In prep for a couple of mods coming soon, I was looking around under the hood tonight and looking at the temps I could monitor on some of the vids in the turbo thread. I suddenly got the urge to have the engine cover painted tuxedo black, probably with contrasting letters where they spell out "SHO"... I think I'd remove the "ecoboost below that and replace it with one of the chrome "3.5L TWIN TURBO" badges.
Does anyone know if I need any special paint... or can I just use the regular paint and CC that's on the body? Really wanted tuxedo black. TIA for any input.
I would assume you'd need a high temp paint, something more along the lines of brake caliper paint
yes it hot under there but you have to do is pre-prim the plastic and use a primer for plastic and paint with Tuxedo Black. Idid my own wheels and grill have not had the time to do the cover.
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No,(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/28/gypymydu.jpg) I used regular DuPont automotive paint when i did mine. However when paint plastic to used a adhesion promoter.
I didn't paint the SHO engine cover, but I did with my F=150. I used Bulldog plastic primer which is supposed to help the paint adhere to the plastic. It worked great and I would recommend using it before painting. I found it at Pep Boys.
when i painted mine used couple coats plastic primer, then couple coats of heat rated paint like calipher paint has held up pretty good. here's pic of what i did. took lots of time but since i car show mine worth it as our engine compared to the v8 doesn't look good.
mikev
Anyone plastidip their engine cover?
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Thanks to all... :thankyou: Appreciate the input and the look at your super work!