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Old 03-23-2004, 02:30 AM
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Painted engine cover

Anyone paint their enginer cover?
I'm thinking of painting mine RED
(matching the 3.5L lettering)

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Old 03-23-2004, 09:30 AM
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<a href="https://g35driver.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=16&Number=100525&page=&vie w=&sb=&part=all&vc=1">look here</a>

03 6MT coupe, red/willow, premium, aero, splash guards, alum pedals, clear corners, double 15% tint

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Check this thread:

https://g35driver.com/forums/showfla...sed&sb=5&part=

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Old 03-23-2004, 10:42 AM
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Heres mine

2004 Coupe, 5AT, Twilight blue / Willow int, K&N Typhoon CAI, Hyper Grounding Kit, Mtek Xenon Fog/High, Clear corners, Hypers, 18's, Aero, tint, Premium, Val 1.

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Old 03-23-2004, 10:45 AM
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what paint scheme would you guys suggest for a white coupe with red grounding wires?
I will probably get red samco coolant hoses also...


 
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Old 03-23-2004, 10:24 PM
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Here's mine. I went with 2 colors



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Old 03-24-2004, 02:01 AM
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i have a black sedan. i really like that blue paint though. think it would look odd painting the engine cover blue in a black sedan?

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Re: Painted engine cover

look like most peoples go with red and blue.



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Hey tin...
Is that your car? damn, you changed out alot of hoses.....busy busy busy.......[img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img] <font color=blue>2old4this</font color=blue>


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What do you think?

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What blue and white one is REALLY nice! What paint did you use.. did you sand it or prime it! How did you get such a clean job painting one color inside of the other? Did you have to remove the Infiniti Logo?

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Thanks. I used plasti-kote car color from Pep boys. The white is color GM7193 & the blue is color 8149FM. I cleaned it off, masked the Infiniti logo & V6 3.5 lettering with masking tape & exacto knife. I primed the whole thing. Then I masked off the inside to paint the outside white. Then I masked the outside to paint the inside blue. This was actually kind of a PITA because when I pulled off the masking from one side, I would end up peeling just a little paint off no matter how careful I was. So I had to repeat the procedure a couple of times. I actually color sanded a little bit but decided I was being a little too **** retentive. Then I clear coated the whole thing. The picture looks a lot cleaner than it really is, but I'm pretty happy with it.

 
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coolie,
I think you should paint it the color of your mods..like blue wires..calls for blue..red filter..calls for red..get the idea...

I was thinkin about just painting the lettering to match my filter..wa ever color it may be..

 
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:32 PM
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dyenboy,
that makes sense. but damn, that blue looks great, i might just go with that anyway.

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Tinman, Are those red hoses or red wireloom?

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