I want to paint the engine on the Jag and have sort of decided on the colours.

There is a plastic cover to the fuel rail and one for the coils in the centre of the rocker cover and i would like these to have a polished metal or chrome look but i dont know if this is possible as they are plastic.

I have seen some chrome paint around (halfords, B&Q etc) is this any good?

Also, do i need high temp engine paint to paint the rest of the rocker cover?

Ive used plasticote on my ally cam cover. Paint is spec'd to 150 deg. Gives a really good finish as well. Although, a word of warning............It takes a long time to cure. I thought mine was ok after 2 weeks, felt ok etc, but after placing the cam cover on a plastic bag (paint side down) whilst i was working on somethng else, I was horrified to find indentations all over it. So i had to strip it and start again. I was wiser the 2nd time. After the engine had been hot a few times, this baked it nicely.

Heres a Piccy
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please let me know how you get on i have tryed and has always not worked for me ,turned out looking very bad abd gray.

I'm with the Plasticote chrome spray too.

Used it on my Pinto rocker cover (after that poor man's Chrome finish ) and I'm quite pleased with it. Only thing I've been told is that if you use a white/light grey primer, it gives a better chrome effect (which I did - grey).

HTH,

JB

This is what i want to do but where it is black would be chrome or silver. Not sure how to do silver or chrome in paint shop pro.

Before:


Jag engine bay

After:


Jag painted engine bay?

Not being funny, but i think it looks fine as it is. It doesn't look rough or anything in the photo, why the changes ?

I want something different to show at the London to Brighton Jag run

I was going to take the locost but that isnt going to be finished plus i think its a bit plain as it is

Fair enough, although if it was my car and i wanted to change something like that on a smart car like yours, I don't think i would be doing it myself out of a can. I would have the chrome plated on and the paint work professionally done so that the finish was A1. Bit different with a Kit Car, you can get away with plasticote paint, unless it was £20k + worth of cobra or something in that league..........

Thanks for all the comments. Iv had another play with colours and quite like the look of the black bits (in the pic) alloy wheel silver so i think im going to go with that. Il post piccys up when im finished.