Painting rocker cover which paint and prep ?

[Lawless]

Looking to spray my rocker cover

Which paint should I use ?

And what prep is needed can I nitro morse it or

Does it need to be rubbed down by hand and anything else I need

Thanks ?

[Beastmode panda]

Any paint you want bud, doesn't HAVE to be VHT, so take your pick .

As for prep, nitomorse, sand down and rough bits etc, make sure it's all smooth and no left over paint. Quick white over with some paint prep wipes then get on the primer!

[Critic]

Here's a guide on how to do it.

http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=How+to+remove+and+paint+your+rocker+cover

It tells you everything you will need etc.. With step by step instructions.

Hope that helps.

[Lawless]

Cheers lads one more thing laquer or no laquer as. I'm guessing that won't cope with the heat ?

[pick1]

Laquer it unless u get a paint that don't need it

[StuDoc 72]

Pretty much sand it n paint it.

As easy as that.

I used an anti rust outdoor paint to do mine.

Was thicker so covered any imperfections on the cover and never needed laquer, its also much harder wearing.

A primer is more important than laquer tho as you painting onto metal.

This is how good a finish I got took about an hour.

Oh and mine wasnt painted before so I had to start of with a corroded slightly oily cover.

[pick1]

^^^ nice colour dude

[StuDoc 72]

Cheers mate shame the rest of the bay is a bit more of a riot lol.

[Lawless]

So I could use a hammerite spray potentially

Then ? What brand of spray u use for that will a halfords primer do the trick

[StuDoc 72]

Yes you can do im sure mine was just a hammerite spray made by a different company was like nn-62 or some fucked up stuff just looked like hammerite got it from a hardware shop.

I didnt use primer myself but it would defo be beneficial. Any metal primer will work.

Its all in the prep though. Spend time getting the surface smooth and clean and free from blemishes and will make finishing it 10x easier and better.