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Painted their own hood insulator or their valve covers or anything else under their hood. seems to be a little cheaper than ordering some of the things online and i like to have some of my own custom work. any info would be great....
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Painted their own hood insulator or their valve covers or anything else under their hood. seems to be a little cheaper than ordering some of the things online and i like to have some of my own custom work. any info would be great....
Yes. Check the FAQ or DIY area of this forum and you'll find many underhood paint projects. The hood liner is a favorite it seem.
Here's link to get you started.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...71&forum_id=74
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I have done both. The hood liner is time consuming but well worth the effort. The FRC's were simple. I used Krylon Fusion paint for plastics. Holding up well to underhood heat.
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Painted their own hood insulator or their valve covers or anything else under their hood. seems to be a little cheaper than ordering some of the things online and i like to have some of my own custom work. any info would be great....
Do your own...be as creative as you want to be
It's only paint and plastic and easily redone if you don't like the results




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Bought the FRC's, painted the rest myself:



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Bought the FRC's, painted the rest myself:



Nice. Where did you get the paint?
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Nice. Where did you get the paint?
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Nice work on the paint and thanks for the link John.

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No Velocity Yellow.
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My 2006 is MR as well. Did you prime the under hood pieces with anything, if so what?
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