[Euro] Painting Rocker cover

[stephen8512]

Hi guys.
Im thinking about painting my i-VTEC rocker cover and ignition coil cover. But i realised that the ivtec rocker cover is made of plastic and not metal? does anyone have any suggestions as to what paint enamel i can use to paint it? my mate resprayed his one on his car (not a honda, 180SX) but the SR20 cover is made of metal...and he used VHE paint enamel to respray it.

Does anyone know which enamel i can use to paint the plastic vtec cover with? And would it be heat resistant?
thanks guys

[h22a accord]

just remove the cover and go get it painted at a smash repairer. it will be oven baked enamel and will last.

[LOC888]

What colour u thinking of?

[baboo]

I'd just get a JDM k20A rocker cover

[stephen8512]

What colour u thinking of?

i dunno...maybe red? or charcoal? i found this pic while surfing which inspired me to think about painting mine

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/508/31132222.jpg

[stephen8512]

I'd just get a JDM k20A rocker cover

you wanna buy one for me? :D

where would u source that from btw? i tried ebay, nothing...

[baboo]

Adrian @TODA can source you one :)

[Pum[Z]]

I'd just get a JDM k20A rocker cover

Yeah but how expensive is it?? It might be more cheaper to just get it resprayed by the paint/panel shop...

[stephen8512]

Adrian @TODA can source you one :)

ahh serious?
thanks for the info baboo
but wouldnt it be a bit pricy? since its a JDM part

[baboo]

might be around $200 bucks or less...they are not that expensive.

might cost more if you decided to get professional painters to do the rock cover.

[PERTH_EURO]

any updates on this?

Has anyone got theirs painted, or got the jdm one???

[Pum[Z]]

I'm getting my front bar repainted soon...

So i can ask my panel & paint shop how much it would cost to get the rocker cover painted...

[PERTH_EURO]

cheers michael :thumbsup:

[cccoltsicehockey]

any one know if they make a carbon fiber one.

[stephen8512]

only carbon fibre rocker cover ive seen so far is the VISION cover for the DC5R. that and also the ignition coild cover in CF

[Pum[Z]]

i dunno...maybe red? or charcoal? i found this pic while surfing which inspired me to think about painting mine

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/508/31132222.jpg


Alrighty's... Found out the price from Prestige MotorVehicle Refinisher how much it would cost to paint the rocker cover exactly like the the pic on top but in Type R red....

$75...

Was putting my car for a front bumper repspray in 2 weeks.. But now i guess the rocker cover is getting painted as well...

[stephen8512]

nice mike!
would u happen to know how theyre going to do it? because i dont think u can oven bake it since its plastic.....
also, how much would ur front bumper respray cost? 400 or so? and how bad is the damage to the fibreglass bumper?

[EURO-R]

i dunno...maybe red? or charcoal? i found this pic while surfing which inspired me to think about painting mine

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/508/31132222.jpg


RED RED!! looks so cool dude!

[baboo]

Why red looks so cool? red should look HOT. blue looks COOL.

hehe..just playing with ya

[tegstar83]

I cant believe its made out of plastic man what a jib

[EURO-R]

Why red looks so cool? red should look HOT. blue looks COOL.

hehe..just playing with ya

:D Lol you are right dude.. so hot:eek:

[Pum[Z]]

nice mike!
would u happen to know how theyre going to do it? because i dont think u can oven bake it since its plastic.....
also, how much would ur front bumper respray cost? 400 or so? and how bad is the damage to the fibreglass bumper?

Nop would have no idea how they going to do the rocker cover... I can ask for ya how they are going to do it when i put my car in 2 weeks time...

respray costs $300 for the front bumper.. But because i cracked the bottom its gonna cost me $500.. I have a small crack at the bottom left.. The bottom of my front bumper is mostly white now coz i scrap so much... I think its time to raise my euro front before it gets resprayed..

[EuroAccord13]

I think I'm gonna spray it Red myself.... :P :P :P

So What do I need to do? Do I need to sand it down etc? What's the prep for it?

[VirIIx]

I'll get mine sprayed arctic blue to match my car :p :p

damnit! all of you stop your influences over me!!

[stephen8512]

']Nop would have no idea how they going to do the rocker cover... I can ask for ya how they are going to do it when i put my car in 2 weeks time...

respray costs $300 for the front bumper.. But because i cracked the bottom its gonna cost me $500.. I have a small crack at the bottom left.. The bottom of my front bumper is mostly white now coz i scrap so much... I think its time to raise my euro front before it gets resprayed..

hmmm.....yeah could u ask the guys that are doin it how they plan to paint the cover without it bubbling when it gets heatedup? cuz its plastic and not like the other rocker covers like for e.g the B series motor.

hmmm......crack in the front eh......you should think about getting a metal bash plate or something if u scrape a lot......theres a place called METAL KING or something that would put a metal plate under the bumper so u would scrape that instead of the fibreglass. cuz we dont want ur pimp machine to look dodgy now would we ;)

[Pum[Z]]

hmmm.....yeah could u ask the guys that are doin it how they plan to paint the cover without it bubbling when it gets heatedup? cuz its plastic and not like the other rocker covers like for e.g the B series motor.

hmmm......crack in the front eh......you should think about getting a metal bash plate or something if u scrape a lot......theres a place called METAL KING or something that would put a metal plate under the bumper so u would scrape that instead of the fibreglass. cuz we dont want ur pimp machine to look dodgy now would we ;)

Yeah another person on ozhonda recommended Metal King.. But i live in Western Australia and that place is in the Eastern states... Plus me car is black so would look wierd with a metal plate underneath it...

I just need to raise my front suspension up like say max 1 inch... and lower my back like 2-3 inches hehehehe... That should make me clear driveways and inclines a bit better... Yeah we don't want to give pimp mobiles a dodgy name do we...

[LOC888]

get the red cover from the JDM k20A.

[baboo]

LOC888,

They are talking about the plastic part, not the rocker cover itself.