Check out these Red heads

[Ronnie]

Oops, wrong thread.

These red head covers(?).






It took about an hour to prep and paint these.

THe total cost under was $20 for materials.

 

[Noko]

Thats my wife in half your pics. I guess I need life lock. Lol So you painted the tops and then marker black and silver? Looks nice.

 

[2kwik4u]

Those looks great. Very well done!

 

[Gym]

Nice job @Ronnie.

 

[Drexx3]

Can we see them on the engines?

 

[Ronnie]

Thanks guys. I forgot to mention that I taped off the plastic mounts on the bottom so they would not get painted because the paint would likely be scratched off these parts. I also plan on polishing the heads of the screws that hold the covers in place and will post pics of the covers reinstalled on the engines when I’m done and the whether allows me to.

 

[haknslash]

Probably should have put a NSFW disclaimer in the title. Thankfully not browsing from my Remote Desktop lol. Some of those pics look like q6 year olds Ewww!

That being said the valve covers look nice!

 

[Gunner]

Shelter in place suits you just fine I see.

 

[Ronnie]

I wish my shelter covered my boat. All outdoor work stopped when the rain started.

As for the pics, I just searched for redheads in bikini pics and used the first Pinterest page that came up. I think we can all agree that not all redheads in bikinis should be posting pics of themselves for several reasons.

 

[Looper7]

Well played on the title sir well played

 

[Compatico]

Can we see them on the engines?

NO! I want to see them nekid!

 

[Ronnie]

NO! I want to see them nekid!

Here you go, pervert.
JK, I like naked as well.

 

[drewkaree]

Did you tape off the lettering, or is that what the two Sharpies were for? I like the look, very swanky!

 

[Liveto99]

Holy crap after looking at the before pictures I can’t believe how great a job you did!

 

[Ronnie]

Did you tape off the lettering, or is that what the two Sharpies were for? I like the look, very swanky!

I only taped off the mounting points not the letters. It was easy enough to color in the tops of the letters only with the sharpies.

FYI I I did consider putting a coat of wax or lip balm over the letters to keep the red paint from sticking to them but decided to just color over the red paint instead.

 

[drewkaree]

I wonder if PlastiDip would work just as well, you could paint the whole thing and then just use a razor blade to carefully cut and peel away any areas you didn't want painted. They have a glossifier as well in case you don't want the matte look that PlastiDip usually has.

 

[Ronnie]

I wonder if PlastiDip would work just as well, you could paint the whole thing and then just use a razor blade to carefully cut and peel away any areas you didn't want painted. They have a glossifier as well in case you don't want the matte look that PlastiDip usually has.

I don’t know for sure but cutting out the plasti dip around the lettering seems like it would take longer than coloring the letters in with a sharpie. The plasti dip would not have worked in my situation because the original color on the letters faded differently on my head covers so I needed/wanted to paint them as well.

 

[haknslash]

Likely wouldn't need to cut around the letters with plastidip. I watch a ton of dipyourcar videos on YouTube and they just peel that stuff away from emblems and such.

 

[Ronnie]

I just found this old thread that is focused on hydro dipping. In another the cost was stated to be $30 to $40 per cover.

https://jetboaters.net/media/hydro-dipped-engine-cover.2175/

My vote is for DYI, save a little money and in my case it had a very calming effect.

 

[Ronnie]

A few pics with the covers on the engines.