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Old May 21, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Painting engine cover

Hey guys I was just wondering what you guys did to paint your engine cover ?(if you did it yourself) Spraypaint ?

I was thinking about doing this but another thing that has me hesitating is that my car is leased, would this affect my lease ?

Thanks guys- kev
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Old May 21, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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had my bodyshop do it. Typical paint job, sand, prime, paint, clear. Worse case you can always repaint back to stock colors. I highly doubt dealership will notice, but that's up to you to decide.
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Old May 21, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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looking back at pics, i think i might leave it because the reason i liked yours, when you open your hood it matches the car, i have a black car so when the hood is open it matches, the gray and the black so yeah. Thanks mike
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Old May 21, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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All depending how many MOD's you have done to your car at the end of your lease you can sell it.
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Old May 10, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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What kind of sand paper was used? How did they get done in the small holes? What type of paint?
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Old May 11, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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This is one Mod I really want to do. Just no time to do it. Black and Red would be my choice.
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