Powder Coated Valve Cover

[gofer]

I decided it was time for a change and since I'm running out of things to do and building a head, the valve cover was next on the list. I wanted something unique, something that I had never seen done before but finding someone to actually do it was tough. After a few PM's back and fourth I decided to go with a fellow DSM'r (95TSIAWD$) Justin. I sent him a photoshop picture of what I had in mind which was a matte black base, gloss black letters, a fire red diamond star & oil cap. Heres what I sent him...

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It only took him a month to order the red powder, find the valve cover I was asking for, and do an amazing job powder coating it! Today I found this on my doorstep when I got home from work, what do you think?

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[eagle_talon90]

Looks good, I like it!

 

[snowborder714]

I saw that over on Mitsu-Media a little while ago - it looks nice! One thing you might notice is the oil cap will probably be pretty darn tight because of the powder.

 

[hurricanecris24]

looks real nice. im doing mine right now black with blue letters and middle part blue. i wish i could have got a hold of one with the mitsubishi on top

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[Detective Coating]

^ You're doing it wrong. You should be doing the lettering first. It looks like you're using spray paint though so you're really going to have a hell of a time getting it to look good. Good luck with it though.

Thanks for the compliments guys! I agree with you Brian but it is what he wanted done . You can always just take a sander to it if you can't get it to seal right. You'll never see that area anyhow. I'm glad you like it Corey! It was most definitely a fun project to work on, I love trying new things like that. It took a lot of time but definitely well worth it. BTW, my name on here isn't 95TSIAWD$, obviously .

 

[snowborder714]

I wasn't saying it's a bad thing. The one I had bought before I started coating had it done and it made a really tight seal.

 

[hurricanecris24]

my buddy told me the same thing after i did it oh well at least it will look better than stock

 

[97 GSX 97]

Looks good. I just shaved and powdercoated my valve cover wrinkle black!!

 

[Detective Coating]

I wasn't saying it's a bad thing. The one I had bought before I started coating had it done and it made a really tight seal.

Good to know! I wasn't sure what kind of issues might arise with it since I always polish them off on other ones. I'd like to see how tight it really is but I have no oil caps around and I've had near 50+ valve covers here I'll check it out once I get a chance and may just start to leave them with the powder on there if it would create a better seal for the oil cap since our stockers don't like to seal just right

 

[FastJetta]

if you got em powder coated somewhere and they were sand blasted first...

you might wanna check the baffle under the valve cover....

mine was full of sand.... oh did i mention i blew two turbos before i figured out where it was coming from

 

[snowborder714]

Justin has a method to keep media out of the cover, so he shouldn't have anything to worry about.

 

[97 GSX 97]

Justin has a method to keep media out of the cover, so he shouldn't have anything to worry about.

At JNZ Finishing we have a custom plate that we use where we stick all the gaskets onto the cover, place the valve cover onto the custom plate which also has chunks welded onto it for the 3 cam locations, and then all other holes are plugged with rubber grommets. It is pretty fail proof and from doing a few valve covers since I started there I have yet to see it fail and let a lot of bead media in there.

 

[snowborder714]

At JNZ Finishing we have a custom plate that we use where we stick all the gaskets onto the cover, place the valve cover onto the custom plate which also has chunks welded onto it for the 3 cam locations, and then all other holes are plugged with rubber grommets. It is pretty fail proof and from doing a few valve covers since I started there I have yet to see it fail and let a lot of bead media in there.

Good to know

My brother and I have the cheap version of that - an old head with holes plugged and all the necessary gaskets. Works great!

 

[Detective Coating]

if you got em powder coated somewhere and they were sand blasted first...

you might wanna check the baffle under the valve cover....

mine was full of sand.... oh did i mention i blew two turbos before i figured out where it was coming from

I do sandblast them but I have blasted 3 of them that I have taken the baffles out of to check to make sure they were good to go. The biggest thing is finding a way to plug the oil cap hole.

 

[turbosax2]

An oil cap with a fresh gasket works nicely.

 

[timmy]

Wow, looks great