vtec2011 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 The bay is looking sweet now and yes a blue rocker cover will finish it off nicely! The bloke who washed the engine, did he not cover the air filter? You don't want water going into your intake system!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmb6vti Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Looks really smart blue compliments the silver! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Doing my mazda ones first, so bored of black so spraying them matt black first then couple of coats of silver metalizer for gunmetal effect. Maybe couple of coats of glossifier if not shiny enough.If you buy white they will come out matt white, which i think would be pretty cool or you can apply a top coat or effects coat, they also do one called pearlizer which you could spray on top of the white Got mine off ebay from seller. UKdip12 . Looks like 6-8 days delivery so maybe coming from the states as dont think theynhave uk supplierQuite fancy doing my m rims gold too!And I reckon blue ht leads as well mate Great plans you got there mate for your alloys I will look into it or wait and see how yours turn up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 The bay is looking sweet now and yes a blue rocker cover will finish it off nicely! The bloke who washed the engine, did he not cover the air filter? You don't want water going into your intake system!! Cheers mate is it easy doing the rocker cover? He just washed it mate without covering but hopefully nothing went wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Looks really smart blue compliments the silver! Thanks mate yeah I prefer blue much more over red with silver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brown Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Agreed blue compliments silver very well.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtec2011 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Cheers mate is it easy doing the rocker cover? He just washed it mate without covering but hopefully nothing went wrong It's easy, just time consuming preparing it for the respray! Same procedure as spraying up alloys and brake calipers.. Sand it down to the bare surface with sand paper and a wire brush to get into the awkward placesClean off the dust with a damp sponge or cloth (I also used brake cleaner)Stuff rags, cloths or kitchen roll in the spark plug locators and oil cap to stop paint going into the threads and seals Spray 3 coats of normal primer (normal or heat primer - optional)2 coats of paint (Again optional on normal or heat paint)I haven't used high heat paint or high heat primer, just normal stuff. And so far the paint is holding up well on my MB3. At the time people were telling me different things on how to do my rocker cover. But for the best lasting results, I would use high heat primer and paint for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I used this how to when I did mine, http://civic5.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1086-how-to-paint-your-rocker-cover-to-an-oem-finish/ but I got a spare one so I could spray it off the car, then swapped it over and sprayed mine and sold it on, which covered the cost of the paint. Free modding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey135 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Blue touches look great mate,,, my bay will be getting the blue treatment too hopefully soon!! Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 It's easy, just time consuming preparing it for the respray! Same procedure as spraying up alloys and brake calipers.. Sand it down to the bare surface with sand paper and a wire brush to get into the awkward placesClean off the dust with a damp sponge or cloth (I also used brake cleaner)Stuff rags, cloths or kitchen roll in the spark plug locators and oil cap to stop paint going into the threads and seals Spray 3 coats of normal primer (normal or heat primer - optional)2 coats of paint (Again optional on normal or heat paint)I haven't used high heat paint or high heat primer, just normal stuff. And so far the paint is holding up well on my MB3. At the time people were telling me different things on how to do my rocker cover. But for the best lasting results, I would use high heat primer and paint for sure So is it just taking it off spraying it and putting it back in or do we have to change anything when we take it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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