Weekend engine cover project

[gen5fan]

Originally Posted by JEFF2010SSMANUAL

Next I will paint the letters "CHEVROLET" with my white paint pen, to match my white stripes. I also pre-drilled all the holes before I sanded and painted it. I am installing 26 screws.

I can see there is a lot of work for this, but the results will be worth it.
I'd be interested in your report on painting the CHEVROLET with a paint pen, as well as seeing pictures of the final product.
Good luck as you continue.

[dickholloway]

Originally Posted by JEFF2010SSMANUAL

Here is a picture of my engine cover after 3 coats of Plastic white then 3 coats of Plastic orange. I don't think I will clear coat, as this has taken me 3 days. Next I will paint the letters "CHEVROLET" with my white paint pen, to match my white stripes. I also pre-drilled all the holes before I sanded and painted it. I am installing 26 screws.

jeff did you use the sharpie paint pen?

[firengnred]

If I mess up I will probably repaint the entire cover and start over. I don't need it perfect as I am sure it won't be, but I want to at least do a job as good as a 10 year old.

[2010 SSRS]

Paint pen, awesome idea

[caverman]

Just to throw my two cents out there on the paint pen.....

I tried the paint pen myself and it didn't work out so great. The problem I had was maintaining the flow of paint that came out of the pen. A little pressure on the tip and the paint will start coming out really fast. That's what happened to me on a couple of the letters. Then the paint tried to run and was thicker on parts of the letters than others. If you wait even 15 seconds or so to start spreading out the thicker paint it already has started to dry and then gets real clumpy on the letters.

I ended up using vinyl letters. It was probably the most expensine part of the whole deal but after sanding and spraying my cover about 4 different times I didn't have the patients any more.

I'm not trying to deter you from using the paint pen but just be aware of the issues I had. Plus I would recommned you try to find something similar that you can practice on to get the hang of it.

[caverman]

Originally Posted by JEFF2010SSMANUAL

OK thanks. I did do the icons on the fuse box cover which was simple and small, and I did notice what you are saying. Where did you get vinyl letters to put on top of the "CHEVROLET" ???

Camaro Nutz (camaro_nutz@yahoo.com)

She is on Ebay....look at her store. The Chevrolet is like $18 shipped.

[Viral]

As several others have done, I did my lettering with a wide tip sharpie. I taped off the top and bottom of the lettering (but not between them) and then added two coats with the sharpie. It was very easy, didn't run and looks exactly like paint. They come in quite a few different colors at a hobby store. just make sure to get the extra wide one and the flat tip will cover the whole width of the letter in one pass.

[Viral]

Sharpies come in a rainbow of colors, including white

[dickholloway]

OK, having a problem deciding on if to put the "PERFORMANCE DIVISION"
sticker on engine cover. Yes it looks nice, but...............

1. The only performance division GM ever had was the High Performance division, which got canned by the beancounters in 2009.
2. the current performance division is nothing more than a ECO division with more latte sipping gloBULL warmers than real engineers

Does anyone know if there is even a Racing or Motorsport division, department, watercooler discussion group left in GM??

Would like to put something on the engine cover that reflected some level of racing heritage or the current GS and GT racing camaro efforts.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

[OldSchoolCamaro]

Just got the painted engine cover back from the painter (again). They did much better this time.

• Re-painted the rally yellow which didn't match when I got it from GM.
• Painted the V8 inferno red.
• Painted the raised Chevrolet lettering inferno red.
• Tried to paint the rivets silver, but the painter did a sloppy job, so we scrapped that idea.
• Clear coated the rally yellow base and red lettering (except the V8).

I added a brushed trim ring (from Emblem Pros) to the V8 on the front which looks really good.

[foxxone]

Originally Posted by Viral

Sharpies come in a rainbow of colors, including white

I tried a silver sharpie for my cover, however it was way too streaky. I ended up using silver metallic touch up paint with a small paint brush.

[Viral]

To be fair, I've only tried the black sharpie, so I'm not sure how the other colors would look. The black came out perfect.

[sfgiantsfan9]

I want to paint my engine cover and fuse box red. Can I just clean them really good and spray the red or do I need to lay down a couple costs of white first like i've seen some of you do?

[Viral]

Jeff - giantsfan said he wants to paint both engine cover AND fusebox cover red. In that case, would you recommend he used white as a primer on both so he's starting with a similar base? That sounds like a good idea to me, but since I'm ultimately painting white, there's no primer for me to use