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looks good though, those flat (shinier) spots would prob be from not enough paint on them, even coating is the key. nice start!

did you put them in a warm place (sun) once you caoted to help with the wrinkling effect, have seen a few "how to's" for this paint and this has been common requirement

yeah the even coating is a bitch, i let them settle for a couple hours then threw them in a oven for a hour at 100c

ended up repainting the flat spots, then coating the whole lot with darker red caliper paint, looks good, not great

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Hey just a quickie, would it be cool if i used paint stripper to remove the standard black colour that comes on the covers? I've been sanding it for hours and am only just getting to the alloy and thats just on the cam belt covers, it's going to take forever at this rate

Hey just a quickie, would it be cool if i used paint stripper to remove the standard black colour that comes on the covers? I've been sanding it for hours and am only just getting to the alloy and thats just on the cam belt covers, it's going to take forever at this rate

rb25 or 26?

25's are steel and you need them painted

26's respond well to paint stripper, comes off really easily and is a semi polished finish underneath.

that smoothness is the main reason for the coatings failure, no priming is done over a smooth surface.

Ah cheers, they're rb26, i'm planning on respraying them anyway (in kh2) just was worried the paint stripper would react badly to something and i'd have some wrecked or unpaintable covers on my hands

Shame your not in melbourne i'd just take the easy way and send em your way :thumbsup:

its usually under $50 return shipping along the east coast from my experience with other customers mailing them up and back, not sure i could get an exact match to the gun grey metallic but i could find something close.

depends on who's painting them and what your being charged really as to whether its an option for you :thumbsup:

its usually under $50 return shipping along the east coast from my experience with other customers mailing them up and back, not sure i could get an exact match to the gun grey metallic but i could find something close.

depends on who's painting them and what your being charged really as to whether its an option for you :D

Ah, yeh true might look at doing that, can i get a quote for the prep/spray (pm if u prefer)? I know theres like 4 or 5 different KH2 shades from nissan so something that looked close or even slightly lighter would probably look fine

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im gonna giv my covers a go on monday

im gona use duplicolour metalcast get along with the groundcoat undercoat...hav ppl experianced fading of the red due to the heat?

yep i did Sl!m's covers ages ago, it went orange after a few months

ok so i went out and bought the dupli-colour ground coat and duplicolour anodized red, preped the cam/timing belt cover and rocker cover ie. degreaser, wet n dry, etc

applied the ground coat, (3-coats) turned out beautiful, nice even coverage...and metalic too hehe

anywayz, started to apply the red, first light coat, second light coat, then third abit thiker, turned out darked in some area and some areas abit lights, waited then applied another even coat, made the top half of the cam covers and timing cover realy realy dark....realy disapointed, left a matt finish...for 3 cans and $60 later, im pissed off, and not puttin them bak on like that, gona giv em a rub bak, go to a panel beating supply shop down the road and see wot he suggests and just do it with the spray gun

spewing !! :blink:

they wernt that hard to get off realy, just take off ur pipe where the blow off valve is, intercooler pipe is u got an aftermarket cooler, un-do the timing belt cover and crank angle sensor, then just unscrew the valley cover and cam covers, it realy is that easy, today was the first time i took them off and took me about 20mins....

thanks mate, gona giv it a go tomorow

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Heres my work in progress, Metalcast Red with Chrome and Grey (whats the actual colour Chris??) powdercoating by Craved Coatings.

Ill post up more when its finished this week. I reckon the fuel rail turned out awsome :(

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