Modding in the rain

[Freyspath]

Socal today was a mess, nothing but rain and puddles.... Even though driving though the rain was fun as hell, especially with AWD that thing sticks to the ground even through the hardest of turns! WOW!

But anyway, today was lousy so I wanted to do something with the pathy.. I was going to start my rim project, but I decided id rather have them get all dirty and stuff before I graphite spray them.

So I took my graphite spray paint and painted the engine cover to soon match the rims!

What do you think??

[Pwnin O'Brien]

I love the graphite paint; that's the stuff I used for my badges and front grille surround. I also plan on painting my stock wheels that same graphite. When you do your wheels can you post lots of pics?

[Freyspath]

Yeah! I was planning on doing a before/after kinda post where I would show how it looks and my two cents on it. I dont know about you, but on mine, im planning on doing a clear coat shine, i've heard it protects them from chips, rocks, and other stuff that might ding the paint. It also adds a bit of shine to them, kinda like how our stockers shine when they are nice and washed.. Some people prefer a more matte finish, but im not really into that.. I like the OEM look with a hint of creativity lol

[Freyspath]

I love the graphite paint; that's the stuff I used for my badges and front grille surround. I also plan on painting my stock wheels that same graphite. When you do your wheels can you post lots of pics?

I was also interested in painting my badges and grille surrounding... can you post pics of that?? Im curious in seeing how it turned out

thanks

[Pwnin O'Brien]

Well I don't have any close-ups of the badges and grille surround, but I have some regular pics of my car. These are some older pics; I've fixed my rear bumper and got a new exhaust and replaced the roof rack fairing since I took the pics. I'll have to take some new pics soon.

I clear coat everything and I highly recommend clear coating anything you paint. I have clear coated all of my badges and the grille surround as well. They turned out quite nice, except it's hard to tell in the following pics.

[Freyspath]

What brand/type is that front bumper guard?? it looks sick!

btw, nice graphite job! Really looks BA!

[oasisx]

looks sexy. i second that question about your bumper guard. whered u get it from?

[Pwnin O'Brien]

Thanks. The safari bar is by Westin, you can get it for pretty cheap on Amazon.

[oasisx]

u ever get a ticket for those taillights?

[Pwnin O'Brien]

u ever get a ticket for those taillights?

Nope, not even a second glance from police.

[slickroger]

Engine cover looks great

I painted my engine cover last year with a gloss black paint



I matched the wheels with the engine cover during the summer also



The clear coat is a must I also like the gloss look and believe you will be happier with it

[Freyspath]

WOooww Roger! Thats so nicely done! Man I tried so hard to cover the V6 3500 part on mine, and it turned out so bad.. I spent an hour cutting painters tape to get it all around, but it looked terrible so I just ended up doing the whole thing graphite.. As for the nissan logo I just took it off.

[slickroger]

LOL I watched 2 movies while I taped all the letters it took me forever but well worth it. I love how your Nissan logo is actually shiny i wish i had one of those

[Innovazn]

LOL I watched 2 movies while I taped all the letters it took me forever but well worth it. I love how your Nissan logo is actually shiny i wish i had one of those

i dont know how you did that..... i had painters tape and couldnt get them to sit well... i have to go buy some brush on paint to fix up the leaks.... pretty mad that my V6 3500 messed up

[Qxxx4]

You wanna test out that awd come here we got six inches of snow yesterday...

my wiper arms were chipped up so I paonted them metallic graphite it looks awesome I reccomend others do the same of the paint starts chipping there just make sure you use a lot of primer.

The 3.3 doesn't have a cover like urs. All ur pathys look awesome great jobs

[funnyman82]

How did u do those tail lights? They look awesome.. Wouldn't mind doing that for my qx4...

[Innovazn]

You wanna test out that awd come here we got six inches of snow yesterday...

my wiper arms were chipped up so I paonted them metallic graphite it looks awesome I reccomend others do the same of the paint starts chipping there just make sure you use a lot of primer.

The 3.3 doesn't have a cover like urs. All ur pathys look awesome great jobs

my front wiper arms wont come off

[Qxxx4]

I painted mine while on the vehicle...use lots of newspaper

[Innovazn]

I painted mine while on the vehicle...use lots of newspaper

good call....