hey everyone just got done painting my valve cover and just wanting to know your thoughts on it. never attempted soemthing like this before but i think i did alright. only probelm i had was when i had to tap around the spark plug area to paint the rest of the VC after it was dry i pulled off the tape and some paint came with it even though i let the thing sit for like a day, anyways i used this method, i was hoping for a little lighter but oh well. http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107469

going to show before and after pics

before, god its hideous

and after

I gotta say - that looks great. I just hope it holds up after a few hundred heat cycles

HokieDSM said:

I gotta say - that looks great. I just hope it holds up after a few hundred heat cycles

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ya im really hoping it will hold up in the heat. said its heat resistant on the can but didnt say to what degree. thanks for your input. im gonna try to get a better pic of it up, that ones a little dark

shoulda powdercoated....will deff last

This is my valve cover...powdercoated, holding up great.

Wow! that after picture is incredible!! Very nice Red color

Good job! Looks like you just bought it brand new from a store!

I love that deep red!!!

-mike

both look really good..I glass-beaded mine and my buddies..My buddies is starting to change colors..looks really nasty now.

thanks for the replies everyone. do you think i should paint my timing belt cover in that red?

No, personally I think it looks cheesy when you start painting shit to match. Keep it simple. Maybe just the VC and the charge pipes the same color, not all the plastic. JMO

98spydert said:

No, personally I think it looks cheesy when you start painting shit to match. Keep it simple. Maybe just the VC and the charge pipes the same color, not all the plastic. JMO

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ya thats kind of what i was thinking also. so you think i should paint my uicp and licp the red color? right now my uicp is chrome and i still the have the stock licp. thanks

I did my valve cover about a year ago in the green. I used the Dupli-Color Metalcast Groundcoat though. It still looks as good today as the day i did it.



I had thought about sanding down the lettering like you did.

I think I may just copy that but instead of the red, i'll go black to match the black and silver theme

I painted mine a couple of months ago and also replaced the vc gasket. I think I used the tech article as well but I used the Engine Enamel paint instead. The color went along with the color theme I had going, but since I got refereed that changed.