Thinking of painting engine cover... help!
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Thinking of painting engine cover... help!
Oaky well G2 is selling a kit for engine painting, like their calipar paint kit... well my car is completely black, and i wanted something that sticks out and give the engine some custom looks... so i was thinking of painting the black part of the cover red, and leaving the middle strip gray. do you think that would look good, or should i just paint the gray to red in the middle, and leave it black? thanks! please give me your thoughts!
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Originally posted by mmgrad
How about filling the silver strip in red, and coloring the Mercedes letters in Black... like the Brabus look.
How about filling the silver strip in red, and coloring the Mercedes letters in Black... like the Brabus look.
Wouldnt that be hard getting the letters black? id probably need an exacto knife and a whole day for just the letters, looks hard, i was thinking to just paint the middle part all black with red letters and the sides red. would that look good?
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Wouldnt that be hard getting the letters black? id probably need an exacto knife and a whole day for just the letters, looks hard, i was thinking to just paint the middle part all black with red letters and the sides red. would that look good?
Wouldnt that be hard getting the letters black? id probably need an exacto knife and a whole day for just the letters, looks hard, i was thinking to just paint the middle part all black with red letters and the sides red. would that look good?
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i don't suppose it will be too hard... just make sure you clean it well before you start, and try using one of those sponge-like brushes for the letters... it might be easier.
Also, i don't know about you, but my hood makes contact with the part of the engine cover.... well, its the insulation, not the actual hood.
but in any case, the contact is obvious, and it seems to rub it a little, so it may eventually rub off part of the cover you paint.
Also, i don't know about you, but my hood makes contact with the part of the engine cover.... well, its the insulation, not the actual hood.
but in any case, the contact is obvious, and it seems to rub it a little, so it may eventually rub off part of the cover you paint.
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Thinking of painting engine cover... help!
If you really want a custom look, do it in carbon fiber. If there is enough owners with the same interest, my source can make the engine covers for reasonable price. If you have a CLK500, I think the same cover will fit the E500 and other 5.0L MB engines (S500, G500, ML500). I'll do the research for you guys if you're interested. I'm only doing this as a hobby and to help my source.
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Originally Posted by ViKTORiOUS
Wouldnt that be hard getting the letters black? id probably need an exacto knife and a whole day for just the letters, looks hard, i was thinking to just paint the middle part all black with red letters and the sides red. would that look good?
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Thinking of painting engine cover... help!
Do you mean you only want the middle part done in CF (silver or red)? It may be doablle, but it will be some sort of a lay over and I'm not sure how easy it would be to still show the Mercedes Benz letters. It would be easier to do the whole engine cover.
