Couldn't find any threads on what people used to paint their engine cover red but I got some red plasti dip, wondering if that would stick knowing that it would get hot. If not, what can I use and can I remove it?
Check the can to see what temperatures it can handle. The engine gets pretty hot but the cover shouldn't ever really get above 200f.
I'd use engine enamel just to be safe. You can remove it, but it's a pain.
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After. put a pretty generous coat on took about a day to dry. has held up a few months now no problem.
But at that point, what's the point of using PlastiDip and not just High Temp Engine Enamel? You lose the functionality and point of the PlastiDip when you coat it with a hard clear coat.
Gave it popping value. it went over a black gloss high heat base coat with silver flake sprayed the plastidip over the basecoat, then sprayed the whole cover in high heat clear coat. TBH, i did it a wrong way. I was trying to see what it was going to look like, i got carried away with it. Next spring/summer i'll be sanding it all off and starting over.
The KOUP is in the plastidip. pic was taken a month after i put it back on.
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Last edited by Koupsx4110; 12-26-2011 at 11:00 AM.
Ok guys, I've looked and looked, and cannot figure out how the cover is removed?????
A little advise please......
Earl
Just give it a good pull. Don't worry, you won't break it.
__________________ White 2010 EX Sedan
Solo Performance Cat-Back (QR/Mach) + high flow cat
Custom CAI
RoadMagnet Springs
Broken K badges
Koup EX wheels
Projector Retrofit (first sedan in North America!)
(Much more info in garage)
look under the cover from the passenger side of the car. You'll see a long metal rib inside a slot on the engine block and to the front there are two(basically) ball and socket locks. I pulled up from the back of the engine bay up and a little forward and it popped off just as I thought it would break. Don't be a wimp about it.
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TITANIUM KOUP SX 2.4L 5 SPEED AUTO
Mods: "K"-Badged Full Icon swap/ Aluminum Billet Grills/ Repositioned, Painted Forte Text/ 6000k DD 35w HiD lowbeams/ AudiStyle Blinker Mod/ Tinted lights and Signals/ Wheel Well LED/ Painted Engine Cover/ TK CAI/ Grill LED Glow, Purple parking lights
2012 Wish List: CAT back Exhaust, Strut/Sway bars, Spoiler
look under the cover from the passenger side of the car. You'll see a long metal rib inside a slot on the engine block and to the front there are two(basically) ball and socket locks. I pulled up from the back of the engine bay up and a little forward and it popped off just as I thought it would break. Don't be a wimp about it.
Ok, it came right off, you could say it was a "SNAP".
Earl
You may want to use some caution when pulling. I ripped a palm size piece off of mine one day when it wouldnt unclip. So now im engine cover less because Kia says its not a warranty issue. :-/
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Can you plasti dip engine/valve cover?
It's a Kia!
2010 Kia Forte Koup SX
Forte Sedan
Ok, it came right off, you could say it was a "SNAP".
