2 words...gen yus!!
that looks great, i love that red I.

I hate to say this, but i'm totally gonna copy you this weekend. BRAVO!!

HEY, what color is your car?

EDIT: Oh ya, i LOVE the black center!

 

Looks good nice job man

 

great job.

 

great job. good job getting a little texture too. i would match it to the car color but thats just me.

 

Gooood job! Well done and look nice!

 

This is a photoshop of a Blue one, something like what i'll do with my Dark Blue tC.
I changed the HUE in PhotoShop.

 

I dont get the appeal of painting the engine cover to look a honda engine. Its a Toyota... ...Great job on the paint though. Hats off to the workmanship. Very clean.

If I dont like it Im gonna say something but I always respect the effort and a job well done. As long as you like it thats what counts. Keep moddin and enjoying your Scion the way it was meant to be...

 

Well done. Good choice of finish and what to paint/not paint.

Also looks like you did not only a tasteful job, but did it well.

 

I think it looks nice. The comment about painting it to look honda... Honda isnt the only car that has a colorful engine cover. So why does this look honda?

Just wondering...

 

turned out great, love the originality of it

 

Here is my engine cover on my xB.
It looks orange but it is the camera it is Krylon Red Plastic Paint.
It has lasted about 6 months so far with no cracks or bubbles..

 

Can you not add 2-3 coats of clear on the final product so that it would come out not so dull?

EDIT* This is in relation to the first post

 

nice job. that was me that started the other thread. very clean

 

wow i actually like that.. good job man.. but what kind of paint did you use?

 

 

Thanks for the comments guys. I did the crackle-finish intentionally...I didn't want a gloss or shiny look to it. As for the color, my car is SSM but I think that it goes really well. I was originally going to do silver with black letters, but after seeing the engine without the cover, it just looked like there was too much silver in the engine bay.

As for spray technique, I just followed the directions on the can. Dupli-Color has a nice nozzle that lays down the paint nice and even.

tChui, thanks much for the inspiration! :D