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So.. this is my first DIY post! woohoo! Well I decided to paint my spark plug wire covers to match my AEM short ram intake. Sry in advanced for some of the pic quality. I only used my cell phone. Well here it is:
Products used: Duplicolor Auto Spray Primer/Scratch filler, Duplicolor Blue Metalcast Spray paint, Exacto Knife, Scott's Painter's tape, and 3m painter sandpaper. I got the paints and sand paper from an Autoparts store. The Exacto knife and painters tape from home depot. All together around 23 bucks.
Before Pic:
Cover: To take of the cover you just turn the two tabs. I just used a nickle. lol
Tape up: I decided to tape up the VTec part of it. Use the exacto knife and I doubled up the tape on each letter. This take some patience, but worth it.
Sand then Primer: I forgot to take a pic of it sanded, but all you do is a very light sanding for better adhesion. Clean the cover dirt or grease and such, but I did two coat of primer. After two coats of primer:
After Primer Dried: I let it dry over night, but only cause it was like midnight it was dried probably in less than an hour:
First coat of Duplicolor Metalcast Blue:
After Second coat: I let that dry for about 5 hours and then took off the tape on the VTEC:
And the AFTER PHOTO:
Then I ended up doing the top of the ignition coils too:
Well that's it. It was very simple and easy mod. Leave comments to let me know what you think! Thanks!
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it looks pretty good. i like that you used a paint that looks glossy and metallic sort of when its all done. looks good with the intake.
i personally am not going to do that small plastic plug cover, but ive been thinking that i might do the actual big metal valve cover underneath it eventually.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I think my next project is the Black engine enamel for my heat shield i saw on Anticrime's DIY. Also try to fix the rattle on my rear deck.. not sure what I am going to try, but got some ideas from reading some posts today.
get some of that foam padding on a roll in the weatherstrip section. and stuff it in different places around the rear deck
Hmm I got some FoamSealR from home depot its 1/4'' thick.. I just made a post on it. I got it from the insulation isle, couldn't find the weather strip section but i think this is similar to what you were talking about. Thanks for the help Gearbox!
1st DIY Post: Painted Spark Plug Wire Cover. 
Re: 1st DIY Post: Painted Spark Plug Wire Cover. 
