hey forum, Question ? can you paint the plastic covers on the engine....you know the ones that cover the spark plugs ... one on each side of the engine... they just push on to the engine block...... says jaguar v8 4.o on it.... on the 2001 xk8.....?

 

I'm curious to hear about this as well.. on my car it's got the letters "Jaguar" but they're just black as the plastic.

I've noticed other users have the letters "Jaguar" white or silver (I'm not sure which one it is..) from the factory and I'm thinking of doing it as well.. I think you could use high temp paint.. and mask it and probably clear coat over it as well with some high temp engine paint and I think you'd be good.

 

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think your rite......... will give it a shot too when the weather gets warmer.... tks tony

 

On the 4.2 the letters should be silver, although the paint wears off with time.

I think there have been a few forum members who have painted the covers. Also some who have hydro-dipped them.

Just for fun, I covered mine with some 3M carbon fiber wrap. It's actually held up pretty well in the engine heat. It gets soft at temperature though, so just need to be careful not to poke at it while they are still hot.

 

nice well that'll be a project to try next spring/summer .. always wondered why they didn't paint mine..

 

Several members have posted about painting the plastic covers on a number of different Jaguar models. Red is a favourite with contrasting letters.

With careful preparation and suitable paint, it appears to be long lasting.

Graham

 

that fiber wrap looks pretty cool.............. betya will look great in red also.... maybe will give that a shot first........................tony

 

Good morning.

A couple of years ago I discovered Krylon Fusion for painting plastic. Since then I've used it several times. It seems to stick like glue and is available in many colours.
Another experiment was to prime with zinc primer on plastic. Then a few coats of Hammerite. Hammerite doesn't require primer however I've used it with and without primer for about 15 years and still looks good on the suspension parts. I did this on the 911 engine plastic and so far, so good.
Just a thought.
The carbon looks wild. Like big bucko wild.

Jip

 

I had really good experience painting the intake manifold.

The real work was sanding down the plastic to make it appear smooth. I was going for the colored chrome look.

The real clincher I found was a clear coat at the auto paint supply store that they call it 2K. It is a two part paint available in a spay can. You just turn a valve in the bottom to allow the two parts to mix.

Long story short, it is heat and automotive chemical resistant.

So far all I do is dust mine off

 

Yup. And where there's a will, there's a way.
Nice looker Flyboygus.


Jip

 

So the consensus is that regular paint will stand up to the heat on the plastic covers?

I have my body color in spray can and would like to do my covers in body color then clear with a high heat spray.

 

Jandreu,
Sounds cool, send us a picture

 

Yes. Remember the parts are plastic, so there is only so much heat they will take. High heat paint should not be required.