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boatingbent · 05-13-2010, 07:43 AM

Kewl!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is giving me some ideas

rdblan2 · 05-13-2010, 08:30 AM

I painted red right over the black fuse box cover and the silver engine cover with no primer or base coat.

sfgiantsfan9 · 05-13-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rdblan2

I painted red right over the black fuse box cover and the silver engine cover with no primer or base coat.

And the two look the same shade of red? I just don't want to get them both painted and realize they look like two different shades of red because of starting out with a different base color (black and silver)

Coop · 05-13-2010, 10:34 AM

What is the ebay site to order the decals?

firengnred · 05-13-2010, 02:14 PM

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And the two look the same shade of red? I just don't want to get them both painted and realize they look like two different shades of red because of starting out with a different base color (black and silver)

Yep. All I did in my original post was wash everything down with a little dishwashing liquid to degrease, let dry and paint. No thinner. No alcohol (other than beer

), sanding or baescoat/primer.

Several months later......

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firengnred · 05-13-2010, 02:30 PM

Looking good!

boatingbent · 05-13-2010, 04:31 PM

I just did mine today as well .........Here is a little trick for some of you if you want your Lettering (Cheverolet) to be Black ....Just Block Sand the Silver of the top of the lettering before you do anything ...Then spray on your Basecoat.....Wait for your Basecoat to dry and then use a small wooden Block and sand your Orange,red,Yellow what ever color you have back down to the Black and then Clear it ...And it looks awesome ........I will post pictures tomorrow

rdblan2 · 05-13-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sfgiantsfan9

And the two look the same shade of red? I just don't want to get them both painted and realize they look like two different shades of red because of starting out with a different base color (black and silver)

I think they do. My pics are on page 5 I think.

Doing white first won't hurt anything and probably depends a lot on the final color you are going after.

The other guy said with his orange he noticed a difference. I can see how that makes sense. But the red I used is dark enough to probably cover the black better than the orange.

rdblan2 · 05-13-2010, 04:33 PM

Great work jeff2010ssmanual! That turned out great.

boatingbent · 05-13-2010, 07:24 PM

Ok here is my engine cover

Like I wrote earlier if you want your (Chevrolet) Lettering Black all you have to do before you start is to Block Sand untop of the Silver Letters until you get down to the Black Plastic and thats where you stop ....Next step is to go ahead and spray on your Base Color, ones thats dry take your Sanding Block again and Block sand untop of the letters sanding away the Base down to the Black .....Now all you have to do is spray on your Clear coat

JEFF2010SSMANUAL · 05-13-2010, 09:19 PM

Great job.

Nice professional equipment you have,

No need for my cheap paint can pics.

2010 SSRS · 05-13-2010, 10:43 PM

very nice

boatingbent · 05-14-2010, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JEFF2010SSMANUAL

Great job.

Nice professional equipment you have,

No need for me cheap paint can pics.

Yeah it makes it easy when you have a full warehouse of Spray guns .....Our little Sata Mini Jets works great for little items like the Engine Cover

Viral · 05-14-2010, 10:50 AM

Jeff, you did a fantastic job and your engine cover looks SWEET. Don't short sell yourself because someone else spent more money than you!

05-13-2010, 07:43 AM	#127
boatingbent Drives: 69 Pontiac Firebird Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Eastern Minn Posts: 374	Kewl!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is giving me some ideas __________________ 1100, Ordered car May 22nd 09 2000, Order accepted by GM - 26 May 2009 3000, Order accepted by production control 5/27 3300, Order scheduled for production 3400, Order broadcast 3800, Order produced..2G1FT1EW4A9125913 Delivered to me July 28th

05-13-2010, 10:34 AM	#130
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05-13-2010, 02:30 PM	#132
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05-13-2010, 04:31 PM	#133
boatingbent Drives: 69 Pontiac Firebird Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Eastern Minn Posts: 374	I just did mine today as well .........Here is a little trick for some of you if you want your Lettering (Cheverolet) to be Black ....Just Block Sand the Silver of the top of the lettering before you do anything ...Then spray on your Basecoat.....Wait for your Basecoat to dry and then use a small wooden Block and sand your Orange,red,Yellow what ever color you have back down to the Black and then Clear it ...And it looks awesome ........I will post pictures tomorrow __________________ 1100, Ordered car May 22nd 09 2000, Order accepted by GM - 26 May 2009 3000, Order accepted by production control 5/27 3300, Order scheduled for production 3400, Order broadcast 3800, Order produced..2G1FT1EW4A9125913 Delivered to me July 28th

05-13-2010, 07:24 PM	#136
boatingbent Drives: 69 Pontiac Firebird Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Eastern Minn Posts: 374	Ok here is my engine cover Like I wrote earlier if you want your (Chevrolet) Lettering Black all you have to do before you start is to Block Sand untop of the Silver Letters until you get down to the Black Plastic and thats where you stop ....Next step is to go ahead and spray on your Base Color, ones thats dry take your Sanding Block again and Block sand untop of the letters sanding away the Base down to the Black .....Now all you have to do is spray on your Clear coat Attached Images __________________ 1100, Ordered car May 22nd 09 2000, Order accepted by GM - 26 May 2009 3000, Order accepted by production control 5/27 3300, Order scheduled for production 3400, Order broadcast 3800, Order produced..2G1FT1EW4A9125913 Delivered to me July 28th

05-13-2010, 08:30 AM	#128
rdblan2 Drives: 2SS RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: MD Posts: 1,272	I painted red right over the black fuse box cover and the silver engine cover with no primer or base coat.

05-13-2010, 04:33 PM	#135
rdblan2 Drives: 2SS RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: MD Posts: 1,272	Great work jeff2010ssmanual! That turned out great.

05-13-2010, 09:19 PM	#137
JEFF2010SSMANUAL JEFF2010SSMANUAL Drives: IOM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern IL Posts: 1,953	Great job. Nice professional equipment you have, No need for my cheap paint can pics. Last edited by JEFF2010SSMANUAL; 05-14-2010 at 09:38 PM.

05-13-2010, 10:43 PM	#138
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	very nice __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

05-14-2010, 10:50 AM	#140
Viral Drives: 2010 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 751 View My Garage	Jeff, you did a fantastic job and your engine cover looks SWEET. Don't short sell yourself because someone else spent more money than you! __________________ 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS ( Corsa Catback Exhaust \| Vararam \| VMAX TB \| Custom Tune - 386HP/383TQ)

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