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Painted Engine Cover and Poll!!!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Untamed_SS, May 15, 2009.

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Should I paint silver letters blue?

  1. Paint them blue!

    46 vote(s)
    24.9%

  2. Leave them Silver!

    108 vote(s)
    58.4%

  3. You really messed this up. Get a new engine cover!

    31 vote(s)
    16.8%
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  1. Dec 6, 2009 at 2:48 PM
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    Coupe

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    Lots baby!
    It won't hurt anything to drive with the cover off.
     
    Coupe, Dec 6, 2009
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  2. Dec 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM
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    tisher49

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    thats great news...guess im gonna go clean the cover and give 'er the first coat.
     
    tisher49, Dec 6, 2009
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  3. Dec 7, 2009 at 6:49 AM
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    dktaco

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    dktaco Yes MAObama is a joke!

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    Looks great all of you! I honestly can say eventually I will do mine white to match my truck. What kinda of clear do you guys use? I don't want it to shiny!
     
    dktaco, Dec 7, 2009
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  4. Dec 9, 2009 at 7:12 PM
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    GTVAPSAMTIK

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    this pic always impress me.
     
    GTVAPSAMTIK, Dec 9, 2009
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  5. Dec 9, 2009 at 7:17 PM
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    tisher49

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    Just finished putting on the 3rd coat of paint on my cover. I really like the look of the clear coat and want to put a coat on. When I read the back of the clear coat can, it said "do not apply to surfaces that will reach 200 degrees F or more". The can I have is Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel. So do you guys think I can use that or should I get a kind that is more heat resistant? Also how many coats of clear coat did you apply?
     
    tisher49, Dec 9, 2009
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  6. Dec 9, 2009 at 7:46 PM
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    brian

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    Looks awesome guys. Can't imagine the first time I go mudding and that shit gets coated.... Definitely not gonna do a gloss if I do mine.
     
    brian, Dec 9, 2009
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  7. Dec 9, 2009 at 8:09 PM
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    brickisred

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    This is why I want a Tacoma. I go over on the Frontier site and all the posts are like "timing chain breaks for the 5th time!", "piston slap on new engine :eek:", or "coolant leaks into auto tranny, WTF?"

    I come over here and instead of writing tales of mechanical mayhem, you guys are critiquing each others engine cover paint... (usually)

    Looks good, btw...
     
    brickisred, Dec 9, 2009
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  8. Dec 14, 2009 at 5:19 AM
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    tisher49

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    [​IMG]

    Just put mine in this morning. You can see the scratch under the 6 in "V6". I got a little impatient near the end of taking all the tape off of the letters. I thought about clear coating it but the can I have said to not apply the clear coat to anything that gets up to 200 degrees. Thoughts?
     
    tisher49, Dec 14, 2009
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  9. Dec 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM
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    Thanks
     
    Coupe, Dec 14, 2009
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  10. Dec 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM
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    I have clear coat on mine.
     
    Coupe, Dec 14, 2009
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  11. Dec 15, 2009 at 5:05 AM
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    im pretty sure if that plastic got that hot you would have more problems then just the clear coat fucking up.
     
    TacticalBacon13, Dec 15, 2009
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  12. Mar 6, 2010 at 7:58 PM
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    Left mine Silver and I'm HaPpY! :D

    DSC03487.jpg
     
    catsikl, Mar 6, 2010
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  13. Mar 6, 2010 at 11:50 PM
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    you guys are all insane!! especially the keyfob guy! INSANE!

    but it all looks awesome. i barely dust mine..paint it? aint gonna happen. amazing..key fob..AWESOME!
     
    aficianado, Mar 6, 2010
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  14. Mar 7, 2010 at 12:06 AM
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    Looking good!!! ... I feel inspired to go paint something(else)on my truck now.
     
    Dra6ula, Mar 7, 2010
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  15. Mar 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM
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    If I had some free time at work, I wanted to splash a mold and make a Carbon / Epoxy cover. Anyone done this and have a photo?

    Not because it needs it, more so just because.

    Also, seeing the added duct for the CAI, has anyone built their own CAI setups. Possibly if I search there is 1000 topics.

    PK
     
    PMK, Mar 7, 2010
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  16. Mar 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM
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    looks good! I would leave the letters silver
     
    JTaco386, Mar 20, 2010
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  17. Apr 17, 2010 at 9:40 AM
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    If anybody f s theirs up you can have mine. What is the purpose of an engine cover?
     
    bryandb, Apr 17, 2010
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  18. Apr 28, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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    style
     
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  19. Apr 28, 2010 at 7:40 PM
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    Just take the engine covers off, there useless plastic... enjoy the beauty of the engine
     
    Burgman, Apr 28, 2010
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  20. Apr 29, 2010 at 12:05 AM
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    rhodehard09 sometimes nonsense is the only sense someone has

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    looks good man
     
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