I want to paint my engine cover my car is in the body shop getting the front bumper replaced. anyway i asked him to paint my engine cover the same color
is my car he's want 300 to do it is that to much

 

Sounds like the typical pricing strategy when someone really doesn't want to do what you're asking for. They just throw out a ridiculous figure hoping you will go for it. That one is way out of line.

 

screw that man. i painted mine for a little under 50.00

just go get some krylon paint and do it yourself. check out my cardomain page for pics.

 

300 LOL.....nope

 

LMAO I DO YOURS FOR $200 LMAO I Did mine for max $25 two cans paint one can clear

 

lol ill pay shipping you give me 150..done

 

Lol, Alot of people do this and alot of people post threads about this can we get someone to post the process? What type of paint is used? How many coats? IF sanding is required between coats? Ect... I want to do this myself when the weather warms a bit but I would need some type of guideline, you could basically call it painting engine bay parts for dummies and sticky it also.

 

just paint it black or something dont bother painting it

 

Take the burger off, and fill in the holes and paint it. Will look great.

 

$300 is TOO much.. i would rather do it myself for under $25 bucks and spend the rest in other mods or save up..

i plan on painting mine soon too.. as soon as the weather gets warmer

 

Thanks guys I thought it was to much

 

If you have the money and tools you can do it your self for less. I have at home a compressor and gun. I went to a paint shop and bought a pint of PPG Dextron paint and clear coat. Bought the accelerator and flex agent all for about $70. With all that paint I was able to do all of my engine bay plastic pieces and some interior trim pieces. If you want to go this route hit me up and I can give you all the tips to get that body shop look.

If you want to go the less expensive and easy route go to http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spray_paint.asp

They sell their paint in aerosal cans. I used their clear coat and it works great. All you need is to prep your pieces before paint to get a good finish.

 

Materials: $20 to $40
1) 1 Can Red Opulence spray paint [to match the color of my car, you may use a different brand spray paint, I see Krylon has a spray for plastics called "Fusion" thats very good. and I believe primer is not needed]
2) 1 can spray primer [I used red primer, but black would be ok, or grey if your painting it a light color]
3) 1 Can spray clearcoat
4) 1 tack cloth
5) 400 or 600 or finer wet sandpaper [I had this plus I used fine steel wool]
all of the above was purchased from the link below
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spray_paint.asp

1) After removing the cover I removed the Nissan hamburger & the silver top center section [these are very easy to remove] and masked off the "V6 3.5"
2) A light sanding was next, followed by a cleaning [hosed off] & wipe down with the tack cloth
3) 1st primer coat, dry over night
4) very light sanding, then a cleaning & wipe down with tack cloth
5) 2nd primer coat, dry over night
6) repeat step 4
7) 3 color coats, 15 to 25 mins between coats, let dry over 24 hours, do not sand color coats
8) 2 or 3 clearcoats, let dry 24 hours,
9) Remove masking tape & reinstall Nissan burger & silver section
10) Reinstall engine cover, pat self on back

 

I am curious, i am interested in painting under the hood. I have my engine cleaned twice a yr and i was wondering if the paint would hold up to that with out peeling?

 

If you do it right there is no reason for it to peel.

 

Here's my old thread...

http://forums.maxima.org/6th-generat...er-56k-no.html

I think im gonna change it this year.

 

Dam that looks good thanks guys I'll try to do this one myself

 

i too got bored and played around with my paint crew's plotter and custom painted mine also. i matched it to my dark blue and threw some silver in there. (Im a avaition mechanic, in case u were wondering about the flyin wrench)

 

What Machinist said is the whole process and my process was almost same as his
Screw the body shop you can do it !! we belive in you!! lol
Here is mine

 

wow you guys did a hell of a friggin job

 

Im feeling those covers guys ill post some picks when mines done

 

Ok so I broke down guys and let the body shop paint just the engine cover after I seen (Machinist), his just looked clean and not over done so the
shop is charging me 75$ I'll post on Thursday

 

^ ^ ^ $75 Is not a bad price at all, since materials would be at least $25-35 plus your time. BTW thanks for the compliment

 

75 bucks from the body shop cold air intake coming soon. Also waiting my chrome oil cap.

 

^ Cover looks great

 

Thanks man it did come out pretty good

 

Did you just get the center piece done?

Better pics..?