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Rocker cover painting

VtecRob

VtecRob

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Im thinking of painting my rocker cover as mine is looking a little tatty now. I have seen that a couple of other people have done this and just wondered what type of paint they had used and where they had got hold of it.

Cheers for any help Rob.
 
I got mine done through a guy on ctro called Bren.

He does a very good job and offers an exchage service aswell.

If you diy it i'm not sure how long it will last as the rocker cover gets very hot after a blast.
 
Not sure man, one tin should be alright though i'd have thought? Could buy two, and then sell the other if you don't use it?
 
Ok so i ordered one tin of this VHT Red Wrincled paint and this morning i decided today was the day. So stripped of the rocker cover and covered it in nitromose.
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While i was waiting for it to do its thing i decided id prep the plug and manifold cover.
got every thing sprayed up and put back together and these are the results
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Looks very nice mate. Wouldn't mind my rocker cover looking a bit better like that.
 
danga200 said:
Looks pretty good, is it that orange looking or is it the camera? Was it easy to do overall?
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Like Hasnic said its mostly the camara but i do think its a slightly light red than the original. Id say the hardest part is getting the rocker cover off. Its a bit of a pain getting it past the brake and clutch reservoirs. If i was going to do it again i think it unbolt them and pull them out of the way.

C4Doc said:
Looks very nice mate. Wouldn't mind my rocker cover looking a bit better like that.
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Give it a go mate £20 for the paint stripper and paint and a couple of hours work. Gets you a new looking rocker cover and tidys the engine bay up no end.
 
So it does.
Either way looks like you done a good job on it though, that's all that matters.
When cleaning my 'bay the other weekend some of the paint flaked off, so it be my turn next :lol:
 
danga200 said:
So it does.
Either way looks like you done a good job on it though, that's all that matters.
When cleaning my 'bay the other weekend some of the paint flaked off, so it be my turn next :lol:
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Yeah thats what happened to mine! It finally pushed me into doing it. im glad i did makes the hole under bonnet area look cleaner just from doing that
 
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