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Sour DeeZ · 05-28-2010, 12:50 PM

I am planning on sprucing up my engine cover.

I going to paint the part of it IBM.

But my question is, can put the CF looking vinyl on the sides of it?

Will there be any heat issues?

Thanks.

SummoneR · 05-28-2010, 01:41 PM

I have seen professionals put CF on the engine covers.
But it does get HOT! SA Chevy and a few others have found this out when they painted theirs.

Sour DeeZ · 05-28-2010, 02:11 PM

Hmmm, well are you saying that paint gets hot, or the vinyl does?

SummoneR · 05-28-2010, 02:31 PM

The engine cover in general gets pretty hot, if you use paint it has to be high temp paint so I imagine same goes with the vinyl. Vinyl will probably hold up better seeing that it can get pretty hot on stripes on a black car in the sun. Some do hydrocarbon and it seems to do well.

Sour DeeZ · 05-28-2010, 05:54 PM

Well, I think I am going to give it a try.

rdono · 05-28-2010, 08:56 PM

hydrocarbon is a totally different process, more like paint. Chances are the vinyl will not hold up for more than a year maybe two, then it will start to turn.

CamaroDreams07 · 05-29-2010, 01:52 AM

You have nothing to lose by trying. Plus, it can always be peeled off and done again. That's why I do my bowties in vinyl, easily reversible.

I have my engine airbrushed and it's held up perfectly driving through Texas heat.

Sour DeeZ · 05-29-2010, 09:19 AM

Ok thank you, I am definitely going to give it a try.

Should I put a clear coat over vinyl?
And if so, which one do you reccomend.

hair10 · 05-29-2010, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SummoneR

if you use paint it has to be high temp paint

Not true. I painted mine with Krylon Fusion spray paint. It's not high heat (it's made to bond to plastics). I put a Krylon spray on clear coat on top of it. I haven't had any issues with it at all.

SummoneR · 05-29-2010, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hair10

Not true. I painted mine with Krylon Fusion spray paint. It's not high heat (it's made to bond to plastics). I put a Krylon spray on clear coat on top of it. I haven't had any issues with it at all.

Ah true, I do recall seeing someone else use that as well.

The cover I recently saw with bubble must have been an adhesion issues not a heat one.

Thanks for the reminder!

Sour DeeZ · 05-30-2010, 12:16 PM

What I meant was a clear coat over the vinyl?

05-28-2010, 12:50 PM	#1
Sour DeeZ Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 692	Can I? I am planning on sprucing up my engine cover. I going to paint the part of it IBM. But my question is, can put the CF looking vinyl on the sides of it? Will there be any heat issues? Thanks.

05-28-2010, 01:41 PM	#2
SummoneR Paul Drives: '10 2SS/RS M6 "Marauder" Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NOR*CAL Posts: 6,257	I have seen professionals put CF on the engine covers. But it does get HOT! SA Chevy and a few others have found this out when they painted theirs. __________________

05-28-2010, 02:31 PM	#4
SummoneR Paul Drives: '10 2SS/RS M6 "Marauder" Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NOR*CAL Posts: 6,257	The engine cover in general gets pretty hot, if you use paint it has to be high temp paint so I imagine same goes with the vinyl. Vinyl will probably hold up better seeing that it can get pretty hot on stripes on a black car in the sun. Some do hydrocarbon and it seems to do well. __________________

05-28-2010, 08:56 PM	#6
rdono Cavallino Drives: 2010 SS/RS IMO-IMO Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Palo Alto Posts: 211 View My Garage	hydrocarbon is a totally different process, more like paint. Chances are the vinyl will not hold up for more than a year maybe two, then it will start to turn. __________________

05-29-2010, 01:52 AM	#7
CamaroDreams07 Drives: Slow V6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 9,361 View My Garage	You have nothing to lose by trying. Plus, it can always be peeled off and done again. That's why I do my bowties in vinyl, easily reversible. I have my engine airbrushed and it's held up perfectly driving through Texas heat. __________________ [B]

05-28-2010, 02:11 PM	#3
Sour DeeZ Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 692	Hmmm, well are you saying that paint gets hot, or the vinyl does?

05-28-2010, 05:54 PM	#5
Sour DeeZ Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 692	Well, I think I am going to give it a try.

05-29-2010, 09:19 AM	#8
Sour DeeZ Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 692	Ok thank you, I am definitely going to give it a try. Should I put a clear coat over vinyl? And if so, which one do you reccomend.

05-30-2010, 12:16 PM	#11
Sour DeeZ Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 692	What I meant was a clear coat over the vinyl?