Engine cover

[Oblivion]

I'm in the process of tidying up my engine bay and one point that I've become stuck at is the engine cover.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to have a go at re-painting the tired looking cover so has anyone got any tips for doing a good job of it? In particular I'm wondering how I'm going to paint the lettering on the cover ....:thinking:

[Subaru ETA]

PM mike (mpau) i know he has done his

[pitslayer]

Ancientofmu(Don) did myone when he had the VR4...although i need a new one my mate lent on mine several times, after telling him not to, its delicate
hes cracked it on the top now :(
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[miikka]

I cleaned and painted my engine cover few weeks ago. I just covered the surfaces I didn't want to get painted with plastic tape (red parts, texts). Took over one hour to clip the tapes :P

And here's the result, before-after:

http://to.pic.fi/kuvat/VR-4/Sekalaiset+kuvat/kotelo.JPG/full

[MarkSanne]

I had to do some serious repairs on mine as there were cracks everywhere. So I took some 2-component glue/pasta to fix the cracks and to strengthen the whole thing. Then sanded and cleaned it, then repainted it.

And after enjoying it's great looks for 2 months or so I dropped the y-pipe on it last week when we were replacing the lifters & sparkplugs. I'm not easily pissed off let alone swearing, but that time...

Still in bad shape, but done some repairs here:
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Held together while the glue-stuff dried.
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I masked off the entire red section with letters, but not the Mitsubishi letters & sign. After the silver paint dried I very carefull used a paintroller that I gave a good spray with the silver spraycan paint and then ever so gently rolled over the twin turbo intercooler letters. Worked perfect for me.
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Wel.. until I dropped the Y-pipe on it... pretty much unrepairable....
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[pungatree1]

What a shame after all your hard work! I am also keen to do mine sometime and will need to fix one minor crack before painting. What sort of paint do you guys use? Presumably it will need to tolerate the heat!

[MarkSanne]

Yeah I used some heat resistant paint first, but that looked horrible, then switched to regular paint and that seemed to give no problems after the 2 months it was on it was still as good as the day I put it on.

[Fully]

I cleaned and painted my engine cover few weeks ago. I just covered the surfaces I didn't want to get painted with plastic tape (red parts, texts). Took over one hour to clip the tapes :P

And here's the result, before-after:

http://to.pic.fi/kuvat/VR-4/Sekalaiset+kuvat/kotelo.JPG/full

Shame you put that nice new looking cover on a dirty engine bay :inquisiti

[miikka]

Shame you put that nice new looking cover on a dirty engine bay :inquisiti

Hehe, I knew that someone's going to say something about that ;) But I swear, it's not dirty anymore :thinking:

[william]

I used silver caliper paint on mine and it worked well (looks OK too!)

[d i c k i e s]

ohh mark, wasnt expecting that!

[Oblivion]

Good idea with the paint roller!

[phosty]

I made mine come up quite nice just by scrubbing with Swarfega and a nail brush.....worth a try anyway.

[d i c k i e s]

i like mikes one aswell...

[MarkSanne]

Got one from WODJNO yesterday and just done some minor repairs to it. After finishing up to let it dry / harden I thought "let's give the broken one a chance too... again" and as I saved all the parts it broke into, it came together quite good! Only missing one little piece at the bottom.

Will get back to repainting it upcoming week... might have a nice and shiny spare one at the end of the week :)

Fixing wodjno's:
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My fixed and then broken one getting fixed again:
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[Oblivion]

OMG I just looked at the date of the first post and realised how long its taken me to finally paint the lettering on the engine cover! lol. I painted the black and blue bits a long time ago but only recently had the patience to do all the lettering slooooowly by hand, looks better but not a job I'd like to repeat any time soon!

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Looks nice through the vents

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[MarkSanne]

Sexy!!!

[Ghost_2008]

Mines currently in the garage, it needs a bloody good gluing, sanding and a full respray...... I might tackle this in the not too distant future....... I am feeling inspired after this post......

