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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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Say goodbye to yellow caps!

hey i was getting sick of those huge yellow caps and i ordered some new ones, but for right now i just spray painted them white. i also took out that like fuzzy weird lining stuff what ever on the sides to get a cleaner looking engine bay. here's some pics

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after getting that lining out
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Gotta love the subtle DIY mods.

I'll probably steal your idea when I get some free time.

I want to paint the rest of my covers white.


And i threw in some red felt to match the interior.
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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i need to add these on my to-do list
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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What kind of paint did you use on the cover?
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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Cool

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What kind of paint did you use on the cover?
High temp spray paint from Home Depot
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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Haha good one
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Old Jun 8, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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yeah i tried painting my cover but i messed up and it dripped =/ so i jsut took it out . too much plastic anyway
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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lol you guys are **** about colors.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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looks good!
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 03:22 PM
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Looks good but I doubt the paint will hold up on the oil cap.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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he would need high temp engine enamel for the oil cap
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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But you left the brake fluid cap black? I painted mine in OEM VR paint. Was not a fan of the odd yellow cap either.

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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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Nice, i painted mine red. then replaced the oil one with a red rotor shaped cap. i like the felt idea. i might have to do that.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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i like the felt idea. i might have to do that.
Too much red imo.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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red looks sick..mine was black so i left it. and now i won a cork sport oil cap in a raffle so thats on instead looks pretty sick
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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How hard was it to get those 2 pieces of the firewall out?
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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not that hard, i used just scissors and my hands and just worked it a little probably took 5-10 minutes overall and helps clean up the engine bay.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Those are the fender linings which are easy to take out. The firewall part is a real pain in the ***.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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I used blue high temp caliper paint. Even did the radiator cap(hard to see in this shot) and it's been over three years with no issues on any of them. Except on the oil of course as I have another cap there. Sorry for the crappy pics!





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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Not bad, not bad at all... anything beats the yellow that's for sure.
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Lunacy
High temp spray paint from Home Depot
Originally Posted by @!!narotordo
Haha good one
Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Looks good but I doubt the paint will hold up on the oil cap.
Originally Posted by adamwzl
he would need high temp engine enamel for the oil cap
I used generic high temp paint from autozone for mine as well, primered, painted, ran out of clear coat so put them back in the car with the intention of clear coating them later.

Now 2 years later and lots traffic under the hood from maintenance and other stuff . The caps still look the same. Actually shocked me lol, not bad for a $4 mod .
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