How to do a bit sized CF hood [MAXXA]
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:04 pm
Posted this here also so that it would be in a relavent place on the boards and easier to find using the search engine.
You'll need:
X-acto knife
Small plastc strainer (with square mesh not diamond shaped)
Masking tape
and a toothpick (optional)
Black paint (gloss or flat)
Gunmetal paint
First you start with a normal strainer (shown below), then you cut the mesh out using an X-acto knife.
With your bonnet painted black, just a light coat, nothing major...
"Mask" the bonnet with a small piece of the mesh. Try to get the mesh as tight as possible to the bonnet else you will lose the effect that the mesh is supposed to cause. Please be sure that yo arrange the lines in the mesh horizontally across the bonnet (mine is a little croked).
Then you take your can of Gunmetal Grey (here I used Dark metalic bronze) and pass two VERY light coats over the mesh. Too heavy and the lines may be too pronounced and you'll end up with a checker board.
And you end up with this once it's dry
It looks rather crude now, but once you mask the bonnet and continue the paintjob as normal.
Personally I prefer to do this before the paintjob as it is less hassle. All you have to do is mask it when you're finished and continue painting as normal. Once it's done you'll love the results.
Don't throw the mesh away cuz you can use it over and over, as long as you didn't gum it up by applying too much paint.
There you have it...CF bonnets for all your custom bits.
Maxx
You'll need:
X-acto knife
Small plastc strainer (with square mesh not diamond shaped)
Masking tape
and a toothpick (optional)
Black paint (gloss or flat)
Gunmetal paint
First you start with a normal strainer (shown below), then you cut the mesh out using an X-acto knife.
With your bonnet painted black, just a light coat, nothing major...
"Mask" the bonnet with a small piece of the mesh. Try to get the mesh as tight as possible to the bonnet else you will lose the effect that the mesh is supposed to cause. Please be sure that yo arrange the lines in the mesh horizontally across the bonnet (mine is a little croked).
Then you take your can of Gunmetal Grey (here I used Dark metalic bronze) and pass two VERY light coats over the mesh. Too heavy and the lines may be too pronounced and you'll end up with a checker board.
And you end up with this once it's dry
It looks rather crude now, but once you mask the bonnet and continue the paintjob as normal.
Personally I prefer to do this before the paintjob as it is less hassle. All you have to do is mask it when you're finished and continue painting as normal. Once it's done you'll love the results.
Don't throw the mesh away cuz you can use it over and over, as long as you didn't gum it up by applying too much paint.
There you have it...CF bonnets for all your custom bits.
Maxx
I'll have to try that if/when I do a tuner.