Sweet fender covers! It's not often a home grown mod turns out looking that nice! 
Painted some more pieces
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Burning Brakes
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Painted some more pieces
Friend of mine has a 2003 Z06 that he had painted a while back with tribal flames by a local painter. I painted some pieces under the hood to go with the yellow in the flames & made him a battery den cover out of clear lexan & painted it black on the back side for contrast. Came out pretty good & he likes it. The manifold cover did have red stripes & I redid them in yellow.
I also made some smooth fender well covers for my Mag Red coupe & painted them with Candy Apple Red model car spray paint from the backside also & then used velcro strips to hold in place. Used vinyl door edge molding to finish off the covers.
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What do ya think?
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Damn, that's nice!! Big difference...
Now you just need to get rid of those other non-essential components....like that ugly alternator and brake master cylinder....they're ugly, get rid of them!!
No, really, great engine bay and paintwork...schweet....wish mine was even close to competing!
Now you just need to get rid of those other non-essential components....like that ugly alternator and brake master cylinder....they're ugly, get rid of them!!
No, really, great engine bay and paintwork...schweet....wish mine was even close to competing!
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Damn, that's nice!! Big difference...
Now you just need to get rid of those other non-essential components....like that ugly alternator and brake master cylinder....they're ugly, get rid of them!!
No, really, great engine bay and paintwork...schweet....wish mine was even close to competing!
Now you just need to get rid of those other non-essential components....like that ugly alternator and brake master cylinder....they're ugly, get rid of them!!
No, really, great engine bay and paintwork...schweet....wish mine was even close to competing!
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Nice job you did on the painting. 
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WOOO,, I gotta get my shades!!! I admire your patients and talent!! You don't just knock that out in a 1/2 hour on your garage work bench.Makes me want to get under my hood a little bit this winter (cant let it sit very long right now!! Looks like you did a good job on the color match as well!!
Looks like you did a good job on the color match as well!!
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I also made some smooth fender well covers for my Mag Red coupe & painted them with Candy Apple Red model car spray paint from the backside also & then used velcro strips to hold in place. Used vinyl door edge molding to finish off the covers.
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks folks, glad you like them.
Used .093 thick clear Lexan from Home Depot. Friend made me templates from his after market covers & I bought a used tabletop band saw & cut them out & then sanded the edges smooth. Used velcro strips to hold them in place & make the bend on the leading edge near headlights.
I'm going to do them over with a new sheet of Lexan tho. I didn't like the way the paint came out. I used Candy Apple Red Metallic from a hobby shop (on all painted pieces) in spray cans & I think I can do better on applying it. Have some metallic runs & the stuff is on very thin & after a couple of days where I stuck the velcro is showing thru the paint. I should have gone lighter on the coats & just put on more coats & then after the metallic had set up, I should have put some coats of flat black over that so the velcro wouldn't show thru.
I might even make some more sets if there was an interest in them.
Used .093 thick clear Lexan from Home Depot. Friend made me templates from his after market covers & I bought a used tabletop band saw & cut them out & then sanded the edges smooth. Used velcro strips to hold them in place & make the bend on the leading edge near headlights.
I'm going to do them over with a new sheet of Lexan tho. I didn't like the way the paint came out. I used Candy Apple Red Metallic from a hobby shop (on all painted pieces) in spray cans & I think I can do better on applying it. Have some metallic runs & the stuff is on very thin & after a couple of days where I stuck the velcro is showing thru the paint. I should have gone lighter on the coats & just put on more coats & then after the metallic had set up, I should have put some coats of flat black over that so the velcro wouldn't show thru.
I might even make some more sets if there was an interest in them.
