Hey guys, I guess this is more of a question for BOM fit owners but has anyone seen a color from DUPLICOLOR paints that is similar to BLAZE ORANGE? I want to paint a few things in my engine bay and would like it to match up, otherwise I'm gonna go with a generic red.


I've looked around here at a few stores that carry the paint but haven't found anything that is even close to that color yet.

 

You have company- I want to paint my engine cover, but have not found spray cans of Blaze Orange off the shelf yet. I bought a little vial of touch up Blaze Orange paint from Bernardi, and I'll bet that they have the spray cans too.

 

Heh I'm wondering if I get one of those "testors" air brush kits for model cars and just grab a few bottles of touch up paint from honda if I can use that to paint my cover.

 

That would probably work. I just took off my license plate from the central bumper dealer location(using a $7.00 license plate relocator bracket from eBay), and changed it to just beside the air intake port near the driver side fog light. While doing that, I found that the rattling of the license plate against the sharp edge around the face of the bumper cover had worn away the paint. I masked it top and bottom, then applied 3 coats of touch-up paint until the black line of absent paint was as hidden as possible. But when I removed the masking tape, there is now a sharp little line of paint build-up. If I can find a spray can of Blaze Orange, I will try this again with a little wet sanding between coats, and a wider band of paint.

All fitfreaks with center mounted license plates should buy some self-adhesive plastic bumpers at your hardware store and stick one on the bumper behind the top center of your license plate. If your paint isn't gone now, it will be soon.

 

PaintScratch Touch-Up Paint (rs), Spray Cans, Spray Paint, Paint Pens, Car Paint, Automotive Paint.

 

There should be a local autobody shop that will put any custom colour you want into a spray can. We have one here in Calgary and it is a great resource for small jobs!

 

If you're planning to spraypaint or airbrush your engine cover I wouldn't bother because it will just turn out looking like shit. Either pay a bodyshop to do it right or don't do it at all. But a spraybomb is always usefull for touching up small dings to make them look a little less unsightly... but sometimes IMO a ding looks better than a glob of mismatched paint or a spraybomb mess. Then again I'm a painter so I pretty much frown upon anything that isn't a proper job using bodyshop grade equipment and products.

 

I was planning on doing the same thing and found a burnt copper metalic, it's similar to BOM but not exact. I found this at a Auto Zone store in San Antonio.