shaved valve cover [Merged 5-7] cam rocker

[HighPsi92GST]

i think it looks :thumbdown shaved.. the powdercoated ones look the imo.

your gray fender looks

jk

i agree, just powdercoating the cover then polishing the letters looks better then shaving stuff off...they look plain then

 

[skate enjoi]

i donno if its too later or whatever, but heres mine, its shaved and painted.... i just painted the spark plug part, all the bolt holes, and the timing belt side, i think it looks good. my friend shaved his and painted it black and blue... looks pretty good

 

[Bostedquest]

On mine, I killed the lines and the 16 valve and the 2000, but left the DOHC part. Still needs a little finishing though.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

I shaved alot of valvecovers already.. This is the one I did for my car. It's a pain in the ass. I did it with a circle grinding disc on my electric drill..

 

[eclipsespeed002]

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shaved 4g63 with metallic silver base and candy blue top coat.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Identical to mine, Your's looks nicer though since it was just done

 

[Flash]

Here's mine. I love polished things. But I have been reading in my classic truck magazines that guys are painting their trucks a flat black. The flat black brings out the chrome in the wheels and trim. Make's it really pop out! So I thought I would try it on mine, and of course I polished my own letters.

 

[Killa_dsm]

Here's mine. I love polished things. But I have been reading in my classic truck magazines that guys are painting their trucks a flat black. The flat black brings out the chrome in the wheels and trim. Make's it really pop out! So I thought I would try it on mine, and of course I polished my own letters.

Holly sh*t, that is one bad ass lookin valve cover! Do you have anymore pics that are zoomed out so we can seen the whole engine?

 

[Flash]

Yea. Sorry for the crappy pic... it was late the other night when I finally got it on, and my camera had no juice left.

 

[low_talon93]

Here is my valve cover, it isnt on my car yet (still in storage )

hope you like it, its a gloss black with polished leters

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

I am gonna go with www.trgcoating.com on this one. I have seen some of his work and I was in awe. I currently have a powdercoated cover from someone else and I am just not happy at all with the color.

I am going to go with the charcole metallic gray with polished letters and clear coat. A friend of mine got this same color and it was simply badass.

I also find his customer service so far to be excellent. Everytime I have emailed him bugging him with questions, I have got a responce in less then an hour.

Look at his website, his has a lot of great colors and also states if there is a particular color you want, he will get it for you.

He is also on this board, goes by eclipsespeed002 I believe, he posted in this thread.

 

[GSX97AWD]

HEY! thats my candy apple red Valve cover!

 

[Zero Bar]

I just checked out TRGCoating and like their stuff. I plan to go gloss black or wrinkle black. Some very nice looking valve covers guys.

 

[eclipsespeed002]

Thanks guys! If i can help you with anything feel free to let me know.

 

[97EagleTalon2nr]

heres mine, i have a chicago electric powdercaot gun, an old house oven, and columbi coatings powder, not interested in doing any work for anyone, but i did this myself in aobut 2 hours... i also did my brake calipers and drums check out www.cardomain.com/id/97eagletalon2nr for the brakes pics, hope you like it. Brian

 

[devlish]

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still need to clean a little, but here's mine. just finished a few weeks back. Smoked Chrome

also done are all the IC pipes are done, UICP, intake pipe, motor mounts, various covers etc

 

[Morel]

Powdercoated machined letters, not shaved here. I've never been a big fan of the shaved ones, but mostly they ones I have seen have been chromed painted afterwards and it doesn't seem to look that good.

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Oh dear lord, I need a towel..


That's DSM porn if I ever saw it.

DAMN MY 420a! Kaaahhhhhnnnnnnnn.. err. whoops sorry.. got carried away..

 

[speedy13]

i like the clean shaved polished look best,but black with polished letters is badd ass as well.

 

[devlish]

i like the clean shaved polished look best,but black with polished letters is badd ass as well.

i like the clean shaved look too!

...but on valve covers, it looks looks too plain to me. i'm really diggin' those candy colors you guys are doing! very very sharp!!!

 

[Cool Mr Steve]

i like the clean shaved look too!

...but on valve covers, it looks looks too plain to me. i'm really diggin' those candy colors you guys are doing! very very sharp!!!

Agreed... Clean shaved looks good, but sometimes it just rubs me the wrong way and I get irritated...

 

[mavisky]

I did this one at home with spray paint and a rubber polishing bit on the dremel to remove the paint once it was on there.

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[SolidBoost1G]

I don't know if I would consider mine shaved but I'm usin the valve cover off of a Hyundai elantra 2.0 liter it's got the shaved look and all it says is DOHC 2000

 

[97TSIAWD]

Oh dear lord, I need a towel..


That's DSM porn if I ever saw it.

DAMN MY 420a! Kaaahhhhhnnnnnnnn.. err. whoops sorry.. got carried away..

Thanks for the compliment, and the Kahn reference was not lost on me Kirk, haha.

 

[SnoopySLR]

I don't like the shaved 4G63 covers. Makes the 4G63 look like a B16 honda engine.... not good

 

[92awddsm]

I prefer powder coated myself but let me warn some of oyu. If you decide to go with a 2 step powder(base, clear), the clear will not hold up to the heat over time. Mine has been done for a year and a half and the clear on the exhaust side is beginning to yellow. Here is a pic but its hard to see. Also, Ive only put about 1k miles on it without the heat sheild and it started yellowing before that. It is just something to remember so you dont get dissapointed later

A better pic