fuel rail covers
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From: Central Indiana Honors: 4th grade spelling bee contestant
Type "fuel rail cover" into the search function....here's two for sale if you'd care to save yourself the trouble.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...uel+rail+cover
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...uel+rail+cover
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...uel+rail+cover
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...uel+rail+cover
You won't find fully customized FRC's cheap.
I just finished a set and there is a LOT of labor involved... sanding, filling, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, sanding, more painting, more sanding... (do you see a pattern here?
)
It's not difficult, but it's REAL time-consuming.
Here's a price breakdown....
Covers (new from dealer)... $70-$90
Filler... $15
Primer... $6
Sandpaper... $6
Paint (2 cans) ... $12
Paint (2nd Color)... $6
Masking tape ... $4
Clearcoat (2 cans) ... $12
You're already at $150 (+/-) and that doesn't even include any labor or decals.
Decals will run you about $25 - $50 depending what you order...
So you're at $200 if you do it yourself.
I have about 20 hours of labor in my FRC's and air lid.
So $300 isn't a bad price to have someone else do it.....
Here's a sneak-peak... waiting on my "TransAm" decals and "Firechicken"
I just finished a set and there is a LOT of labor involved... sanding, filling, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, sanding, more painting, more sanding... (do you see a pattern here?
)It's not difficult, but it's REAL time-consuming.
Here's a price breakdown....
Covers (new from dealer)... $70-$90
Filler... $15
Primer... $6
Sandpaper... $6
Paint (2 cans) ... $12
Paint (2nd Color)... $6
Masking tape ... $4
Clearcoat (2 cans) ... $12
You're already at $150 (+/-) and that doesn't even include any labor or decals.
Decals will run you about $25 - $50 depending what you order...
So you're at $200 if you do it yourself.
I have about 20 hours of labor in my FRC's and air lid.
So $300 isn't a bad price to have someone else do it.....
Here's a sneak-peak... waiting on my "TransAm" decals and "Firechicken"
Last edited by Luster; May 17, 2006 at 12:03 PM. Reason: more info...
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On The Tree
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: cullman,AL
On The Tree
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 183
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From: cullman,AL
youll need to make soem minor cuts to fit a fbody. youll have to make more cuts if the AIR system is still installed. But all in all its jsut time consuming not really that hard. just a lot of test fitting and labor doing the paint.
There are lots of write ups on the installation, but on the cuts, just do a search and take a look at the pictures (close-ups)... it will give you a pretty good idea...
Are you any good with a Dremel? That's a good tool to use to cut the plastic. (Dremel drill bit attachment)...
Are you any good with a Dremel? That's a good tool to use to cut the plastic. (Dremel drill bit attachment)...
Originally Posted by Luster
No, they have to be modified from Vette covers.
LOL. you say that so matter of factly.i'll elaborate more.
ive fiberglassed GM covers before for a friends car... for my car, the C5 covers look kinda silly.. they're too flat. so im making my own covers.
another friend of mine has carbon fiber covers that are a outer layer of CF, with a fiberglass backing under it... also not based on the GM covers.
has anyone else made their own covers? not modifed stockers, but made their own from sheetmetal, fiberglass, injection molded plastic, or whatever?
mostly, im just looking for something diffrent then filling in the corvette letters.. like modded LS2 or GTO or holden covers...
Originally Posted by Luster
I guess that was pretty rude!!!
Originally Posted by Luster
I like this one.... 500 bucks!!!
