Painted engine covers
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St. Jude Donor '09
I have been custom painting for a long time and have been doing C5/C6 parts for many years and never had an issue...The prep is most important from cleaning to using plastic adhesion promoters. We have done hundreds of covers on the C6 and never had a single issue. We use the PPG process and never use a primer as a base. We have seen many smoothies covers come our way from other places in the hopes they can be repaired...you can't take short cuts and skimp on materials to have them done correcty
What he said!!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 1999
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From: Rockaway, NJ
Take the fuel line loose at the firewall connection. Easier to get to and uses the same tool as the end under the cover. Take it loose here again in the future if you need to remove the FRC for any reason.
Get the fuel line tool and do the job the right way. 
You can get a 5-piece set of the tools in plastic at Autozone for about $8 or a nice 4-piece set of aluminum ones for about $20. I have both types as they come in handy for different situations.
Get the fuel line tool and do
the job the right way. You can get a 5-piece set of the tools in plastic at Autozone for about $8 or a nice 4-piece set of aluminum ones for about $20. I have both types as they come in handy for different situations.
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From: Loganville GA
prep is everything. I've never had a set of my powdercoated fuel rail covers peel or have any problems. Of course with powdercoating, you have plastic fusing itself onto the plastic covers, so its virtually impossible for it to peel off.
Drifting
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From: Cape Canaveral Florida
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I have the GM covers (Genuine Corvette Accessory ...) in Monterey Red and have no issues after a year of being my daily driver (I like the ultra-smoothies better, but I did not know about them at the time and they are not worth replacing, again).
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Auto Buffs LLC.
2 Kerry Ct,; Suite E
Southampton, NJ 08088
609-859-0900
www.autobuffs.net
Authorized IFORGED Dealer
Custom Painting & Airbrushing
Pinstriping
Car Audio
Mobile Electronics & Video
Remote Car Starters / Alarms
Le Mans Master
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From: Rochester New York
I have been custom painting for a long time and have been doing C5/C6 parts for many years and never had an issue...The prep is most important from cleaning to using plastic adhesion promoters. We have done hundreds of covers on the C6 and never had a single issue. We use the PPG process and never use a primer as a base. We have seen many smoothies covers come our way from other places in the hopes they can be repaired...you can't take short cuts and skimp on materials to have them done correcty
Wish I bought my covers from you the other parts you painted for me are top quality. We will see what this other vendor does to correct there paint problems???
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St. Jude Donor '09
We however prime all of our covers (after proper prep)to eliminate the heavy unsightly grain, this is the only way to truly get SMOOTH glass looking covers like the one below and everything that leaves our shop.
with over 15 years of experience (BASF/PPG/DuPont certified) with plastics and paint we have never had a problem!
Last edited by Noel@AutoBuffs; Sep 4, 2008 at 09:05 AM.
