mrjasonlyrics

Plasti-dipped my 04 Maxima engine panels with the new Matte Orange Blaze and it came out pretty sick. The trick about plasti-dip is you put it in a bowl of hot water and it sprays on smooth like baby bum. Let me know what you all think

MaxFiyah

it looks good bro!

theblackone3.5

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why orange?

Gismo-T

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Yeah..it does look . Didn't know about the bowl trick. How long do you keep it in the hot water?

mrjasonlyrics

Why orange? My entire car is going to get wrapped in Matte Orange as soon as it gets warm. My concept will be Matte Orange and Satin Black 2-tone just like my sig, just in orange

For about 5-10mins. You just basically heating up the plasti-dip breaking down the molecule to make it spray more like a mist to prevent dripping.

tigersharkdude

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99% of aerosol paint benefits from being heated up with warm water...I thought everyone knew this

mrjasonlyrics

99% of us probably don't do it. That's why I'm making this thread...

Premo110

I like what you did, its different. I believe if I had the time I would of did the same thing, the color is that bad. the color fits the car

nsnrider

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i like it, not bad at all.

Mr. Blue Sky

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looks nice, and unique

VQMagic

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no engine cover ftw
Mine cracked a long time ago from the heat.

mrjasonlyrics

LOL. Heat won't crack plastic, it will melt it. Your engine cover probably got installed incorrectly and movement contributed in the cracking. It looks like I was the first guy to attempt plasti-dipping of engine panels

VQMagic

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Nope.. mine was painted. Not using 'plasti-dip" but another brand of plastic paint. Cracked about a week after having it on.

BlackThornDemon

Orange is reserved for Chevy. lol

KCMAXX

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Been done years ago, plasti-dip isn't designed for heat... Good luck

mrjasonlyrics

So it's been done before? Pics or it's a lie... I've heard guys saying they sprayed their mufflers with it and it held up. It's just the engine cover not the cylinder head so I don't see that much heat transferring through the plastic, the KY-1 base coat and clear coat to get to the plastic to melt. I'm not worried for a min if anything happens. I'm pretty sure it will hold up because it's can spray and it's not direct heat with the motor. I think the heat that's being discharged from the engine will make the plasti-dip stronger, but what do I know. It's just an experiment

NightRider

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You're not the first, but the first to use Blaze Orange.

Here is my 4th gen. The spark plug cover and the intake pipe is plastidipped.

PetitFrereMaxima

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I like it when you guys do unique things. Keep up the good work guys.

Whether you are first or last to do it, it is all good. Just do your car to your taste and enjoy it.

mrjasonlyrics

That's came out pretty good. But how the hell did you get your letters to come out so neat Mines are a little jacked up, but it's the first time so I might have to try another method

MaxFiyah

my original owner got my engine cover painted at a shop the cover still looks brand new i wax it from time to time to keep it nice i love a clean engine bay

BlackThornDemon

I used Krylon Fusion. Hasn't worn off/melted yet

gatsugansu

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schmellyfart

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Stonelove670

i like your bay man pretty clean..

Stonelove670

i find this funny

Stonelove670

The covers looks good IMO also the orange and black will be good combo, cant wait to see the entire car. good job man.

DoubleD

Love the color.

Amerikaner83

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Protip: Rub clear Chapstick on the raised letters...be sure to only do the raised portion of the letters, then spray like normal. Once the paint or plastidip dries, rub the letters with a kleenex or whatever and viola! Clean lettering.

The chapstick acts as a barrier. I did mine last summer:



^^ just a quick mask and spray job. I'm going to re-do it though...either remain this style or do the NightRider style, I'm not sure.

I like the double contrast so I'm likley going to keep the style I've got, but start fresh (silver paint the entire thing, then go with the BT4 body color )

infiniti medic

My engine has been cleaned recently and cover is missing Nissan emblem. Don't care and she is a daily driver but she is clean and waxed.I love my max. Your engine cover does look good bro. Sorry it's been done before. Listen up brother, you did a great job. I say make it shine.

MADMAX419

that is sick bro.keep up the good wrk. cant wait to see the finished product!

twentyeggs

looks great, worried about the heat.

Plastic does crack from heat. It doesn't crack immediately, it will melt, but when you heat up and cool down and heat up and cool down you are simulating a tempering process people use on metal taking malleable material harder but brittle and prone to cracking over time. With something as thin as plastidip I don't know how long it will hold up.

mrjasonlyrics

Incorrect. The plasti-dip can tolerate some heat and seeing that it's not in direct heat the plastic heats up and cools down really fast. It held up for as long as I had it on with no signs of flaking, cracking or peeling. What did happen is the heat made it stronger because it was really hard to peel off.

D.Stillwell

Looks nice dude, I like it especially the originality. Not really a fan of orange, but I think it looks surprisingly good in this case.

I painted mine black, leaving the red stripe and letters untouched just cleaned up. I used black engine enamel including on the underside of the cover, which I think is way better than plasti dip in this case. The engine enamel actually makes it cooler by upwards of ~8 degrees (I tested it, no BS). Basically, the engine enamel makes it almost as cool with the cover on, as it is with it off plus gives the added benefit of keeping the valve cover cooler during idle, reflects that stagnant air in the engine bay. Plus, that engine enamel will heat up and be tough as nails for a looooong time.

I'll post a pic of mine when I get home.

twentyeggs

I thought you just did this? no? I am talking like a year down the road.

and I said plastic, I don't know about plastidip so you are going to find out. It is an insulator so i expect it to stand up to the heat for quite a while. However I do not think it is going to last you. we will see.

D.Stillwell

I also decided to paint the radiator support brackets, and the positive battery terminal cover. I think those things look way better in black also.

Next thing will be removing all the yellow. Making all the fluid reservoir caps black, at some point soon I will need a new battery anyway so I'll get a black one this time. And painting the throttle cable brackets black to match the intake manifold (and get rid of the only bit of rust I have left under the hood). At some point when I get to it, I might consider painting the valve cover black as well so everything matches up nicely.

I may have the blackest engine around after all that, unless someone else has done it already. But my idea is to black out as much as possible, with just a very small touch of blue/red (NY Giants colors).

Prophecy99

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am I the only one that noticed a front bumper in the op's picture?