Idea for painting coil and engine covers...

[Ugly John]

So I just bought a new GT PP last week, and I've been reading about painting the coil and engine covers. I'm not thinking about sanding and wet sanding and all that, so it all sounds pretty easy....right up until you try to paint the letters.

So I started thinking that perhaps it would be easy to combine high heat engine enamel and plasti-dip.

For instance, paint the entire coil cover with a couple coats of paint and let cure. Then coat the entire coil cover with plasti-dip, and peel it out of the letters leaving the letters with the paint color and the rest the dip color.

Or paint the coil cover, and plasti-dip the letters, then peel it off the surrounding areas. This would leave the covers the paint color with the letters the dip color.

I've dipped emblems before, but I haven't done anything besides that and don't have enough experience to know if this will work.

It sure does sound a lot easier than masking off letters or wiping excess paint off...

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[Khyber]

i taped over the letters and then traced letters out with a utility knife. it took alot of patience but I was super pleased how it came out almost perfect.

 

[EddieGT]

This is a pretty helpful video.

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[KevDog]

Question.

I am in the process of painting my coil covers, is it OK to drive the car without the coil covers installed?

Reason for asking is I am waiting for the paint to cure as I am painting the letters a different color and it will take a few days...

Thanks

 

[Quiksilver15]

Question.

I am in the process of painting my coil covers, is it OK to drive the car without the coil covers installed?

Reason for asking is I am waiting for the paint to cure as I am painting the letters a different color and it will take a few days...

Thanks

Yes, they don't do anything. I drove around without mine for months.

[MENTION=12175]Khyber[/MENTION] how did you disassemble the engine cover?

 

[robwlf]

i just did mine in work before my vaca this week i color matched mine magnetic.. ill get some pics today and post them .... i did the coil covers a matte finish ,and did the center of the top cover a semi so you can see the metallic in the finish came out great .. easier for me cause im a auto painter.

 

[Khyber]

[MENTION=12175]Khyber[/MENTION] how did you disassemble the engine cover?

I didn't, just taped it off.

 

[robwlf]

few fast cell pics, not the greatest pics but

 

[Quiksilver15]

I'll be doing my coil covers tomorrow and tuesday, I'll try taking some pictures of the steps along the way. Steps I plan to use:
VHT engine primer entire coil cover.
VHT satin black on letters and stripes.
Tape off stripes, and fill letters with water.
Spray entire coil cover in ford blue.
Dump out water, remove tape from stripes, and dry cover.
VHT Engine Clear entire cover.

 

[vernonator]

i taped over the letters and then traced letters out with a utility knife. it took alot of patience but I was super pleased how it came out almost perfect.

Thats what I did as well - tried the method in the video (using airbrush thinner to wipe away overspray) and it did not work AT ALL.

Tape and patients and mine are virtually perfect.

 

[robwlf]

i didnt use any primer .. i used bulldog adhesion promoter, 2 dustings coats then you can either prime or just go straight to color ... have to use some kind of adhesion promoter cause there plastic .the vht stuff is good to use cause of the heat

 

[redtrack]

just another idea....
I did my manifold cover with black high temp wrinkled paint.
the finish it's a lot better than the factory gray.....the coil cover are from my '13 gt.

 

[HISSMAN]

I decided not to paint the lettering on mine at this time. I may do it later, but it just looks clean right now to my eyes. I didn't add enough pigment to the mix when doing the cover, so I am going to respray it in the coming days because it seems a bit more cream than the coil covers are.

 

[aham23]

great thread. grandpa Bill is awesome. is the consensus that VHT paint is fine. or did you guys attempt to track down / order online exact matching spray paint which looks to cost a little more. thanks.

 

[aham23]

the thread of instructions Grandpa Bill references is here;

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...cial-how-paint-your-coil-covers-thread-2.html

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