TY_888

Painted the engine cover and the rear bumper rotor with chrome paint this weekend. My past experience is painting my bedroom wall and kind of try it out first before attemp the front bumper rotor.

TY_888

the back..

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another..

Krayzie8

did you rattle can that?? and the lines are a little wavey :-/

stuart99

yeah i agree w/ krayzie 8. it doesnt look professionally done.

\\Konig\\

iTrader: (4)

hey it looks good enough i guess. I doubt anyone will be staring inside there anyways...

XDEEDUBBX

yea man pretty crooked... try again!

Krayzie8

well, i know that not alot of ppl have ever seen a rotary engine, and im constantly popping the hood for ppl, and whats the first thing you see is........the engine cover....coomon its a 30k+ car dont use cheap materials on it that ruin the car

Razpewton

I've been tempted to do the same thing myself, but I can't find any tape that will stick to that surface. Somebody told me to try the blue masking tape, so I'll have to pick some up. It's not easy painting that engine cover.

TY_888, thanks for sharing your pictures. ANY pictures we share in here give us a reference for deciding whether or not we want to attempt the same mod. Good, bad or indifferent, we learn from what people have taken the time to post.

I used the same chrome paint on my front accent....you can't tell it isn't the genuine article. The back accent is more of a challenge to tape off. For now, I'm holding off....

Col.Burton

I think it looks good, I'm painting mine the same way tommorow...but yellow

XDEEDUBBX

i feel sorry for your car

Krayzie8

your car is blue, why would you paint the heat cover yellow?

i know alot of ppl do strange things to their cars on here in hopes that it will make them look better, and there are alot of good ideas, but you cant expect a 5 min spraycan paint job on your engine will look good comon

CGRX8

i didnt find it hard to paint it at all. i just used masking tape.

Doomcue

That cover gets pretty hot. Anybody worried about the paint peeling off?

-djb

dirtylittlepaws

That looks good CGRX8. Nice Job

CGRX8

thanks dirty...and as for dooms question... i havent had any peeling or cracking when taking it off to wash. it seems fine with the heat.

Krayzie8

wow , you did a great paint job on yours! very nice!

KrazieKave

LOL, It's under the hood... no on is going to see it annyways :P


Cut the guy some slack :P

dirtylittlepaws

I went ahead and painted my engine cover also.

CGRX8

did you remove the tags before painting? also, is that red or orange? it look like it came out smooth and nice but how close is the match? i got my paint in a spray on version at pep boys. I eyed it up and sure enough after I was done it was a dead match. after posting a pic of the can for someone I noticed that it said Mazda on the can top. Nordic green can appear different in different light but in the sun it matches exactly

XeRo

Raz..the blue tape doesn't work...at least the non-3M brand i used from Lowes..

dirtylittlepaws

I also got the Mazda spray on paint from Pep Boys. It actually looks darker in person, but i took the pic with the sunlight shining right on it. So that's maybe why it appears orange.
All in all, it's definitely not as good as yours CGRX8, but I am happy with it.

CGRX8

just use regular masking tape. i used the oldest crap tape i had laying around. its not like its going to peel off the original black when removed. i woud avoid packing tape or something that might leave a glue though.

oh and paws, i didnt say it looked bad i think it turned out great but my pic looks a little lighter than in person also... we need new cameras

Sky88

I think it look nice, my only concern is if the paint going to peel with the heat since the 8 does run awfully hot.

dirtylittlepaws

Mine has not shown any signs of peeling so far.