This was actually a CF cover that I bought.

When I got the cover, I was disappointed with the weaves in the CF as there were some that were screwed up...so i had it painted instead..

 

heres mine, me and my 2 month old daughter made it together <~~~steve

 

great job you guys! You all gave me some ideas, now to get off my butt and do it..lol.

 

Thats pretty sweet you got your daughter involved on the car. I like it alot

 

ha, thats great.

 

jdjohnson9,

Very cool!

 

Haha very original! I like!

Tyler

 

Welp... took a little time (didn't have much time to work on it at a time), but my cover is on.

I wanted all the texture on the factory cover gone, so that took some time






More pictures here

 

^Looks great. I originally painted mine red but when i saw the CF one i had to have it. haha. I never sanded mine down though. I likes

 

I want to do mine now

Have to think of something original and nice looking tho. Won't get complicated because I am really fussy with a complicated paint job being perfect and I would end up spending days or weeks on it trying to make it absolutely perfect....

 

yeah, when you add the "vtec" badge thing to the CF one, it looks awesome
adds that nice touch to your engine bay

 

I really want to paint mine red, and I'm assuming Honda for most of their stuff uses the same red other than a different name? I'm contemplating buying a shitload of bottoms of Milano Red touch-up paint to color the manifold cover unless someone tells me where to buy it in a larger amount.

 

Try searching around for a place that puts automotive paint into spray cans. Much easier that way. Shouldn't be too hard to find!

 

Great idea, thanks.

mnapuran what did you use to paint yours red? Is it spot-on with the Milano Red of the car? Looks great.

 

You can actually buy factory paint colors in the can from AutoZone or Oreilly. If you want a bit better quality (and more cost) go to an automotive paint supply company (mine locally is English Color).

 

But is it even worth paying extra for the better quality paint when you could literally do this with paint lyin' around?

And I assume the color you found is pretty close to the Fit exterior.

 

Thats really up to you, do you want to use cheap paint, if so then go ahead, because at the end of the day its your project...

 

painted mine red today

 

jeff,
the quality of your pictures never cease to amaze me.

 

Very cool pic! Wish I knew how to do that.