what paint for oil filler cap, radiator cap e.t.c

1. NickRDK Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2007 Huddersfield Posts: 281 S1 Bianca White Rallye 205 GTI Racer

   #1 13th August 2009, 10:09

   Basicaly ive already painted them with halfords ford panther black and laquer and they have just flaked within a few miles with the heat from the engine. Only the coilpack cover hasnt. what paint will stop this from happening?
   cheers
2. sirhc1991 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 St.Neots Posts: 114 Sx 1.1i

   #2 13th August 2009, 10:18

   heat resistant paint?
   
   maybe metal paint too.. ? (thats just a guess)
3. Marcus000 Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Burnley Posts: 596 VTR with teh sexy rims!

   #3 13th August 2009, 11:05

   Plastic Primer --> Normal Primer --> Colour Coat --> Lacquer
   
   You may as well get all the plastic bits off and do them all at once to save time further down the line.
4. NickRDK Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2007 Huddersfield Posts: 281 S1 Bianca White Rallye 205 GTI Racer

   #4 13th August 2009, 22:56

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Marcus000 Plastic Primer --> Normal Primer --> Colour Coat --> Lacquer You may as well get all the plastic bits off and do them all at once to save time further down the line.

   this is exactly what ive done and it still peeled with the heat. what sort of heat proof paint is there around?
5. sirhc1991 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 St.Neots Posts: 114 Sx 1.1i

   #5 13th August 2009, 23:33

   majority of metal paint is heat proof i thought, may be wrong?