Painted Engine Cover

I like the look! Good job on that.

 

Looks good, remove your badges and have him letter them in to match.

 

looks great! I have never seen anybody do any pinstripes on their taco's engine cover. Your buddies did a great job!

 

....Very nice!

 

Yeah, that's nicely done! I want mine done in Red to match the TRD CAI rubber joints.

 

It looks good. I did the same thing.



BSP for the insert.

 

That looks sharp! What kind of paint did you use and how did you prepare the plastic cover? I like the clear air box lid, very cool!

Tell me about the front air intake pipe you have running to your CAI box, custom modification? Does it make a difference?

 

Best I have seen so far! Awesome!

 

LMAO yea right.... Like it would match your red truck. Nice try though.

 

Coupe

Now that is sweet. Nice work under the hood. I notice you have the shock type hood "holder uppers". I like that!

Guess I better get back to work to keep up with you guys.

 

X2

 

I like the clear air box lid, very cool! X2. Tell us about it. Details. Thanks

 

bad ass!

 

For the paint, I used stock colors, Radiant Red & Black Sand Pearl. I used spray cans. I sanded the pebble finish of the cover. I primed this and wet sanded until smooth. I then shot the red, wet sanded again. I masked off for the black. I shot the black, wet sanded again and finally shot the clear.

I did all of these with spray cans.

The plexiglass cover I made from 1/8" thick plexiglass. I have had a lot of requests to duplicate this for other people. I am working on getting some of these laser cut.

The extra snorkel on the CAI goes to the grille and lets cold air come in from the grille. I see intake temps at ambient temperature or +1 degree.

There are more pics here:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/performance-tuning/25330-trd-cai-how-does-work.html