If you can please help me here.. I want to paint my engine plastics however I have spent the day going around to different places to find the proper supplies but to no avail. I went to a paint store that sells body paint and they said to try Pep Boys, Strauss auto or Autozone. None of these places had anything close to Black Cherry Pearl. I tried Home Depot but they didnt have any clear coat high enough to use on engines. So my question to you all is where can I get the proper stuff and what is the stuff you used to do yours?? Thank you in advance for any and all help I promise to post up pics just as soon as its completed..

Thanks
Tim

 

heres a link to help ya
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...273&highlight=

i got my paint at autozone...they may not have the specific color your looking for but they have teh general colors....and heres a pic to mine its not the greatest but oh well tell me what you think

 

Thanks alot pete that helps a bunch

 

I heard that for engines, the best stuff to get is the paint that you put on the cover, then put it in the oven for a while to bake it on. I am wondering if that would have any effect on the cover. I realize it gets hot in the engine bay, so please, leave that out of your flames.

Also, what kind of clear coat do you use to stand up to the heat?

Thanks

 

actually that plastic piece does get that hot....at least in my car it doesnt..even after a couple 4-5 drags i can still touch it and not burn myself..so i dont think it gets as hot as your thinking

 

Once somebody finds a color close enough to Black Cherry Pearl feel free to post it here so I will know what to get! Just got my Tc yesterday, but painting the engine cover just HAS to be done!

 

It's a plastic appearance cover-- you can use whatever paint you want. Regular ABS melts around 220º, and the 30% fiber stuff at around 250º-- anything past household enamel can handle those temps.

Go to a shop that sells automotive finishes. You can get any color you want made, and many shops will be able to put it in a spray can for you. My shop does a minimum of a pint (but I shoot HVLP anyway, so it doesn't matter). Expect $20-25 for a rattle can's worth.

 

^^^ mine looks like poop compared to yours oh well like they say someone will always have something better than you

 

Why paint? Just put on a Camry cover it looks better. On the Camrys cover VVTI is in red a looks more JDM.

 

I painted mine with regular paint from the auto store and then put clear coat on it. It looks good and I haven't had a single problem. You do need to do some prep work first and a plastic adhesive promoter might help. I would post a pic but I can't figure out how to size them down.

 

Post a picture please and thanks!

 

I hope the "more JDM" Camry-cover guy was joking... it's our exact cover, only with the aforementioned red lettering:


You could do that with a paint pen, if that were your desire.

 

Is I said looks JDM!

 

because of the red letters? i don't see how it looks JDM...where do you find a JDM tC to compare it to?

 

There isnt a JDM tC to compare it tooo the tC is USDM

 

right...so where does this 'more JDM' business come from?

 

Hey guys, there was a link in the xb forums about guys painting their engine covers, they were just using regular rustoleum paint which will stand 200 degrees.




John

 

probably because the letters are red....res is sybolized with the hone honda type R nissan GTR acura type S symbol..items along that line

 

Get High-Temp paint. You should be able to find it at any auto parts store. (ex. Kragens, AutoZone, etc.) That's where I found mine. If you can't find a match similar to BCP, why not try a contrasting color?

 

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fernan...24.jpg&.src=ph mine done with hi temp paint