Painting the Engine Cover

Quick question, does the chrome emblem just push out?

 

Cool. Thanks Ron

 

What kind of paint

 

Ron and others were a very bad influence on me to spend time and money on this mod. The second gen engine cover is silver, so I painted it black first. Here are paints I used.

First I used paint brushes, but I discovered that it's easier to use one of these.

I was not as patient as Ron, so even though I let the base paint to dry overnight, when I put some clear coat on it, it became milky. So I had to repaint the black part.
Final result.

Installed.

 

Great looking work. On my to-do list now.

 

Chphilo how did you get just the letter red? Brush? I would like to do close to what you did. Nice job

 

Did you tape and spray the 4 red lines or paint brush it

 

Next for me is the fuse box, but I need to make some decals for it first to paint and peel off.

 

Y'all are a horrible influence!

 

Lol....don't need to try too hard... So much i want to do now...

 

This whole website is a bad influence. I've done things to my truck that I would have never done before. But I've also never owned a truck that I loved as much as this one.

 

I loved my first toy as much as this one....i can't wait until i can start doing stuff to this truck!

 

You'll be doing this since you joined us...

 

Lol God i hope not....if i do I'll never be able to buy my ranch

 

Too late...ive spent a lot since being on here

 

Shhhhhhh....i need this ranch

 

You need a badass truck to go with it

 

Yes i know

 

Don't plan on doing much in the mood department on my ranch

 

I threw out the idea of having a ranch once I got on this forum...let alone being in CA

 

I used the brush shown in the picture for the letter. Then I used sponge for the iForce letter. In hindsight, using the sponge for both would've made it a lot easier.

I paint brushed it. Since I was just going for four short lines, I thought it would be easier to use a brush. Man, it took a long time especially since I am not too good with brushes.

 

I bought some TRD decals off of eBay for my calipers, but now after seeing this looks like I'm gonna have to get some more

 

I originally found this forum when I was considering painting my cover. Finally got around to it a few weeks ago.

 

Looks good!

 

That looks

 

old (zombie) thread, and apologies in advance, but what paint did you use for the various colors?

I’ve seen some RC hobby paints specifically made for plastics, but not sure how they’re going to hold up in heat!

Krylon, VHT (and probably others) have high(er) heat plastic paints that may/will be better.

Appreciate any suggestions/guidance.

Thank You
J

 

Didn't know this thread existed. The person you quoted hasn't posted since Jan 2024 but he may still respond.

You definitely want a high heat paint. A few of us have used the VHT high heat paint and it seems to do well. (Image of cans is one I saved, I used the same products just not the red). Image with the intake cover visible is after about 2 years of painting the engine cover. Photo of just the cover is right after painting it.

 

I'm thinking of painting a Circle K logo on my engine cover. Mainly because my engine sees a lot more of their gas than it sees me.

 

2025-should I leave the unpainted as is or paint black or possibly silver?

 

Have no idea what pieces you are asking about. But in the red: I'd personally paint the T logo black or silver, the rectangular stamp above that (no idea what it says) something besides red, and those vertical lines at the back maybe silver to match the sides.

Besides that, it's all about what you want.