Resurrelica

Friday I used some high-temperature flat black spray paint (bought at Home Depot) to spray all the stuff in the air scoop back to black again.  Over time it had “gray-ed” and chipped which you can see in some of the previous pictures.

At Amazon one reviewer says that a small spill of brake fluid cut through it.  So there may be better paints for the job.  I’ll post back if there is any issues like that with it given the application.  Also, it’s not as black as black can be.

But anyway, here’s what I did:

1. Pull off the 5 black “caps” that wrap around the vertical supports in the air scoop.
2. Use a soft bristle brush to get as much of the junk and dead bugs out of the A/C coils.
3. Use a $1 plastic drop cloth to wrap the front bumper in plastic taping it in a few spots to the body with blue masking tape.
4. Cut a slit in the plastic across the scoop.
5. Use masking tape also to tape the flaps (from cutting the slit) to the inside of the air scoop to cover the bumper that wraps inside of the air scoop.
6. Mask the 5 vertical scoop supports (if you care).
7. Continue masking just inside of the scoop any part that you don’t want to get paint on it.
8. The paint can said to paint the parts while warm.  So, run the car at idle with the A/C on for a few minutes.  It doesn’t get very warm, but it’s better than nothing.  Leaving in the sun initially may help some too.
9. Spray a light coat of paint.
10. Wait 20-30 minutes until dry to the touch.
11. Spray another coat.
12. Wait 20-30 minutes again.
13. Unmask and cleanup.

Before Scoop Painting

After Scoop Painting

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