Painting Valve Covers [merged]

[iisbernhard]

i still say its stupid....oil is what keeps rust from forming ,,,unless u use water to lubricate your engine dont mess around wiht it

 

[steve]

Originally posted by spoolup
okay, first, inexperiance is not to be laughed at. ... Well the metal there is soft, just taking a stab into the dark, but probally, for the most part aluminum. Which does not rust.

I like your attitude, too many people feel the need to insult those that are trying to learn. Save it for the ones that refuse to learn. One point, Aluminum does rust, when it does it forms aluminum oxide and protects the rest of the aluminum. Steel rusts to forms iron oxide and flakes away. Anodising is actually a controled formation of aluminum oxide that is usually dyed afterwards.

Steve

 

[91eagle_tsi_awd]

i spray painted my seats with engine paint,so it wont flake during the summer

 

[iisbernhard]

ur seats? why????

 

[Mike1992]

First look in my gallery
Im looking for something to match my under hood scheme opinions?

Im thinking gloss black with polished letters

 

[IHeartTurbo]

I saw one that looked friggin sick. It was powdercoated white with black letters. It looked awesome on a white car. You should go with that. I want to do it to mine but I already got mine powdercoated red.

 

[Mike1992]

I was thinking about white, but GOD that would be such a Biatch to keep clean.

After yall help me make a color decision, I plan on doing the intake manifold and fuel rail the same.

 

[leet]

Do the valve cover Black, with Bronze accents.

 

[Mike1992]

Black sounds good to me, but It would be a serious PITA to make the letters bronze or any other color for that matter. The ol' wire wheel and die grinder makes them all chromy nice. So i know for sure whatever color it may be, the letters and around the oil cap will be poilished. I've done 3 of these before, so now I feel qualified

 

[goalieman24]

anyone have pictures of dremel tools that are what you need to polish it nice and shiny? ive got a bunch but dont know which ones to use and what order to use them in

 

[90talon_Casum]

I dunno.. it looks like theres a lot of black on there.. but i don't really know a good color to go with..but i think black w/the polished letters would be syck.. i'd prolly go with that

 

[Mike1992]

Below is a pic of a Chevrolet Blue valve cover I did about 2 months ago and sold on ebay for $80. Im thinking this or black, also thinking if I go blue then I'll add blue vaccum hose and blue valve cover breather, plus it'll already match my accel air filter (can is Hacked now)

C'mon People more opinions before tomorrow afternoon!!!! Please

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by goalieman24
anyone have pictures of dremel tools that are what you need to polish it nice and shiny? ive got a bunch but dont know which ones to use and what order to use them in

None. Paint the cover, let it cure, then wrap some 600 or finer sandpaper over a block of wood and sand off the letters. When you're down to metal, wrap the wood with denim, put some metal polish in the denim (we used to use Simichrome, but apparently this decade's hot tip is Mother's Mag Polish) and buff them. Finish with some T-shirt cloth for the final buff.
If you're a spaz and can't hold the block steady enough to not scuff the surrounding paint, cover the paint with some duct tape (which is why it has to be cured, so you don't pull the paint off).

 

[Lordpaxin]

i Thought it was gonna be red you POSER you JDM WANNA BE
If you want you can lick my intake manifold!!!!!

j/k inside joke.

anyways, yea, black with polished letters would be fuqqin sweet. and look good on you

 

[jp171]

I think black with polished letters would be good, and I think to make it stand out a little more, you should also polish the ridges to the left and right of the letters. (but only the ridges and letters)

 

[bwhite]

I'd say polish out the whole valve cover and paint the letters black.

 

[DSMSpyder99]

I LOVE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD

 

[Mike1992]

Gloss Black it is... The paints done, just waiting for it to completely dry before I go at the letters. Ill post pics tomorrow when Im finished

 

[Mike1992]

Done, still waiting on my new Ralli/Art Oil Cap

 

[Raph]

Hi mike,how is your ride coming...

i just have one Question..i wanted to powdercoat mine and the guy at the shop(theres this shop that does Sandblasting and Powdercoating around here) said"thats a plastic vavle cover,if you powdercoat that,itll
probably get warped or somethin"..(so they wouldnt do it)i was like WTF,its metal! he told me it wasnt..Huh?isnt it made of aluminium?

I was thinking ,why dont you go with a white valve cover?

 

[Raph]

Damn,your already finished..then ill go with white!

 

[Mike1992]

They valve cover is metal I think its Aluminum. I thought about white but that would be so hard to keep clean, so I decided black since theres already so much black under the hood. I had to re-tap all the outer bolts to 1/4 standard since all of mine were stripped, everything tightened down nicely this time, hopefully no leaks when i start it up monday.

On a side note check out the home-ade ground wiring kit Made all my lights brighter, have yet to see if there's any power gains.

 

[Eliminat0r]

damn im mgonna have to do that that looks pimp as hell, it would totally match the black and yellow theme im going for for under my hood. Looks sweet man . maybe when i get a 2g ill do it. as my first mod.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by Raph

i just have one Question..i wanted to powdercoat mine and the guy at the shop(theres this shop that does Sandblasting and Powdercoating around here) said"thats a plastic vavle cover,if you powdercoat that,itll
probably get warped or somethin

Strange that a guy like that wouldn't have a pocket knife on him.

They're diecast aluminum.

Then again, you probably don't want to trust it to anyone that dim, anyway.

 

[Raph]

Originally posted by Defiant
Strange that a guy like that wouldn't have a pocket knife on him.

They're diecast aluminum.

Then again, you probably don't want to trust it to anyone that dim, anyway.

weird huh?but there are cheap..and ill let who evers in charge (certainly not the Dumb bell i spoke to)do the job

im defainatley going for a white Valve cover

and then ill make a Stainless steel Sparkplug cover anmd havbe 4g63 Stamped into it(or Laser cut,im not sure yet)