Fuel door project

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Stupid ************* dealership....I swear a monkey ******* a coconut could do a better job...they charged me the $17 for a 5oz aerosol can but ordered a paint pen. The kicker? There is nowhere else I can get color matched paint today. Yay customer service!

 

[LoadedLaramie]

cut the pen open and mix it with reducer about 3:1 and spray it with a HVLP gun.

-OR-

screw the color and go black with it. and stencil out "go fast juice" on it in white.

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I'll wait. I did joke that I was going to paint it red and put a NOS sticker on it for an easy 30hp.

 

[LoadedLaramie]

NOS stickers are now good for 50HP. id upgrade your trans tho with a TCI or transgo sticker!

 

[0212353]

wow man, your dealership SUCKS.

Write down the part number for next time, they shouldn't jack it up then! (well, we hope)

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I actually read it off the can I had to make sure it was right...they still ****** it up.

 

[quietpeen]

damn...how could they screw that up. NOS stickers add 50hp? sign me up

 

[0212353]

I actually read it off the can I had to make sure it was right...they still ****** it up.

sounds like someone needs a serious kick in the nuts!

 

[ledge2ez]

NOS stickers add 50 hp......wow cool i need oneof those

 

[Big Boi]

NOS stickers are now good for 50HP. id upgrade your trans tho with a TCI or transgo sticker!

 

[bigbadram1500]

Any updates on the fuel door?

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Update 1: Checked out the fuel door this morning on the way out for work and it looks pretty good. I did a few light coats of clear and then a few very heavy (just short of running) coats so that I have plenty to wetsand without damaging the overall finish.

I do have some orange peel, but I'm pretty sure I can wetsand that out without a problem. The clear didn't lay down as well as I normally can..but then again I dropped the can at one point which popped the actual nozzle off and sent it flying across the garage...then I realized a small piece actually broke off and was stuck in the can so I couldn't just pop the nozzle back in. It still worked but it created a small geyser of clear from the bottom of the nozzle every time I sprayed so I'm not surprised the clear didn't come out as well as normal.

I'm going to check it out some more this evening when I get home and see if it needs a couple more coats to insure I don't sand through while wetsanding.

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Update 2: Here are the pre-wetsanding pics. I took them at different angles to show that the ridges are gone and the orange peel is crazy:

The only problem I thought of (all the sudden today while at work) is that the fuel door will all be color matched and black screws....except I forgot about the freaking lock! I thought about plasti-dipping the front, but it will scratch after the first few uses (it's a locking cap and teh lock is all that holds it closed). The only other thing I can think of is using black vinyl like they do on our squad cars at work to make the truck lock go away.

 

[quietpeen]

once you get rid of that orange peel its gonna look good

 

[Musclemckeester]

That's looking good.

 

[0212353]

nice David

 

[Big Boi]

Nice!

 

[bigbadram1500]

Nice work. Well worth the effort.

 

[Big Boi]

On another note...

Will the fuel door off a 3 gen fit?

 

[0212353]

no.