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*disclaimer* I take no responsibility for this, or what you do with your free time. If you somehow manage to paint your entire face and go blind, accidentally eat a unopened bottle of spray paint or end up doing graffiti on some freeway walls ITS YOUR FAULT. Thank you.

I got bored and didn't know what else to do. As M@ put it, i had a itch to mod. So this is what i came up with. Pics are of fuse covers and what not, I previously did the engine cover.

First pull off the pieces you want to paint.

I used 320 grit sand paper and started sanding away.

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Make sure you scuff it up good. :D

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Cover sanded down. It should be smooth. not super duper smooth but smooth enough. Make sure you wash/rinse it do get rid of all the little dust pieces lying on there. From here I would suggest masking everything you dont want paint on. I decided not to mask the small pieces because i didn't real care. I just used plain on masking tape and newpaper on my engine cover.

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Grad you can of dupli-color ground coat and shake it like a polaroid picture.

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Lay your pieces down a whatever you want. I used newspaper, and in this picture a old paper bag i had lying around. Spray 6-8 inches away from the piece and dont stop in the middle. Make sure you get a good coat on, BUT dont overspray. If its thin you will apply more coats. I ended up doing 2 coats on these small pieces and 3 or 4 on the engine cover. Dont worry if it's too thin!! just layer it again!! Let the paint dry 10 mins before applying another coat.

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2 coats of the ground coat.

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If you have dust spots or orange peely type paint, which you shouldn't go over the ground coat with 600 grit sand paper.[/img]

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Let the ground coat dry for an hour. Then grab your duplicolor metal cast paint. Put the paint can in your right hand, close your eyes open your mouth and shake it like the can like you were rolling dice. Make sure you do this in front of all your friends. They will think its the coolest thing ever.

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Begin painting like you did before. *VERY IMPORTANT* DO NOT OVERSPRAY!!! I did 1 coat too many on my engine cover and the metallic flakes bunched together. I then tried to sand it down but it smeared!! even with wet sanding!! Only coat it til it looks nice!!!

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Let the paint dry then apply your clear coat. Do as many layers as you want. I recommend 4-5. If it's rough with dust and what not you can try to sand it a little. Like i said before i stopped sanding because i got streaks in the paint.

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Let everything dry. MAKE SURE IT DRIES!!!!!!!! Then install then back into your car. You will be the hero of you neighbors. Here are the final pics.

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sithscripter

NICE.

projxB

show off.


:D haha j/k .. your car is turning out real nice. good work.

showpaojoe

now all you need is the red top battery and your golden

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Im starting to think it's a bit too much red..