Painted the cutout covers this morning:
Good thing I read the instructions. I was going to cook them under the heat lamps, when I read to leave them alone for 24 hours before exposing to high heat cycle. So they’ll be sitting on the bench until tomorrow, when they’ll be brought up to full operating temp by the lamps. According to instructions that removes any brush strokes.
Cosmetically, I’d love to pull the electric cutouts and replace them with these caps. The sneaker plugs look classically cool with just the covers, while the electric cutouts do not. It’s not going to happen however, since the electric cutouts are just too much fun. And opposed to California where it’s illegal to even have cutouts on your car or truck, in Washington State it’s legal to have them installed. It’s only illegal to use them on a highway. “no person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway”. (RCW 46.67.390).