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- '07 Mazda3, True red
i painted it blue, ill get pics as soon as i get a camera...
"Color-matched" my valve cover plastic thing
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- '07 Mazda3, True red
TADA!!!
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- '07 Mazda3, True red
what happened was, when i dropped off my car to get the bumper fixed, and repainted, i told them to give me some extra paint...i then bought an airbrush for model cars, and went to town.
im calling my body shop tomorrow and getting like a gallon of that paint.
im calling my body shop tomorrow and getting like a gallon of that paint.
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WOW!!!!!(wow) thats looks awesome!!! nice job......(wiggle)
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- '07 Mazda3, True red
how would i go about doing just the letters?
btw...wingswest's is yellow, thats where i "borrowed" the idea.
btw...wingswest's is yellow, thats where i "borrowed" the idea.
Use some good quality 2" wide masking tape and tape over the letters, cut out around the letters with an exacto type knife, then either use a small model brush to apply or use an air-brush...depending on how good you are with over-spray you might want to take some old newspaper and cover the parts of the valve cover-cover that you aren't painting. I painted mine that way and it came out pretty well.
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- '07 Mazda3, True red
esguy: thanks, now all i need is to match up the front emblem with some paint, and go apeshit with the airbrush gun.hehehehe
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- '07 Mazda3, True red
i havent had any heat problems yet, and i drove it hard to see if it would chip, wear...etc.
ill keep an eye on it, but hopefully the high heat clear helps out.
and about the "hook-up"..im outta paint for now, but once i get some, sure ill do it up, youll need something a little different though, so your not "copying"heehee
ill keep an eye on it, but hopefully the high heat clear helps out.
and about the "hook-up"..im outta paint for now, but once i get some, sure ill do it up, youll need something a little different though, so your not "copying"heehee
Kooldino said:Looks sharp, kiddo.
Now paint the 16 valve DOHC part BLACK.
Has anyone done this in YELLOW?
Yep! I didn't match the yellow exactly but I think I got pretty close, what do you guys think?
Here ya go...
I was inspired to match the strut bar by this picture...
I was just thinking that if someone wanted to keep the letters black they could try taking a cue tip with a little vasaline and go over the letters, then paint the cover. When the paint drys just take a paper towel and wipe off the vasaline.
That should work, what do you guys think?
I tried the tape with the exacto knife and let me tell you one thing...you better have patients, because it is a pain in the butt.
That should work, what do you guys think?
I tried the tape with the exacto knife and let me tell you one thing...you better have patients, because it is a pain in the butt.
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hmmm, different...the only thing I would do different, so as not to be "copying" 
would be to leave the lettering black...other than that, you just did too good of a job not to want it the same way...
you let me know when its cool with you, and I'll send it down; hell I might even drive down and say hello.
would be to leave the lettering black...other than that, you just did too good of a job not to want it the same way... you let me know when its cool with you, and I'll send it down; hell I might even drive down and say hello.
