Black on Hood Vent fading off and becoming silver?
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Black on Hood Vent fading off and becoming silver?
Well, I washed the car today and noticed my hood vent is starting to fade its dull black color off and show slight hints of aluminum color. With what and how would be the best way to take this off and spray it down with something so It wont look all nastyfied.
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you can find a domestic tuning shop, they should have a engine spray flat black and make sure its heat resitant. i swaped over to the ralliart one so i don't have to deal with the rust or discolor. hopes this helps
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Mine was lookin pretty sad too so I scuffed it, cleaned it with thinner, then resprayed it (gloss black spraypaint) and it looks new. I did it 3 months ago and it still looks new.
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Originally Posted by Evillusion
Mine was lookin pretty sad too so I scuffed it, cleaned it with thinner, then resprayed it (gloss black spraypaint) and it looks new. I did it 3 months ago and it still looks new.
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Yea I have the same problem...but I wonder how it would look if you sanded/dremled the vent so it was silver then polished it up all nice like.....
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I just took mine off....and left it off....most Evo owners seem to do this. It looks nice with the proper engine dress up. Also, seems to get more air in for my suction intake. I was concerned about drag but...there is none...air freely flows in and out.
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Mine looks like crap too but I really can't take it off and leave it off. Too much snow and other crap would fall into the engine bay living here in the Midwest. I'll probably just paint it this spring/summer.