Fuel rail covers
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Racer
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From: Gering Nebraska
Fuel rail covers
Posted this in the Paint and Body forum but had no replies. Can I paint the fuel rail covers that came on my car? Or is their a reason that this cannot be done? I see the adds to purchase the different color fuel rail covers, surge tank, and window washer solvent tops. I would like to color match these and would rather just paint what I have. Yes, No?? Any info would be great
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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I sanded mine with my pneumatic random orbital sander and got them smooth enough to where the first coat of primer made them smooth as a baby's behind. I primered them and sanded a couple more times after that then gave them a few coats of base color and cleared them with a few more coats. I wet-sanded between coats. Finally, I sanded them with increasingly finer sand paper and finished up with 2000 grit and polish.
Unsanded
One unsanded and one sanded
Both sanded
Primer applied
Color coat
Cleared
Polished and then I applied the acrylic letters
On Mrs. Patches' '02
Unsanded
One unsanded and one sanded
Both sanded
Primer applied
Color coat
Cleared
Polished and then I applied the acrylic letters
On Mrs. Patches' '02
Racer
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From: Smith Mountain Lake VA
Posted this in the Paint and Body forum but had no replies. Can I paint the fuel rail covers that came on my car? Or is their a reason that this cannot be done? I see the adds to purchase the different color fuel rail covers, surge tank, and window washer solvent tops. I would like to color match these and would rather just paint what I have. Yes, No?? Any info would be great
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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They can be painted and look really good either body color or a complementary color. Best of luck if you go for it.
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They really look awesome man!
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You can use plasti-dip on them but you have to scrub them good with dish soap to get any grease and oils off or it wont stick. Seems to hold up to the engine bay heat just fine, and you can always pull it off later if you want to change it.
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I used engine paint and clear coat; white with black lettering. They looked pretty decent at first, but after about a week and before they even got in the engine bay, the white started to "yellow".
And they've gotten much worse than the pic below. 
This next off season I plan on re-doing them, and would appreciate one of those excellent Patches Tutorials!
Last edited by FrankLP; Aug 3, 2014 at 08:24 AM.
