ok ive looked into painting my lower valances to visually lower the car. So for a practice i decided to paint some of the underbonnet parts
so engine cover battery cover and top fuse cover all done.
started small and worked up
1st the fuse cover ( center section of the battery cover ) sorta screwed this up with to thick a coats of primer it started to run
then the battery cover. starting to look a bit better
lastly the engine cover think i did a good job of this
all 3 got 3 coats of black primer 4 coats of vw reflex siver paint then around 10 layers of clear coat.
this was my mistake i should have used proper lacquer but i had the clear coat in the cupboard from painting something else. the heat from the engine has added a slight yellow sheen to the silver. actually looks quite nice sorta silver gold pearlescent as long as it dosent go much more yellow than im happy with it
NB you cant see the yellow in the engine cover as the pic was taken after refitting. the sheen was there when i looked at it after a 60 mile round trip
so engine cover battery cover and top fuse cover all done.
started small and worked up
1st the fuse cover ( center section of the battery cover ) sorta screwed this up with to thick a coats of primer it started to run
then the battery cover. starting to look a bit better
lastly the engine cover think i did a good job of this
all 3 got 3 coats of black primer 4 coats of vw reflex siver paint then around 10 layers of clear coat.
this was my mistake i should have used proper lacquer but i had the clear coat in the cupboard from painting something else. the heat from the engine has added a slight yellow sheen to the silver. actually looks quite nice sorta silver gold pearlescent as long as it dosent go much more yellow than im happy with it
NB you cant see the yellow in the engine cover as the pic was taken after refitting. the sheen was there when i looked at it after a 60 mile round trip