Painting rocker cover

[superroo]

What colour do you guys reckon i should paint my rocker cover.
I'm thinking either red or body colour(galaxy blue). But keep in mind i'm gonna paint the intake piping, fuse box, washer bottle and proberly the overflow bottle in galaxy blue.
Any opinions

[ClassicAU]

i am actually thinking of spraying mine black this weekend. i wanted red, but i felt that it was just trying to be an XR too hard. what sort of pain are you using? is it just regular spary, or special heat resistant stuff?

[superroo]

It'll depend on what colour i chose.
If it's just a general colour then i'd go the heat resistant stuff, if i paint it body colour then it'll have to just be normal touch up paint stuff

[foxtrot]

I take my vote back, only XR drivers like myself deserve a red rocker cover :P

[foxtrot]

Actually I know what'll be different and looks nice, get a can of that "Hammer Finish" Heatproof red paint, the hammer finish looks great and then it won't look XR tryhardish

[fiery]

Use the blue..I own a XR and I personally couldn't care less if you wanted it Red like the XRs...

The blue appealed simply because you said you were going to paint all the other stuff blue..

What you could do is possibly get a few good under the bonnet shots and then (might be a bit fiddly), colour everything you want in the blue and see what you think.. Would have to be better to try to see it on a screen and not like it than do it and hate it...

[Ruger]

polished gets my vote
i had painted my engine cover and a few bits and pieces red but i didnt like it looked to ricerish/tryhardish.
i now have polished rocker cover and gloss black engine cover.

[mattp]

I just had my rocker cover powder coated sahara blue (the same blue FPV use on their covers on the GT's) and it looks awesome. Go the blue for sure.

[I6corp]

Im doing mine blue in a few months, so go with that :P

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by foxtrot

I take my vote back, only XR drivers like myself deserve a red rocker cover :P

You can keep your red... black is soooooooo much sexier ;) :thebirds:

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[S3SR]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

You can keep your red... black is soooooooo much sexier ;) :thebirds:

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is there a pic of this black rocker cover you speak of?

i voted red btw but now i read the other posts remove 1 vote from red and put it in the blue votes... or polished sounds good its what i tried to do but i dont quite have the right tools

[Doogstar]

Originally Posted by Ruger

polished gets my vote
i had painted my engine cover and a few bits and pieces red but i didnt like it looked to ricerish/tryhardish.
i now have polished rocker cover and gloss black engine cover.

Love that polished rocker cover Ruger, Can you post up a better pic? Did you polish it yourself?

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by FALCONSR

is there a pic of this black rocker cover you speak of?

i voted red btw but now i read the other posts remove 1 vote from red and put it in the blue votes... or polished sounds good its what i tried to do but i dont quite have the right tools

This is powder coated, not painted

[GK]

Black looks very nice indeed. I would love red, but as the VCT's have it, I would most likely choose black, then blue, but not if a heap of other under bonnet stuff is also blue. The rocker cover needs to stand out from the other blue stuff, so perhaps black.

My 2cents worth anyhow! LOL!

All the best with it, remember to post pics when it's done!

GK

[JC]

Hammer or wrinkle finish black or blue would get my vote.

[Baboon_AU]

black i rekon

[BPXR6T]

I scratched mine when jamming the turbo on. So I'm stripping the paint off and polishing it to match the manifold and turbo.

[janek]

lol... this we gotta see pics of...

[Smoked]

I like my Green rocker cover, reminds me im paying alot less for my fuel and i have more mney (green) in my wallet.

[GRNKPR]

paint it yellow like spoolman his is sexy as

[AU-MUSTD]

Originally Posted by foxtrot

I take my vote back, only XR drivers like myself deserve a red rocker cover :P

You xr drivers are just grandpa fairlane vct red copy cat wanna be's :

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Personally i don't mind any colour , so long as its clean and matches the rest of the paintwork under the hood / whatever tickles ya fancy ..lol ;)

cheers.

[ClassicAU]

Originally Posted by XR6-VCT-2000

Personally i don't mind any colour , so long as its clean and matches the rest of the paintwork under the hood

this is true. so maybe the blue would go well for superoo. i am doing mine black to match all the plastic bits above and around it, might be a bit dark, but the paint i have is Jet Black, so should look nice and shiny!

[The Monty]

May I ask evactly how to get it off, then back on again?
Id Go Blueprint, and sparkling burgundy accents if I could.

[bodes-sh]

you need to take the intake pipe off, remove the breather and pcv hoses, then just undo those 4 bolts, it's easy

[Sourbastard]

I did mine in matt black and hand painted the lettering in red enamel, came out quite nice.

[GK]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

I did mine in matt black and hand painted the lettering in red enamel, came out quite nice.

Pics?

GK

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by FALCONSR

is there a pic of this black rocker cover you speak of?

Black for sure..!!

[sleeper]

there is a good powder coater in airport west vic , behind westfield , $30 any colour. :

[ClassicAU]

Originally Posted by sleeper

there is a good powder coater in airport west vic , behind westfield , $30 any colour. :

damn, thats cheap as! how long would that take to do?