn't take him too long at all. The red looks awesome against the black cover ! I will definitely be ordering two of these in metallic silver and I am thinking of getting a couple of the Poyota decals in metallic silver as well (gotta represent our heritage ).

Thanks so much enfield for sending in your engine cover! I just placed an order for a red overlay.

Ryan is sending my cover back with a Regular Dark Red overlay (it may be there now, waiting for me to get home). I think it is the one in the GrafxWerks item photo, so I can't wait to install it!I would like to replace my engine cover nuts with red anodized nuts, or at least chrome, but I can't find anything suitable online. Does anyone know a source for a big selection of anodized fasteners?

Thanks again for sending the engine cover - it looks great with the overlay!

Quote, originally posted by enfield577 »I would like to replace my engine cover nuts with red anodized nuts, or at least chrome, but I can't find anything suitable online. Does anyone know a source for a big selection of anodized fasteners?Geoff, I don't know if you have an Ace Hardware anywhere near you or not, but my local one has a pretty good selection of nice chrome fasteners, etc. Just a thought.Quote, originally posted by GrafxWerks »Thanks again for sending the engine cover - it looks great with the overlay!Thank you Ryan for doing this for us ! I will be ordering 2 of the overlays for my Vibe and my mom's very soon. I can't wait to start seeing you guys and girls posting pictures of your overlays installed !

Here is the new GrafxWerks VVT-i 16V overlay for 2009-2010 2.4L engine covers. Ryan chose Regular Dark Red - it looks great! Thanks, Ryan!

Looks incredible, but I have to say....he should have measured the four squares above the text and sold it all as a set for more $$$$IMO that would "POP" a lot more when you lifted the hood. And it's WAY easier than painting...right Ponta2147?

WOW!!!!! That is so sharp! I was leaning towards silver, but the red is so cool.Thanks again for bringing this all about.

Quote, originally posted by A Psycho Martyr »Looks incredible, but I have to say....he should have measured the four squares above the text and sold it all as a set for more $$$$IMO that would "POP" a lot more when you lifted the hood. And it's WAY easier than painting...right Ponta2147? Well, at least the squares are SQUARE so they're easier to tape off (relatively....)

Looks great Geoff ! Now all you need for under the hood is a K&N intake ! Huge thanks once again for sending your cover in and a huge thanks to Ryan for making another great product for us Vibe owners !I will be ordering ours in metallic silver very soon.

Thanks, Carrie! That K&N intake is next - real soon.

Quote, originally posted by A Psycho Martyr »Looks incredible, but I have to say....he should have measured the four squares above the text and sold it all as a set for more $$$$Easy, just send me the measurements!!- RyanGrafxWerks

I read this post a couple/three weeks ago. My letters were chipping away also. I went with the metalic copper letters, looks awesome!!! I'll get a pic up soon.When I had just ordered the letters I had a pretty high shipping so I added the rear hatch pontiac arrowhead for my 04 Vibe (It had turned pink) and the shipping price was good. Must be a dicount there somewhere. Both sets were $20 shipped.

Can't wait to see pics - I bet it looks really cool!