Ok here is my fuse box cover, 50% done. I still have to clean up the overspray and detail the flames. The flames are off centered because the detail will only be on one side of the flame. Let me know what you think. The beauty of this is if it turns out bad, I buy another cover or just paint it all one solid color.

 

Looks great man, I'd do a black outline and slap some gloss coat on it.....and it would look fantastic!!!!

 

Exactly what I plan on doing. I'm going to also put some orange around the flames just to make them a little more distinct. Hopefullly I'll be able to finish the job Friday evening. I'll post updated pics as soon as I'm done.

 

Please do....it looks really good...

 

shoulda sanded it smooth first. That embossed lettering tears up your design bad.
I found these billet flames at Autozone for 15 bucks, sanded the cover smooth, sprayed it black and stuck em on:

 

I've got very limited tools. Don't own a sander, hell don't even have a buddy with a sander. There's no way I would sit and sand by hand. I did see those flames at autozone, thought about it, but decided to give this a try. Sanding is out of the question. I appreciate the feedback though.

 

took a good 15 minutes by hand.
I've done two of em. I think it's worth the effort to make it look good.
I used 60 grit to get the embossed hooha flat then smoothed it out with 400 grit.

I have a very limited tool selection too. I don't even have a garage. It doesn't always take money to make mods look great but it'll always take some time.

 

Yeah, you're right. I forgot I had a dremel that has a sander on it. I think I'm going to take your advice, sand down the emblems, paint the box red (since I have the red paint), purchase those flames, cover them with mask, place them on the box, then spray black. Then I will have my red flames! I wasn't really diggin them, but my wife was real proud of them because she did all of the work. I may even copy your's, but I have no other chrome anywhere on the engine, so I'll probably do something a little different. This way the chrome flame is reusable! Thanks, for the idea Grinner.

What are were the flames in at Autozone? I saw them next to the truck accessories. Are these the same ones you got? I believe its made to put on tailgate or something, right?

 

yeah, that's the one.
Ya don't have to go the chrom route if ya don't wanna but alittle more time and attention would give ya results you can be proud of.
Since your bride made the flame templete you may still wann use it but I'd sand the box first (I don't recomend the demmel as you can easlily gouge the plastic... do it by hand) prime it well with sandable primer then sand it again with 400 grit of finer. THen spray it black and let it dry. A good trick for using your wife's templete (is that paper or cardboard or poster board?) is to use elmers school glue around the edges when you stick it on to mask the flammage. Wipe away access glue, spray your red, orange, yellow, blue or whatever then pull the template off. Just let the paint dry and then wipe the glue away with a damp paper towel. Now you don't have any cheezy overspray to clean up by hand... whcih may have been as obvious as the overspray. If the flames are then to your liking, clear coat the cover. If you feel you want more layers of ghost flammage, just reposition or cut a new template and repeat the glue/spray trick.

This is an old airbrishing trick but totally applies to spray cans as well. You can then have somewthing your glad to pop your hood open for and say, "check out what my wife didn man!?" She'll dig the props and you'll dig the final product.

 

I picked up the flame and some sandpaper today at PepBoys. I also picked up some black engine paint to spray over what I've done. I think I'm going to just got the route you went, but I'm going to paint the lid red instead. I can't decide how I'm going to use the flames, but I'll post picks when I'm done. It has to be done by Monday because my show is on the 17th. Thanks for the ideas!