Autographed engine covers
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Autographed engine covers
Hi folks, I'm attending Corvettes at Carlise for the fourth time this year. First two times with my C4, third time in limbo, and now this year with my new to me 02 C5. I'm looking forward to seeing the C7 in person as well as meeting Tadge and his team. I bumped into Tadge last year behind the main stage and thanked him for his great work on C5 and C6. This year I'd like to get signatures from the team on my LS1 engine covers and I'm wondering whats the best means to do so? Does Sharpie make a good silver marker that weathers well? Does anyone have good advice as to what works well and lasts in the heat of the engine compartment? One member in C5 suggested Testors paint markers. Anyone have expierience woth them. I did also post this in the C5 forum as well. If anyone has pix of their covers with cool signatures post em up, I'd love to see them! Thanks and hope to meet some of you at Carlisle.
Burning Brakes
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Silver sharpie works well, had the Corvette Racing team and Ron Fellows sign them but I don't think long term it will hold up. But you could always swap covers out with replacements.
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I had my 02 fuel rail covers signed by many people including Mario Andretti and Don Garlits in addition to the Corvette team. It was all signed in black Sharpie marker (fr covers were red). They went with the car when I traded it in and the dealer wiped them all off before he sold the car. So in other words, Sharpie marker does wipe off. I was always careful not to get them wet or anything and I tried sealing them with spray clear coat, but when I tested it out, the sharpie ran. So I never sealed them.
See if you can find a paint pen at Michael's or a craft store. That might stay on better.
See if you can find a paint pen at Michael's or a craft store. That might stay on better.
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Here's a time consuming and more expensive option.....get a set of painted FRC's, scuff them up, have dude sign them, then clear coat the covers....reason you would want to scuff ahead of time (obviously) is because it would be too late to scuff once signature is on there.
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Silver sharpie is the Corvette Racing Team's solution. I've had these on the engine since April this year. A little matte clear spray paint to protect them (detail spray was going to wipe them away!). I just sprayed the paint right on the cover on the engine, and it came out perfect (did a couple of coats).
They've also handled the heat well. SoCal DD heat hasn't been a problem, and I also ran an autocross event on a hot day a few weeks back where I got like 30 runs in (i.e. it was blazing in there all day!)....no deterioration.
They've also handled the heat well. SoCal DD heat hasn't been a problem, and I also ran an autocross event on a hot day a few weeks back where I got like 30 runs in (i.e. it was blazing in there all day!)....no deterioration.