And Oblivion, yours looks brilliant, good effort......

[Nick Mann]

Black and blue seems to look a LOT better than silver and red.

Nice one!

[miller]

Mark,

What paste did you use to stick it all back together?

[steelie600]

Hmm i can sense mine going balck and red very shortly, i need a unbroken one first tho as yet again a friend lent on it after i expressly told him not to F*****G T*** c*** B****** C*********

[MarkSanne]

@miller: I've used Bison 2-component glue, called 'Bison Kombi Power'.

[djb160]

That looks fantastic

[waxer]

Mine is cracked too. Bearing in mind how good Oblivion's looks in black and blue, there must be a market for someone such as Peter M to make a batch of them in carbon fibre; or would the amount of detail required be prohibitive?

[crazyken76]

Mine is cracked too. Bearing in mind how good Oblivion's looks in black and blue, there must be a market for someone such as Peter M to make a batch of them in carbon fibre; or would the amount of detail required be prohibitive?


hi mate i was round peters the other day and we were talking about him doing engine covers in carbon and he is looking into it , i am also waiting for some one i know to give me a price for them in stainless steel , if i can get them done then i will put a thread up to sort a group buy out :)

[vr4_steevo]

anyone got an engine cover for sale?? im keen to takle sum art work.

[Humpty's Revenge]

anyone got an engine cover for sale?? im keen to takle sum art work.

Ash you would be better of starting your own WTB thread here bud:-http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?192-UK-Parts-for-Sale-Wanted

As thread is old.

[jjayokocha]

Decided to paint my engine cover & strut brace over the weekend and happy enough with the results.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/jjayokocha/Carsitepics/enginecoverrepaint.jpg

[crazyken76]

Decided to paint my engine cover & strut brace over the weekend and happy enough with the results.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/jjayokocha/Carsitepics/enginecoverrepaint.jpg

just dont lean on it :)

[jjayokocha]

Ye it was already cracked in a few places & i have no intentions of replacing it @ £208!!!!!

[crazyken76]

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Ye it was already cracked in a few places & i have no intentions of replacing it @ £208!!!!!

buy a carbon one off petter m allot cheaper than that

[jjayokocha]

Flip me that looks fantastic

[alex k]

looks nice, but no chance for the hot air under it to get out

[NLduffyNL]

looks nice, but no chance for the hot air under it to get out

So? now u think its gonna overheat or what?

[Goreden]

Hi all i'm in the process of tidying up the engine bay too, so far i've refurbed the engine cover painted the oil cap to match and painted the strut brace just gotta touch in the letters on the engine cover
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will post more pics when i put it all back together

[WOODY72]

Looks nice and tidy Den. Looking forward to the pics.

[Goreden]

Thanks Graham mate will finish it all off tomorrow after work and post pics then, how was your day at eurospec? wish I coulda been there but had to work

[WOODY72]

Yeah, a great day Den, weather held up, and nice premises to boot. Met lots of members, some i didn't know, some i did. Car made good numbers as well with a slight adjustment, feels so much better on pick up and initial acceleration. Figures are in the Eurospec thread. Waiting for Atik to put pics up. All in all, a really worthwhile day, shame you missed out bud.

[Goreden]

Like I say wish I coulda been there would of been good to meet some new members and chuck the car on the rollers but I'm just a slave to the work machine at the moment, I'll have to get along to the next local meet wherever and whenever that'll be

[Goreden]

Got all my bits back on this afternoon after work pretty pleased with the result just wanna get some more bits done, like the smaller hoses for the moment etc heres a pic its not the best, does anyone know the best place to get hoses etc
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Cheers
Dennis

[WOODY72]

Wow that looks good Den. A nice bit of colour goes well doesn't it. Will you do the hoses in blue as well?

[Goreden]

yeah looks so much better than it did before. I think so wanna try and keep the blue and black going any ideas where i can get some of the smaller hoses in blue Graham mate?