Painted Engine Covers?

[r0meua]

Who has painted their Mazda3 engine covers? Lets see them





I'm also painting my brake calipers this weekend red

 

[r0meua]

Am I really the only person that has done this?

 

[xXx Mazda xXx]

what kind of paint do you use to paint the cover?

 

[r0meua]

I used engine enamel (its high heat enamel) from Dupli-Color. But befor I sprayed i sanded it with a very light sand paper (to give the paint somethign to stick to). Wiped it down with a moist towel, dryed it off, taped off anything I didn't want painted. Sprayed with 5 coats, 1 min. rest between coats and let it sit over night.

 

[brad28]

looks ok....but please clean the rest of it lol....

 

[major error]

I've thought about getting a rattle-can kit from paintscratch.com to match colors, but it's pretty low on the list of priorities.

 

[r0meua]

I'll be getting a red AEM cold air intake within the next month so that’s when I'll clean it up and maybe paint the battery cover too.

 

[Akaveli]

Mines:

 

[NOTSPCY]

Mines:

wow looks really good.


where did you get the white dipstick ?

 

[Akaveli]

I spray painted it.

 

[major error]

Does it all have to be hi-temp paint?

 

[protegeMHARK]

guys can u help me? coz im planning to paint my valve cover , and i dont know what kind of paint do i have to put ? plsss.

 

[brad28]

ya the white does look good, hard color to keep clean though. With the time and effort spent its worth it ....nice job.

 

[Diehonda]

guys can u help me? coz im planning to paint my valve cover , and i dont know what kind of paint do i have to put ? plsss.

On your P5? Use high heat paint. Sand the cover, spray a metallic base coat, paint with high heat paint.

Check out the P5 section for painted valve covers. This thread has engine covers.

 

[r0meua]

Mines:

Looks really good. But why is your cover diffrent from mine? I also just painted my battery cove. And i'm waiting on my AEM CAI and ill post pics asap

 

[Akaveli]

04 & 05 engine covers are different from 06.

 

[Mazda3Spaz]

I am getting this done. I already have the paint. Could a person with good photoshop skills make a few designs that I could use? I have black and red paint.

 

[fadeddeath]

Painted Engine Cover

I painted mine with a can of Krylon fusion Pepper Red. The silver was done with a silver Sharpie paint marker.

Don't be afraid to screw up either, you can just sand and start over again. I had a bug land on 1 of the pieces and I just let it dry and sanded it. After sanding it I added another layer and it came out fine.

 

[sl0wthe0ry]

Mines:

what models do these come off of? i see them alot but mine is sooo different.

 

[major error]

look at post #16...