cowl panel covering color

[litespeedp]

My cowl on my 2000 Box was/is black and now badly faded.I plan to clean mine very well and use KRYLON FUSION rattle can spray paint.It dries in 15 minutes and it produces a durable semi gloss smooth finish.It's made for plastic such as outdoor plastic pool and patio furniture.

I have used it with great results on my 97 Jeep Wrangler.

No sanding or priming is necessary as it bonds to the plastic.The directions say the best results are between 50 and 90 degrees and humidity below 85%. All the hardware stores sell it.I use color 2421 SATIN BLACK.

By the way, I was at my local Benz dealership and the 2013 big Benz's have this same poor quality cowling at the base of their windshield on their $100,000 cars.I'm sick of the cheap junk the auto manufacturer's are dishing out when it comes to trim!

[Meir]

Originally Posted by litespeedp

My cowl on my 2000 Box was/is black and now badly faded.I plan to clean mine very well and use KRYLON FUSION rattle can spray paint.It dries in 15 minutes and it produces a durable semi gloss smooth finish.It's made for plastic such as outdoor plastic pool and patio furniture.

I have used it with great results on my 97 Jeep Wrangler.

No sanding or priming is necessary as it bonds to the plastic.The directions say the best results are between 50 and 90 degrees and humidity below 85%. All the hardware stores sell it.I use color 2421 SATIN BLACK.

By the way, I was at my local Benz dealership and the 2013 big Benz's have this same poor quality cowling at the base of their windshield on their $100,000 cars.I'm sick of the cheap junk the auto manufacturer's are dishing out when it comes to trim!

That's funny. I did the exact same thing, thinking that in the worst case I'll replace it.
Came out exelant. Used the prep spry before painting, and gave it 4 coats.
Need to see if I have before picture, and I'll post it.

[litespeedp]

Looking forward to your posted pic of your cowl Meir.The hard part will be figuring out how to remove the part! Ha.

[Meir]

Originally Posted by litespeedp

Looking forward to your posted pic of your cowl Meir.The hard part will be figuring out how to remove the part! Ha.

Not at all.
The reason I painted it to begine with, was because I already had it in my hand, when I fixed my AC evaporator leak.
I have the procedure ducumented.
I'll post a link later today.
Coming to think of it, I should have a before picture right there

[Meir]

OK this is the pics for the spry i used.



this is the link that shows how to remove the panel:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxb4w0y3incjrcc/step%201%20heater%20core%20removal.pdf

thats the after pic.



looks much better in person.... and yes, the car wash guy, just picked it up

[Meir]

and when you remove the rubber seal, pay attention how it came off.
its a little bit tricky to put it back on if you don't remember the correct angle.

[litespeedp]

Great, will give this a shot this weekend as we are supposed to have good weather.