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Boredom and Spray Paint

Discussion in '8G Lancer - Customization' started by Wasper, Nov 13, 2007.

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  1. Wasper

    Wasper Well-Known Member

    Was bored today and had a can of red/orange (more red then orange) plastic spray paint. Saw others do thier engine covers and thought it looked sharp, so I did mine up aswell :D

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    Wasper, Nov 13, 2007
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  2. 5th

    5th Well-Known Member

    looking sharp
     
    5th, Nov 13, 2007
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  3. JDM FLOW

    JDM FLOW Well-Known Member

    neat & tidy
     
    JDM FLOW, Nov 13, 2007
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  4. thetaxguy

    thetaxguy Well-Known Member

    Looks like mine...Good choice of paint pattern. :)
     
    thetaxguy, Nov 13, 2007
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  5. Wasper

    Wasper Well-Known Member

    Thanks,

    I looked at dif pictures of the painted covers.. some people painted the whole thing, others left the black "down tubes" un-touched. I liked the way it made it look like there were tubes or something coming out of it, so I went in that direction.
     
    Wasper, Nov 13, 2007
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  6. jRox

    jRox Well-Known Member

    nice job.

    i did mine the same way
     
    jRox, Nov 13, 2007
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  7. Mada

    Mada Active Member

    i did mine electric blue.. to match the car, it looks sweet ill shows pics
     
    Mada, Nov 20, 2007
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  8. resolutionny7

    resolutionny7 Well-Known Member

    came out good bro
     
    resolutionny7, Nov 20, 2007
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  9. Primetime

    Primetime Well-Known Member

    looks real good dude
     
    Primetime, Nov 20, 2007
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  10. tatsujo

    tatsujo Well-Known Member

    Check out mines. :D

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    tatsujo, Nov 20, 2007
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  11. spunx021

    spunx021 Well-Known Member

    looks pretty cool tat, gonna do anything about those emblems, r just leave it white?
     
    spunx021, Nov 20, 2007
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  12. Primetime

    Primetime Well-Known Member

    WW FTW!!! How is this done? Time? Ease of project?
     
    Primetime, Nov 20, 2007
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  13. spunx021

    spunx021 Well-Known Member

    pretty easy to do, if a newbie like me can pull it off, it really isn't that hard to do, just sand it with fine grit sand paper, then wipe everything off make sure it's clean and spray away...
     
    spunx021, Nov 20, 2007
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  14. tatsujo

    tatsujo Well-Known Member

    Prolly just leave it. I'm not too siked about multi colors on white. Either leave it, or will sand it down to black. But for now, it might stay.
     
    tatsujo, Nov 20, 2007
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  15. Primetime

    Primetime Well-Known Member

    sweet thanx dude
     
    Primetime, Nov 20, 2007
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  16. Wasper

    Wasper Well-Known Member

    For me, I just used some household degreaser detergent and cleaned the surface very well. The plastic already has an "orange peel" surface to it, so as long as you use spray paint designed for plastics, there is no need to sand or anything.

    I used some of that blue pianters tape and tapped over the emblems and the "pipe" looking features, then took an small razor blade ande cut the extra tape off.

    Took me about 1 hour start to finish.
     
    Wasper, Nov 21, 2007
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  17. Mada

    Mada Active Member

    what do u think of mine? madas095.jpg
     
    Mada, Nov 21, 2007
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  18. Payload

    Payload Well-Known Member

    looks good... though i think i'm still going to go for a CF one when the time comes, but that also means before i buy it i can test out a colour to see if it looks any good. Probably try get something as close as possible to the red that the car uses.
     
    Payload, Nov 21, 2007
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  19. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    ok so what spray do I need to use for the cover? I have a red Lancer so I'm going with that color...or maybe green since Christmas is coming up...lol...also, what paint do I use for the calipers?
     
    Texas Aggie, Nov 27, 2007
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  20. bras_33

    bras_33 Well-Known Member

    Diggin it, good job.
     
    bras_33, Nov 27, 2007
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