Painting and Powder coating rocker covers

[maximumrpm]

What Colour looks best to paint them in???? anyone have pics of there car...would like to paint them on my r33 gtst...cheers

[r33_racer]

just get them hpc coated...come out nice and silvery...cheap and wont chip or scratch off as easily as paint. ive seen a ca18det and rb25 covers done. Around 40 bux to do a set of covers.

[jezzerrr]

yeah DIY is tho go. just remember the three most important things.. preparation,preparation,preparation

[Waldo]

hi guys just wondering on wat colour you guys think i should paint my rocker covers....i like to paint them black.....but not sure if i should get gloss or matt black

[Let Me Drive]

hay man just wondering i have an r33 gtst and what do you need befor you take off the rocker covers is there any gaskets or seals you need to replace when you take the covers off and paint cos i want to paint mine the same colour as the car (marone)

[PHATR32]

this is the exact same thing im doing to mine this weekend.

looks fully sik!

[druzilla32]

Mine is going into a wine red car.. i think the colours should look good togethor

its costing me $280

to get the cam covers, front cover and plenum done

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[williamsf1]

how hard is it to take the covers off the RB26 in a GT-R?

I wouldn't mind doing this at some stage....

[druzilla32]

prety easy.. i didnt take the fuel rail or any of the stuff on the intake side off..

just loosened it and pushed it to the side so i could get the back bolts undone... once they were loose i used a magnetic stick to pull them out, exhaust side is easy

[PHATR32]

this is what i done last week, i screwed up the middle one so i had to strip and under coat it again.

steve

[williamsf1]

so what went wrong?

I'm going to do mine next week, any advice???

I have bought some primer but havent choosen the paint yet! I can't settle on a colour....

they might just go back on black!!! hmmmm

toss up between Nur gold and R34 metalic red....

so any tips would be great!!!

[druzilla32]

make sure you clean the surface with metho or something that doesnt leave any resedue.. like electrical contact cleaner.

again clean the surface after primer before you paint.. sand the primer back and apply more primer till its heaps smooth.. then wet and dry it, then clean n paint

[cowie165]

Drew was it fairly easy to remove the plenum? Or is that what you were talking about when you said just loosen everything?

[williamsf1]

Mark,

I think the plenum is a wayyyyy to hard a job! I simply masked it up in place and found a similar black spray to touch up the few chips I had in the original paint... and it turned out good!

as for the cam covers! I am getting pissed with it, as the surface just isnt coming up all that flash!

I am about to give in, and go get the crinkle finish paint (like the red cover on the S1 R34 GTR above) and go with that, as it hides the imperfections far better!!!

and what he was talking about was the plastic fuel wiring loom cover (allen key) undo and push it away...

I also found the twin turbo pipe had to come off too...

if this doesnt work, I will admit failure and get a professional to do it in the future!

grrrr

[GTRsean]

Did mine last year using high temp paint Dupli.color metal cast silver.

Great cos it's heat resistant.

[cowie165]

Mark,

I think the plenum is a wayyyyy to hard a job! I simply masked it up in place and found a similar black spray to touch up the few chips I had in the original paint... and it turned out good!

Hrmmmm. Cheers Ben. Mine has pretty much lost all the paint (bizarre for a *genuine* 70,000km car ) so it'll have to come off, because I'm going to bake the parts to cure the paint.

I shall see how I go.... (famous last words....)

[cowie165]

And Sean some of that painting you've done looks very intricate! Did you freehand or mask? Parts like around "Nissan" and RB26 look very nice!

[druzilla32]

Drew was it fairly easy to remove the plenum? Or is that what you were talking about when you said just loosen everything?

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i dont think taking the plenum off just to paint it is worth the blood sweat and tears.

i just did mine because i have the enging out

[GTRsean]

And Sean some of that painting you've done looks very intricate! Did you freehand or mask? Parts like around "Nissan" and RB26 look very nice!

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Cheers. I did it free hand with a fine brush and model paint.

[williamsf1]

pics...now

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ok ok ok here ya go!