People with painted engine covers

[SamH_]

Has anyone else had issues with he paint and primer lifting off of the engine cover?
mine has started in a few locations on the main cover, i've spoken to the guys in the spraybooth that sprayed it for me and they are putting it down to the expansion and contraction of the plastic/the movement of the cover, as they have sprayed metal rocker covers and brake calipers with no issue.

i was wondering if anyone else had noticed an issue with theirs, or if its fine what primers and paints did you use?

as i obviously need to strip and redo mine at somepoint

Sponsored

 

[slowhand99]

Has anyone else had issues with he paint and primer lifting off of the engine cover?
mine has started in a few locations on the main cover, i've spoken to the guys in the spraybooth that sprayed it for me and they are putting it down to the expansion and contraction of the plastic/the movement of the cover, as they have sprayed metal rocker covers and brake calipers with no issue.

i was wondering if anyone else had noticed an issue with theirs, or if its fine what primers and paints did you use?

as i obviously need to strip and redo mine at somepoint

It's more likely crap preparation (mainly degreasing and keying) as paint is likely to have a closer coefficient of expansion to plastic than it does to metal. Plenty of other painted parts under the hood and adjacent to the exhaust which don't lose their paint. The rest of the car is plastic/aluminium/steel, no problems there either.

 

[Nookie]

Sounds like they've not used the required plastic primer and just used standard stuff... or as mentioned above, they've not keyed or degreased it properly!

 

[Manders Mustang]

So mines been on for a month of so, I've driven it until Cylinder head temps hit 100s. The engine bays been roasting etc.

My cover still looks fine, alcorub, primer (heat proof x2), paint it up. Sorted. I've got a chip in the cover, but that's totally my own fault for dropping a tool on it.

Sounds like sh1te preparation to me.

 

[SamH_]

yeah it seems the paint on the main head covers are fine other than he writing infills

but the main issue is with the main cover as pictured

Manders, what brand heat primer did you use on yours? and did you use normal gloss paint or was that heat resistant paint as well?

cheers for the feedback guys

Sponsored