jeffers Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 Can anyone remember who it was that painted their spark plug cover on their engine (the Lotus logo and the Elise lettering)? I remember seeing a pic and thinking about doing it myself but cant find the post. Been looking through the archives (and SELOC) but cant find it. Anyone remember? Jeff
Steve J Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 If in doubt, ask the Yanks http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16997
Steve J Posted May 1, 2007 Posted May 1, 2007 Had it on our S2 engine cover too, red with silver lettering. Paul who bought an unpainted S2 cover from us will be spraying his shortly I believe.
paul111s Posted May 2, 2007 Posted May 2, 2007 hi steve, its all sprayed mate just havent got around to taking a pic for viewing! ill post one soon, looks really good IMHO
jeffers Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 Thanks all, doesn't look like anyone's done it with a K yet but I might give it a go sometime next week. Jeff
billy 5641 Posted May 3, 2007 Posted May 3, 2007 i have done it to a S1 k series red with silver lettering looks much better than std .................no pics though so not much use! sorry
jeffers Posted May 3, 2007 Author Posted May 3, 2007 thanks billy, did you use touch up paint aswell? Did it cope ok with the heat? I think i'll just go over the lettering and logos with the eliseparts touchup paint (new ali).
billy 5641 Posted May 3, 2007 Posted May 3, 2007 i used a heat resistant red for the main cover then some std silver wheel spray from a motorfactors for the lettering, i sprayed this into the can lid and applied it with a modeling type paint brush
jeffers Posted May 19, 2007 Author Posted May 19, 2007 I didnt bother with the red, just a quick 30 mins with the touchup paint... Quite happy with the results
Deleted_User Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 It's dangerous the things you can get up to on a boring Sunday afternoon. Not sure if I like it
jeffers Posted May 20, 2007 Author Posted May 20, 2007 i see you wussed out on the lotus logo and 'performance' text. i was being brave when i did mine, or really bored. this one off the yanks site looks really good, i imagine it took ages... clicky (doesnt like the dynamic image link)
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