Painting and Powder coating rocker covers

[DECIM8]

Craved, are you in sydney? Concidering using your power coating service you've established.

Let me know via PM.

Thanks

[Craved]

PM sent

[NSA11N]

Just finished painting my rocker covers and re-doing my coilpack cover.

When i first got my car i painted my coilpack cover dark blue (it was meant to look anodized).

I took off my rocker cover to get them chromed, the realized how much that would cost.

Went down to repco and bought some paint and though F it, i'll do it myself.

So after a couple hours of sanding, a few coats of paint, and copious amounts of clear, i am ver happy i chose not to chrome them.

Pics don't do it justice.

1st pic - When i first sprayed my coil pack cover

2nd pic - After finishing rocker covers

3rd pic - re-sprayed coilpack cover

*Notice the difference in colour of the coilpack cover

[Craved]

looks good paul - cam covers look std only better haha

blue is definately better than the 2nd pic

is that the metal cast blue? post back if you encounter any discolouration issues with it if it is, i've used the red on a mates RB20 and it went orange after a few months

so i went and redid them in powdercoat

[NSA11N]

looks good paul - cam covers look std only better haha

blue is definately better than the 2nd pic

is that the metal cast blue? post back if you encounter any discolouration issues with it if it is, i've used the red on a mates RB20 and it went orange after a few months

so i went and redid them in powdercoat

that looks really good man...

oh, and mine look heaps different to standard...

mainly coz of the clear coat... looks like plastic instead of metal.

i haven't ever had a problem with it before... so i really hope i don't now that you've said it...

[Craved]

im used to seeing cam covers in sandblasted form lol - instead of that little bit of goldish coating they have from the factory

nothing shows off those flakes and the colour than looking at it in person.

yeah might be a problem with the red and not the blue

[inthisglass]

my engine bay looked ugly so this is what i did on the weekend

[Sol32]

Just got mine all put back in - looks so porn in real life

[Craved]

Millenium jade is always a safe bet for a hot RB26

looks nice

[ali-turko]

nice engine bay buddy, now get to work on hiding some of the wiring

[Craved]

Those guys with the RB26's

what methods did you use to remove the centre garnish? that double sided tape is damn good stuff.

[Craved]

FYI

removed the garnish today after heating the cover to over 100 degrees in my curing oven, anyone else should be able to use a heat gun and alot of patience..

[Craved]

im sure i saw a pic in here of a wrinkle purple RB26 - anyone know the motor im talking about?

[ACTIV32]

i just got these powdercoated in metalic charcoal with specs thou it im hoping to paint my car this colour in the near future

[Craved]

looks good daniel - a clear coat would really bring out the colour and flakes.

[Topaz]

Heres mine that were done earlier in the year as my cams went in

[Sl!m]

Here is mine, done by the good ol Craved Coatings .

Shitty lighting so you can't really see it too well.

Doing the middle in a Wrinkle Black. Should be finished off this weekend. Will post pics up once its done

[Craved]

coated up some cam covers for the silver car

now to find some time to install them

[Mr Cali]

Just did mine on the weekend. I mixed this custom candy purple. Also painted the other bits silver for a nice contrast.

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

^^ nice engine bay.. wot silver did u use and did u clean/sand the pipes before painting??