Painted my TB today

[X2Xtreme360]

I forgot the most important pic, the before pic, but this first one is after sanding so you could imagine what it looked like before.

good paint, duplicolor metalcast basecoat


duplicolor metalcast red




installed

engine comin along nice

[sLADe781]

Nice job! I'm curious about your red hoses...Hose Techniques? I got a blue set but am debating about when to put them on...

I'm getting my engine bay detailed as well--both my intake plenum and valve cover has been sent to Late Night Customs for polishing. I'll post pics once I get 'em back.

[X2Xtreme360]

Honestly, the hoses are from Ebay. Good price and look nice All the painting was done by myself, I try and save as much money as possible. I like my red valve cover but I have thought of getting a polished one to match my plenum, but when you're on a tight budget it's tough to shell out money for someting so small.

[Linebckr49]

very nice!

[duchguy]

Originally Posted by X2Xtreme360

I forgot the most important pic, the before pic, but this first one is after sanding so you could imagine what it looked like before.

good paint, duplicolor metalcast basecoat


duplicolor metalcast red




installed

engine comin along nice

u do know toyota has red coolant right?

[talskinyguy]

[X2Xtreme360]

Yea I did it to contrast my exterior green with the engine red, but it came out a little brighter than expected.

[Mikelb]

very nice... I used the same paint...

Checkout my avatar, this is my VC (for an Eagle Talon)... Do that to yours instead of getting a polished one...

<---- The center(silver) is just that base coat(Metalcast)... looks a good contrast with the red (like the letters do)

I'll send ya a bigger pic of it if ya want (this was my first paint job, and you'll notice a few red spots where the silver is, the tape must've gapped when I was sprayin')

[X2Xtreme360]

Its a small pic but it does look very nice. Isn't that paint great? cheap too. What I will be doing though is getting a polished spark plug cover for mine with the 3000GT logo on it so the contrast will look pretty nice.

[Mikelb]

yes, the paint is very nice for the price. Though after a year, my vc has started chipping in places(around bolt holes) and lost some of the sparkles.

I spent about $50, and had all the stuff to clean, prep, and paint my: VC, Fuel rail, slave cylinder(that was interesting, lol), TB elbow, and a few other things (I can't recall, it's been so long).

That also included cleaning supplies for the TB, IM, gaskets and the such... So I made out like a bandit.