black rocker cover 6 pot

[johno]

i could buy a rocker cover in black looks very nice how much should i pay ???

[TOURINGDADDY]

dont b lazy save ya money do it ya self its real easy

[tourer-dan]

I want one too. What paint do you use, and how do you get the polished detail afterwards?

[TOURINGDADDY]

heat proof paint and vvvvvvfine wet and dry

[Simon]

Best bet is to find yourself a spare, get it painted up, swop with your normal one, then paint that one too and sell it on e-bay for a bomb

Any heat resistant paint will do (I used BBQ paint) depending on what finish you want (personally prefer matt black) and then use a sanding block to rub the raised areas down.

[TOURINGDADDY]

heres my baby 2 days hard work and Ԛ£7

[TOURINGDADDY]

heres my baby 2 days hard work and Ԛ£7

[TOURINGDADDY]

inlet is next

[tourer-dan]

Superb, I'll do mine tomorrow while the head's off!!

where do I get BBQ paint? B&Q?

[TOURINGDADDY]

bbq, tescos mate


no really anywhere that stocks spray cans is good Halfrauds

[A1BMW325iSport]

i used vht black wrinkle finish

[tourer-dan]

Is VHT the one which give an almost charcoal grey appearance, with a textured finish? Do you need to use primer? Where do you buy it?

[A1BMW325iSport]

its almost black but not quite, and yes a textured finish as well,

i bought it from a local car place called Marks Autos

cost 7quid

it doesn`t need a primer but you could you one if you wanted to.

Matt

[dikky5]

Ԛ£4 heat prooof satin black. fine wet n dry. and im well happy wid the results. inlet is nxt 4 me 2. i luv cheap mods

[JazzMan]

Its pretty easy to do.

Sand and polish the letter before painting
mask the letters
spray
Use thinners to remove over spray
Finish with wet & dry then a bit of chrome polish

I use high temp black wrinkle paint.

[Chaos]

nice cheap mod with a really good result at the end.

[Richy325iTouring]

have one here already done
just pay the postage you can have it
i got to shift bits now

[dazleeds]

nearly finished

[Simon]

nearly finished

Fancied doing the throttle body too?!

[dazleeds]

its to be different mate

just got a bit giddy with the spraycan

but it looks sweet close up so think it staying that way Daz leeds

[Richy325iTouring]

my throttle body black as well
was a stage when everything under bonet was black

now it looks odd at the mo cos rocker aint on

[johno]

ok i have done 2 touringdaddy looking good also next is inlet i ll do 2 of them also

[Adammcf]

It took at least an hour of heavy sanding to get the letters and lines on mine polished up properly as they had 16 years of dirt and oil stained into them.
Masked them off and then sprayed with high temp paint and a very light coating of Hammerite satin black as to give a nicer finish as the other stuff was too dull.
Heres a pic:
Before:


After

[johno]

lookin goood

[tourer-dan]

All looking great guys!

Sorry to keep asking daft questions:
I can't find bloody wrinkle paint anywhere, looked in 4 shops today.
How do you mask up the intricate letters and lines? Masking tape and then cut it out with a craft blade?