heres my cover painted in milano red with 'HSV' (Holden Special Vehicles)decals. Easy to do... just rub down the cover with some wet n dry paper, prime it up, hit it with colour then give it a clear coat. i used 5 coats of colour n 4 coats of clear. i used normal automotive paint and its been a year now without a problem. i think its the prep work that determines the quality n whether it will last... do it once - do it right :D

one tip that u might find helpful is that if ur gonna use decals is to spray another coat of clear once the decals are on... makes sure the decals wont peel off. :thumbs:



[Edited on 20-03-2003 by OzzySRi]

I think miles' is reffering to the ACTUAL rocker cover, and not the bit of plastic as shown in the picture above. This is actually called the 'cylinder head cover';)

i thought u cant poweder coat plastic

when i did mine the paint went funny! I sanded it back to plastic and primed and lacquered it. Looked mint when it went on but the texture went funny.

Get the rocker powder coated! I can do them on exchange!

TIP: Thoroughly remove the wax film the cover is coated with and give it a damn good clean. When you think its clean, clean it again or the paint won't stick.

has ne 1 tried painting the rocker cover on the ecotec 1's?????

Thats it thats what i want right gonna go and do that when i get a chance looks mint matey

U mean like this???



I just used plastic primer, normal spray paint and lacquar and its been done for months now and its still fine!!!
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[Edited on 19-03-2003 by p4ult]

I have never done it. Try using brake caliper paint if you are worried about heat.

Dave

Just try it and let me know as I will do the same.

Are you 100% sure cos i will do it and really wanna

The rocker cover never gets that hot normally. After all it is only plastic. Using a can of vauxhall carabic blue followed by lacquer would be fine. Make sure you sand the cover down first.

Dave

I wanna paint mine red and get some graphics stuck on, but I have a feeling it would last about 2 seconds with the heat of the engine!

The plastic rocker cover on the 16v models i want to paint mine carbic blue, can you do it with normal spray paint of not how can i do it