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Respraying Your VL Turbo Rocker Cover

Started by Antho · 23 Dec 2004 · 224 replies

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HDTCALArchived member
Andy can you do mine with HDT on my rocker cover?
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OVL087Archived member
rubs - as soon as i buy my new air brush i can do that. and thanks for the comment guys but it is **** , the black was supposed to be phantom purple , but the paint shop ***t up and gave me pather mica , so as soon as i mixed it up and realised it was black , i cbf doing the job properly. therefore sprayed it , and threw it on the do again job list haha
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OVL087Archived member
also that same day i sprayed the drivers side door moulds , metal end caps for rear bumper and a new grille for my car. they all came out perfect as
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HDTCALArchived member
LOL Top work Andy Yeah just tell me when you get your new airbrush...Why Purple man only poofs have that colour LOL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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JetArchived member
Very good guide. Thanks!
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AnthoArchived member
Glad you like it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SATANArchived member
Did my cover after reading this here is the result i went for a red anodised look.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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DarkJediArchived member
All these covers look awsome .. good job to everyone.. i found a rb30 rocker cover in the shed a few weeks ago.. (dunno how it got there, just was), so i polished it and wacked it in ... looks awsome .. polished a bit of the plenum and re sprayed the heat shield .. gives the car a nice face lift under the bonnet.. but noone has answered how to do that 2tone effect?? ive got the OG cover still and wanna mess with it with some colors.. maybe try the 2tone...
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BADVLSLArchived member
two tone looks awesome.. as seen on previous pages.. itll be good if it was the original colour of the car
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orange_vlArchived member
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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BaxArchived member
Crazy.. I'm still deciding what colour i'm going with the new rig.
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BlinkArchived member
Howd you do that effect Orange_VL?
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orange_vlArchived member
sanding pad on angle grinder or stripper disc on air sander and top coated in candy colour of your choice, the weaker the candy, more coats, the deeper it will look.
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FRCED-6Archived member
looks unreal james good work Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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BADVLSLArchived member
looks awesome.. m like!
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OVL087Archived member
almost looks like the glad wrap effect. awesome choice of colour though , a whole car in that bluey/green would be sweet
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orange_vlArchived member
marble effect ay, thing is with candy pics on digi cameras, where the silver or very lightest blue is, it goes green, so where its green should be a very light blue.
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FATPSIArchived member
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7...ercover4ua.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/79/myrockercover4ua.jpg) heres mine, did it in the 2 colours of my VL
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King-3lArchived member
So do you have to use the high temp paint, or will normal paint work? I wanna match the rocker to the car colour when i'm painting it...
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FATPSIArchived member
nah 2 pac is fine, as for the 2 tone you paint the base colour first then let it dry and change colours like you are just doing another coat just don't paint the whole thing then clear over the top, easy as
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