painted my battery tie down, rice or nice?
#1
painted my battery tie down, rice or nice?
i saw my battery tie down paint was starting to peel and rust so i decided to take the paint off and polish it...yeh right. it was too much of a pain to get all the paint off and i had some high heat red paint so i sanded it down a bit and painted right over it. at first it was ok, then for some reason i applied like 5 coats and that make the paint job a bit crappy. but i guess its still better than a peeling rusting one. by the way does anyone know where to get a cheap polished one? here is the link to my page with the pic, tell me what you think. thanx.
http://www.cardomain.com/id/super666
http://www.cardomain.com/id/super666
#3
Nice
I just added some hose tubing to my Max (RED) I painted all my caps under the hood red and also painted the Battery Positive cover red. Now I am going to paint the Battery Tie Down red along with the Plastic Battery Cover red too. Not the battery itself, but the casing that goes around it. I figured since I have painted my calipers red, might as well make everything in the engine bay red too. Pics to follow later tonight!!!!
#4
i was going to paint all the caps too but it was too much of a bother for me. plus if they would turn out bag id really be ****ed replacing all of them. defentaly put up those pics i wanna check out how it looks.
#5
Painted
I painted all my Caps, The Battery Tie Bar and Battery Compartment along with some Hose Covers. I think thats all I will do for the Engine Bay. Well, almost as I want to get a Nice Black Engine Cover from the Altima.
#7
Originally Posted by super6
i saw my battery tie down paint was starting to peel and rust so i decided to take the paint off and polish it...yeh right. it was too much of a pain to get all the paint off and i had some high heat red paint so i sanded it down a bit and painted right over it. at first it was ok, then for some reason i applied like 5 coats and that make the paint job a bit crappy. but i guess its still better than a peeling rusting one. by the way does anyone know where to get a cheap polished one? here is the link to my page with the pic, tell me what you think. thanx.
#11
Originally Posted by hct67
I painted all my Caps, The Battery Tie Bar and Battery Compartment along with some Hose Covers. I think thats all I will do for the Engine Bay. Well, almost as I want to get a Nice Black Engine Cover from the Altima.
Sean
#13
New Plastic Paint
I went to Lowe's and well on TV I saw that theres a new paint out for Plastics. Its called Plastic Enamel by Valspar. I decided to paint the inside of the engine bay to match my red rotors. I used the the red rotor paint to paint my Battery Tie Down. As far as the hoses, I got the plastic hose covers from Pep Boys for like $4.99 for 4ft. Only a few more hoses to go and it will be finished.
Thanks for the compliments!!!
Thanks for the compliments!!!
Originally Posted by sean05
What type of paint did you use to do that? looks awesome IMO. nice job
Sean
Sean
#17
Ssswwwweeeeeeeeeeeet
I started out with just a few of the caps and then got addicted to it. I did all the caps, the battery tie down, the battery casing and then saw hose covers at Pep Boys and decided to do all the visible hoses. What else can I do under there? Well for one, I would really like to if its possible paints the engine cover black like the Altima's and then paint the V6 3.5 in red. I think that would finish off the engine bay for sure. What do you think of a black engine cover like the altima and having the V6 3.5 in Red?
Originally Posted by Triple8Sol
You red looks a bit brighter than what I used. I used some High-temp stuff, so it won't bubble or peel.
I painted all my caps and the Stillen FSTB end parts...
I painted all my caps and the Stillen FSTB end parts...
#20
Mine shrunk
I had to make my own after the battery shrunk and I just painted in flat black. Now it only weighs 6 lbs and yes it starts the car multiple times just fine. It cost $29 and came in a battery pack used to start cars, its 300 cold cranking amps.
No comments on the intake, I am still working on it and don't plan on leaving the flex section in. For the track it will go right out the headlight opening to a 3" velocity stack.
No comments on the intake, I am still working on it and don't plan on leaving the flex section in. For the track it will go right out the headlight opening to a 3" velocity stack.
#21
Originally Posted by super6
thanx a lot, im getting to like it myself.
#22
Originally Posted by Jime
I had to make my own after the battery shrunk and I just painted in flat black. Now it only weighs 6 lbs and yes it starts the car multiple times just fine. It cost $29 and came in a battery pack used to start cars, its 300 cold cranking amps.
No comments on the intake, I am still working on it and don't plan on leaving the flex section in. For the track it will go right out the headlight opening to a 3" velocity stack.
No comments on the intake, I am still working on it and don't plan on leaving the flex section in. For the track it will go right out the headlight opening to a 3" velocity stack.
#23
Originally Posted by charliekilo3
How well does it work during the winter? There's no way I wold use such a small battery in my Max.
Its not for winter. You can use whatever battery you want in YOUR Max, thats what I do.
#28
Painting Engine Cover Tonight
Well, i went to the garage thats putting on my Tokico's and Tein H Techs and asked them to take of the Engine Cover for me. Anyways, I went to an AutoParts store, got me some 800 grit sandpaper, Some BrakeKleen ( Non Clhorinated) and some Black High Heat with Ceramic 1200 degree made by Dupli-Color paint. I already sanded it down, sprayed it with the BakeKleen and put on the first coat of paint. The first coat stuck to the engine cover perfectly. Thats what I was worried about. Hopefully by 11pm tonight I will have it painted with about 3 to 4 coats. Then I will let it dry overnight and in the A.M. I will paint the V6 3.5 with the 1200 Degree Red paint. I will post pics tomorrow sometime when I get my car back from the Shock/Spring install.
#29
Painted Engine Cover
Well, I painted the Engine Cover Last Night with some 1200 degree paint. Didn't come out to bad for what I paid in supplies. 800 grit sandpaper and 1200 degree black paint = $8.00 compared to going to Nissan and spending over $100 for a new Altima Engine Cover
#34
I Tried
I tried, it was a pain in the A** to do and it kept removing the black paint that I painted the engine cover with. So I have an idea on how to get it painted. I live close to the beach here in NJ and was thinking of bringing some High temperture paint to one of the Boardwalk stores who do air brushing and let them paint it. I wouldn't think it could cost more the $10 or so. Plus I just brought a Heat Shield for my Air Filter, I am in the process of painting that red now as we speak!!!! Plus I want to paint my MidPipe red also just to finish it off.
I will have new pics a little bit later today and post them!!!!
I will have new pics a little bit later today and post them!!!!
Originally Posted by 808MAX-SPEC
Hey, Nice job on the enigne cover. Thought you were going to paint the "V6 3.5" in red? Or is that a for later? Cool! So what's next?
#35
I think it looks great. It would look even better if you painted the "V6 3.5" the same color red as the caps, etc. Maybe you could tape it off and use some different paint than the original paint you used for the original red (same color though). Possibly even lightly sand it and then prime it first?
#36
Tape
I was thinking of taping it, but not sure what kind of tape to you. Maybe I could get something decent at Home Depot or Lowe's that will not really stick to the engine cover to much where it might pull off the black paint.
Originally Posted by Gluteus Maxima
I think it looks great. It would look even better if you painted the "V6 3.5" the same color red as the caps, etc. Maybe you could tape it off and use some different paint than the original paint you used for the original red (same color though). Possibly even lightly sand it and then prime it first?
#37
Tape
Does anyone know of a good tape that really doesn't stick to other painted surfaces. What I am trying to do is, I painted my engine cover black but am afraid that if I use regular tape it will wither stick way to much to the cover or actually rip off the paint. I want to paint the V6 3.5 on the engine cover red to match the rest of the engine bay!!! All help would be appreciated!!!!
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