painting the rocker cover. is red ok?

[ON_DUBS]

i had in mind to paint my rocker cover red becuase i thought it would look good with the car.

however i have just considered that the XR series have red rocker covers.

i'm not trying to immitate or represent my car as tickford in any way.

my question is, would it be looked upon with disrespect if i were to paint it red?

other colour suggestions?

[devilracer_01]

What colour is your actual car??? I seen someone on the w/end had painted their rocker cover white to match their car, that looked pretty good.

[EA2BA]

Nothing wrong with a red rocker cover, they look better and lift the look of the engine bay, I had a red rocker on my EA Ghia, no big deal.

Colour coding it to match the car can look really nice as well.

[LTDHO]

I wouldn't paint it reed due to looking like you copied XR covers.

There are plent of other colours to choose from.

[naughtyfalcon]

paint it what ever colour you want,it's your choice no one elses.

[stiddy]

IF you like it do it, who cares about what anyone else things.. and thats coming from someone who has an XR lol

[Casper]

Mate, as an XR6 owner I can say that I have no issue with you painting it red. Adding a Tickford or XR6 badge is a different story but just painting it red.. no big deal. Just think how many people paint their brake calipers red.... I'm betting they dont all have brembos :

If it looks good then do it. The very fact that you are concerned and dont want to misrepresent the engine tells me that you will make a point of not pretending its an XR6 engine anyhow.

[Sourbastard]

I painted mine matt black, then did the intec writing over in red enamel, looks fine, a bit of rice.

[XRated]

Who cares? It's your car, just do what you want.

paint cover red, put ticky and xr badges all over it...who cares!

[ON_DUBS]

thanks for the feedback guys, i think i'll stick with the red then. I want to paint the text white.

devilracer my car is ED rosewood. i call it that becuase it looks better than EA, EB rosewood.

[Simmo]

chrome your rocker cover and you intake manifold, it looks great! otherwise as another xr6 owner i say paint it red. it looks good. but if i see wings anywhere you will be destroyed :P.

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by Simmo

chrome your rocker cover and you intake manifold, it looks great! otherwise as another xr6 owner i say paint it red. it looks good. but if i see wings anywhere you will be destroyed :P.

So I need to cancel the 11 tickford badges I ordered for the Ghia? I suppose you won't be happy with the fpv stickers either...

On a serious note - A coloured rocker cover does lift the look of the engine bay, but red is overdone. I think colour coding it with the car, or painting it a nice ford blue (VHT Ford Competition Blue would be my pick) is different, and far cooler.

[big_waity]

Paint it red. I painted mine red. People were impressed. No negative comments to date.

[Professor Farnsworth]

I just ordered a BF in Toxic, there's proof i don't care what other people think about colour lol.

[ON_DUBS]

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

painting it a nice ford blue (VHT Ford Competition Blue would be my pick) is different, and far cooler.

also under consideration

simmo the only wings you'd see on my fairmont would be on the ticky mags if i ever get them

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by aussiefalcon

thanks for the feedback guys, i think i'll stick with the red then. I want to paint the text white.

devilracer my car is ED rosewood. i call it that becuase it looks better than EA, EB rosewood.

LOL, its a different colour to rosewood because its NOT rosewood, its Cardinal Red

was a mid EB2 on colour

i'd go away from the white text, because white paint yellows with heat....

[need psi]

heres a pic of my rocker cover, cost me 100bux. if you zoom in you can sort of make out the lemons on the tree. lifts the enitre look of the engine bay imo.

other wise red is a good colour apparently it also makes your car rev harder too. but i wouldnt paint the higher parts white, i would sand them and try to polish them and clear coat it.

Ehab

[XRated]

Mmm nice, who does that for 100 bucks?

[JUZXR8]

i did mine red not that olong ago....looks mint as!
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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=23631

[need psi]

place in adelaide called klemzig platers. done a really good job, just now its gone a bit dull.

[twr7cx]

paint it red if you want.

[needfordspeed]

Yeah do whatever colour you want, it's your car, red does look pretty good though.

[24CIT]

hey man, like every one else said... its your car!! do to it what ever you want!!! my falc is black and my cover is blue!!! [/IMG]

[eb91xr6]

i have a before and after pics of when i did mine would like to see before and after pics of yours

it won't let me upload them as i have gone over my limmet or somthing but look at my threds started by me

[ned]

Colour coding is good! Here's how my rocker cover turned out. I painted it before the AU motor went in, just take your time and the results are excellent!

[efgiar]

did u mask up the ally areas? or did u sand it back after painting?

[ilsautomotive]

Looks hot Ned, mine is a bloody disgrace. Did you use spray cans? If so, what kind?

[Racecraft]

Originally Posted by efgiar

did u mask up the ally areas? or did u sand it back after painting?

sand back the ally after the color but before the clear

I went abit nuts with the 2pac on mine, tappet cover, block, bbm and bell housing all got covered

[Professor Farnsworth]

Looks nice though. If there's anything more satisfying than seeing a nicely detailed car it's seeing a nicely detailed engine bay. Problem with Ford's is, trying to keep it oil free ;p Even my ba started leaking from the front of the rocker cover after 6000km.