How hard would it be to paint the engine cover of a mk2 fabia Vrs in rally green with the tsi in red an the skoda badge in silver outline and black in the middle

I'd have thought easy to spray, only concern would be the heat under the bonnet, would the paint peel under intense heat?

I remember seeing something about someone doing this, possibly in the Octy section.

I've thinking about painting my engine cover on my RS estate the heat is a concern but i think you can get high temperature paint for engines

I've had mine painted by a body shop using normal gloss white paint and lacquer, been done around 8 months ago..no problems with paint bubbling or any defects

I've had mine painted by a body shop using normal gloss white paint and lacquer, been done around 8 months ago..no problems with paint bubbling or any defects

have you got a pic of the engine cover to see what it looks like painted :yes:

I will get one for you later

I will get one for you later

Nice one thanks :thumbup:

That looks very good

I do have a pic but can't seem to upload it, I'll give it a go on my laptop tomorrow sometime

Having seen this in the flesh today its very very nice

finally managed to upload the pic

Plastic primer then regular body paint. High temp paint on the heat shield though.

Having seen this in the flesh today its very very nice

A Greek member PM'd to congratulate me on a very nice job - I was honest enough to admit it was shamelessly pilfered from another site .

Any idea whos it was? I seen it at the show at the verve in whishy today

Any idea whos it was? I seen it at the show at the verve in whishy today

http://www.scottishv...=81341&start=25

All the engine covers look good

i did that to my heatshield.

took me around 90 minutes

i did that to my heatshield.

took me around 90 minutes

What did you use to do that mate?? Guessing a metal polish??

i did that to my heatshield.

took me around 90 minutes

That looks sweet

what did you do ? chrome paint or polish?

polished by Hand and Mashine.

even after 2 Month it still looks nice and dried water from the street is easy to remove with a wet towel

That's dedication as its not particularly good metal to start with.

Thats just polished? i though it had been chromed dipped or something

Time to bust out the rotary polisher and autosol!!

Had the Autosol on mine last weekend and it comes up a treat..