I want to paint or put on overlay on the plastic engine cover on my super white xD. I need some help on going about with this. Would paint crack from heat? Where could I get some overlays for it, if anyone makes them?

I Just need help in general with this one, I don't know where to start.

Thanks

 

If you go to your local car shop (pep boys, napa, autozone, and whoever you might have) and in the paint section look for high heat paint. you can paint the plastic and it wont crack or discolor too easily. i used it as a cheap way to get JDM style rims on my accord, and the paint was awesome, never cracked or chipped.

as for overlays i wouldn't know too much about them, but i would think that if the plastic can live in that temp without cracking or melting then a vynal overlay should survive it.

 

Thanks Zed, how do you recommend that i don't paint the toyota logo and such, i don't want to be painting any of the words.

 

when you put the tape on it, as long as you tape it fully down, youll see the pattern of the toyota/vvt-i/etc. and you can take an exacto knife and cut around it, peel off the surrounding portions, and it will be covered sufficiently

 

masking tape

 

Thanks guys, im thinking about painting all of the letters black, would it be the same process, just covering the engine cover around it with tape?

 

you got it!

 

thanks much!

 

no probberz! post some pics of the finished result, I'd like to see how it turns out

 

It would probably be easier to paint the letters without masking, then wait for it to cure and then mask off what you want to remain black, then paint the rest of it (covering up the black overspray).

 

you mean use a paintbrush to apply the paint to the letters?

 

Hydrographics, thats what I'm thinking about doing with mine. This is the company I'm going to use, just because they are close, but there are a lot of them to choose from, check it out...
http://www.hydrographicsinc.com/hgi/about.html

 

If you were asking me, no. I mean spray the letters, but there's no need to mask the rest of it if you are going to be painting the rest of it because any overspray will be covered.

 

ahh, makes sense now, alright. Im going to be painting the letters black first, let it dry, cover those up, and do the rest of it!

 

i see what you mean now haha didnt think of that.

 

damn, wish my camara would let me load pics on my computer. i painted mine and masked some stuff off. it looks pretty sweet not to toot my own horn or anything. lol.

 

damn you! i want to see those pics haha

 

i agree, post up some pics!!! try scanning your pics?

 

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