texasGXP08

Alright, I was bored this weekend. I noticed that the silver lettering on the engine cover was beginning to wear off and decided to paint it.



I am be NO MEANS skilled at painting.

I started by taking off the insulation and washing the cover with degreaser.
Then I sprayed it with paint adhesion spray (clear primer)



I then sprayed it entirely with black.



After that I taped off the "Intake Manifold Shape" and sprayed the fuel rail portions silver.
I used a black touch up brush for the lettering then clear coated the entire thing.





I am anxious to see how long it lasts in the engine compartment but for $15 and 2 hours of my time, I don't think it turned out too bad.

07carlocrusader

DAMN!!! Not only does it looks good, The more wierd part about this is that I was thinking to do the same damn thing this weekend!!!!!! I was in Autozone Sunday staring at all the paint as I purchased a gas lock for my Monte!!! This color would go perfect with my car because its black with galaxy silver ground effects!!! Good Job!! I think you are my answer!! LOL!!

dbrink77

Looks great, plus a nice custom touch for little time and money! was planning on doing the same thing with mine here this spring, except I was going to paint the lettering red to match the brake calipers and the STB's that I am planning to also install.

Red03GT

Now you've motivated me to go do mines, I've been thinking about it. Just gotta decide on what colors. Looks good man!

williamGT

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nice.....just a question, will the corvette engine covers fit?

mp4life23

i was wondering that to theres a bunch on ebay

texasGXP08

Yeah I looked into those too. I'm sure they could work but they would require modification. The LS4 intake manifold is quite different in terms of actual top shape than a LS1, 2, 6. The fuel line layout is different and so is the mounting system.

At the end of the day it was easier to paint the existing cover than to cut up a corvette one. Plus the corvette ones would leave our ugly intake manifold exposed and the tall mounting posts for the original engine cover.

texasGXP08

A quick glance shows that modification is required. But nothing a dremel tool can't handle!

LS2



LS4

cherry gxp

That's awesome man, I was going to paint my whole cover red and have black lettering but now I might make the intake part black like you did instead, still with red on the sides though Great idea, never thought about two-toning it.

texasGXP08

Thanks for all of the positive feedback. Now that it is dry I put it on the engine.

Bryan921SS

You might want to get those two black hoses out from under the engine cover. Stock from the factory they aren't under there, and I think there was a thread on here awhile ago about how it can trap heat and hurt the hoses.

texasGXP08

**** thanks

nhra-trans-am

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Looks good.

Mels SS

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You did a great job!!

Pauls325

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wow that silver looks super badass i would copy but idont use mine with the shaker

cherry gxp

Hey Texas, what kind of primer and what kind of paint did you use? Have you had any problems with peeling or bubbling so far due to temperature changes?

ImpSS07

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I think i'm gonna have to paint mine also. Mine looks worse than yours did before paint.

The Guz

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Came out great.

texasGXP08

I used Dupli-Color Paint Adhesion Spray. It billed itself as great for plastic. In retrospect, I would have gone with a traditional primer since the clear primer doesn't fill or sand.

For Paint I used Dupli-Color Universal Black, Radiant Silver, and Clear Top Coat.

I checked on the cover today and there are no signs of bubbling or peeling yet.

cherry gxp

What do you meant by a traditional primer? I think I'm going to pick the paint up today and do this mod over the weekend. I'm going to paint the sides red though It'll match my custom powdercoated fenderwell intake Again, you're the man!!! I was just going to do it all red, but I think this will look much much better with a black center.