my attempt at painting wire cover

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Apr 17, 2006

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I did something similar with mine. All that work(I have an EX so it said "HONDA" and then "VTEC"), and it looked crappy with them painted EBP, so now I've sanded it down and it looks even crappier, lol. I'll probably just end up sanding it all and painting it some kind of gloss black. Either that or retrying it with EBP.

Apr 17, 2006

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I'm just curious as to what kind of Red paint would cover the black with no black showing. Then again, I could just put several coats on...

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I have an EX so it said "HONDA" and then "VTEC"

Steve's is an EX too, he just swapped the cover.

nice job man! after seeing that im having my first thoughts of painting mine.. My brother does model painting so I'd ask him what he can do w/this... Im pretty sure he can do a professional looking job

Apr 17, 2006

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Steve's is an EX too, he just swapped the cover.

Boh, never thought of that. That would make it a helluva lot easier and make it look better as well. Looks like it's time to call the Honda guy across the parking lot.

Apr 17, 2006

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aww looks like crap keep trying

Apr 17, 2006

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hmm maybe i'll try model paint but is that stuff hi heat resistant? i'm not worried about getting a new cover, its less $ than the can of paint.

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I tried that once and it looked like urs did. I take some paint remover to it cuz it looked so bad. Try using a brush.

Apr 17, 2006

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Well....mine is drying as we speak,maybe ill try to have some pics up tonight...I ended up just painting the whole thing red, I got lazy....

Apr 17, 2006

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Anyone tried with red? I'm curious as to how well it will cover the black. I've been wanting to paint the lettering red for awhile. How easily does that wire cover come off?

i did mine in red.

its really dirty.... as u can tell....

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just use a black fine point sharpie over where you messed up

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i guess when it gets dirty, it will look better cause you cant tell where the painted over spots are ha

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clean engine you should do a wire tuck.

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ok a quick lesson.. use a very nice masking tape.. a very sharp xacto knife. now u have to spray very thin.. then dry.. very thin then dry keep doing that till u reach the color you want.. this what.. no bleeds throuh the tape.. wait your not don eyet,, let it bake.. and cut along the edges again.. the boom.. thats it..

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where did u get one with just the honda?

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where did u get one with just the honda?

uh,, u mean just the honda painted?? he did it himself

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i just put the vtec back on. it looks too crappy for me.

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On mine, I started off with a high temp primer, followed by high temp ford blue and finished it off with metallic cobalt blue. Came out pretty sick... Didn't tape off the letters though. I think on the next paint I will just to add a different twist.

Edit... Best pic I have right now... Will post another later if asked.