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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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I know that painting caliper is very popular and I did mine with the help of many post on the forum. I am now looking to change the letter color on my engine covers. The factory color is red however I would prefer a bright yellow. Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
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You can easily change the lettering by applying lettering decals over them.
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Thank you for the response. I have looked everywhere for decals to change letter colors on the covers...nothing that I can find for the C6.

Does anyone have a link to a dealer of decals for the covers?
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 06:56 AM
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You can buy the stock covers that came on the gt1 edition as they had yellow letters.
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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You can buy letters from forum vendors like RPI designs or Southern car parts to name a few. You can also check fleabay, as most of the vendors lurk around that area.
Before I painted my FRC's yellow, I had the yellow decals. I now have red on my yellow FRC's.
Good Luck in your search
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Originally Posted by SunPacCEO
I know that painting caliper is very popular and I did mine with the help of many post on the forum. I am now looking to change the letter color on my engine covers. The factory color is red however I would prefer a bright yellow. Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
As for painting them its not hard if you have a steady hand. Since the letters are recessed you can use a small brush and go over the red letters with yellow paint. Using brake caliper paint would work or any high heat paint. I bet you can find the decals like has been mentioned also.
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Originally Posted by SunPacCEO
I know that painting caliper is very popular and I did mine with the help of many post on the forum. I am now looking to change the letter color on my engine covers. The factory color is red however I would prefer a bright yellow. Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Well I did a quick search and did not find any yellow decals, mostly blue, red, white and chrome. I did find a few site that will paint the whole cover any color with any color lettering you want but that is more expensive.
I searched on "c6 fuel rail covers lettering"

Good luck
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Originally Posted by SunPacCEO
I know that painting caliper is very popular and I did mine with the help of many post on the forum. I am now looking to change the letter color on my engine covers. The factory color is red however I would prefer a bright yellow. Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
Show us a picture after you get it done
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One word of caution...because it is winter, make sure that you warm the covers up with heat from running the engine before you remove them. All the cracking has happened in the winter when they are cold. At engine temp, they are like noodles.
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you can order them here at RPI designs, use the drop down box to select your color
http://www.rpidesigns.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=2040
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Originally Posted by cclive
One word of caution...because it is winter, make sure that you warm the covers up with heat from running the engine before you remove them. All the cracking has happened in the winter when they are cold. At engine temp, they are like noodles.
I cracked mine, Frown!
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These are the GM covers in yellow.
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These are the GM covers in yellow.
what material are those letters made of? Where did you get them?
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