So Ted, have any of your painted covers been tested on a engine in daily use? Or is it too hot under the hood to keep the artwork there for an extended period? I plan on keeping my cover off the car except for display at shows - I'm afraid the heat will discolor the paint or make it peel or something nasty. Perhaps I'm being overly cautious, but...

Anyway, I was at the dealer about three weeks ago, getting my State inspection/emissions test, and I checked with the parts department - a brand new cover for an xD only costs a little over $70, so I'll probably buy one eventually to put on the car for daily driving...

I just got back from the first car show of the season for me, Ted, they really liked your engine cover artwork! Lots of people were taking pictures of the cover. I posted up a few pics over in the "2010 Car Shows" thread in the General Discussion forum...

I recommend not keeping it on for daily use. I'm glad everyone liked the work. Any trophies?

no, I don't really have a chance winning any trophies at those kind of shows - too many dedicated "Show Cars" there to compete against - you know, the kind they put 30 Grand into and trailer in to the shows... :disgust:

sounds familiar lol

Yup, there are a couple around here too...

That's why I prefer the Scion-only shows - except then usually you don't have ENOUGH competition there - if youre not the only xD, maybe there's one other if your lucky, or if they group the xA and xD together in one division, you may have one more car to compete against... it's no fun winning a trophy for being the only car in your class now, is it? :emotions36:

I think my most best-est feat was winning Best in Show last summer at an all-Scion show in Allentown, PA, I was the only xD there so I was competing against 18-20 tCs and xBs that were all done up pretty nice, and I still beat all of them out - Hooray for the lowly xD!

I agree on the not enough competition, but one of my pet peeves is when different models are classed together... xB1's and xB2's, and xA's and xD's... drives me bonkers... although the xB's not as much, only cause both Gens at least have the same name... :laughing1:

My biggest pet-peeve occurred at another small Scion show I went to last year, only about 13 cars were there, but someone trailered-in one of those so-called "show cars," an xB with mega mods on it - the Dealer had about 8 cash prize awards they were giving out, like best theme, best paint, best interior, etc, and the show car won like six of them, the dude got something like $400-$500 dollars... that suxed for the rest of us with daily driver cars... ah well.

I HATE THAT TOO!!!!!
Last show I hosted I made sure that it was 1 trophy a person.

I finally got a pic from the Nightmare before Christmas heat shield owner:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j6...B/IMG_1271.jpg

Nice! I go to another car show this coming Saturday the 24th, it's another all-model car show, but it's a fairly big one, I believe... I'll get to show off your Cylon cover again, Ted!

How's Monica's cover coming along?

Almost 100% done actually :)

ok.. engine cover came in today.. I am so happy with it :)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Photo0021.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...302010/018.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...302010/011.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...302010/012.jpg

Pretty cool!

:) looks great in there Monica :)

WIP on my friends tC:
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0897.jpg



So I am thinking about doing my stock hood and putting it up for sale. I have wanted to do a hood design for a while, so I think I am going to go nuts on it and just see how it comes out...

Any interest?

That tC one turned out pretty cool...

nice ship and anchor!!!

that tc 1 is sweet