Valve Cover ideas

[tylersmith2014]

anyone have any cool valve cover paint or polish ideas. I am thinking about painting or polishing mine but i dont know if i should go with a solid color or try to do a design. post some pictures or throw some ideas out there and when I decide and do mine Ill post it!!

 

[jschreiber]

anyone have any cool valve cover paint or polish ideas. I am thinking about painting or polishing mine but i dont know if i should go with a solid color or try to do a design. post some pictures or throw some ideas out there and when I decide and do mine Ill post it!!

Planning on doing mine too. I think the color of the car for main housing and then what ever secondary color your hoses and stuff are for the details.
I have a black car with red hoses and other internals so Im going to do mine all black with a red aluminium spark plug cover

 

[Diamond Star Werks]

This is a quick polish. You can take longer and do much better. Also was told chrome polish on aluminum makes it really shiny/polished.

 

[OutKastGSX]

Here you go. have fun and here is a picture of mine too.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/app...87310-painted-valve-covers-merged-11-8-a.html

 

[WES_393]

Can't beat shaved and polished. I used nothing more than a grinder, various grit sandpaper, and Blue Magic metal polish.

 

[Nicklepage1010]

^^ I can still see where it said "16 Valve" =P

looks awesome though.

 

[matt1g]

well my car is blue so i painted my valve cover blue and the letters i painted silver


http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/files/1/4/2/4/0/2/valve_cover_2.jpg

sorry didnt know how to put the picture directly on this post

 

[Cdc1221]

Very nice wes. Hell itd look cool as hell if you could still see all the writing after the shave and polish

 

[OutKastGSX]

Very nice wes. Hell itd look cool as hell if you could still see all the writing after the shave and polish

Yea that would be sick like a shadow/phantom effect.

 

[Awdspyderman]

Here's is my sonata valve cover sorry the pic is upside down

 

[spadepro22]

Here ya go buddy.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/app...or/383408-show-me-your-clean-engine-bays.html

 

[SIMGSX]

Hey, i recommend powder coating, seems to last longer. And you can get some sick colors!

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[CSFX8588]

+1 Powdercoating.

Could go for some old school Paintball "Splash" look for something different. I'm not sure if that was something that was alot easier to do with anodizing though. If there's a will there's a way.

 

[Nico]

mine. looks alot better with the oem plug cover cleaned up and re painted black

 

[jayson427]

even tho its a 420a still a valve cover

 

[WES_393]

^^ I can still see where it said "16 Valve" =P

It's due to the casting. The letters have a different direction grain than the rest. So no matter how smooth and polished the cover is, you will always see the lettering in certain light.

The same valve cover painted with "Metalcast" purple paint and high temp clear.

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Valve cover I did for a friend.

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[007jimmy]

Pic from last year:

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Current mess....

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I too dig the shaved valve covers. I know its plain looking to some but I dont want a valve cover to draw all the attention. Although thats pretty hard with these motors because the valve cover is like a giant centerpiece.

 

[TechTherrien]

I am soon going to HydroDip my VC. Morning Wood Camoflauge

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

I am soon going to HydroDip my VC. Morning Wood Camoflauge

Morning wood? I guess what ever gets your jollys off!

 

[foxracing4500]

mine. looks alot better with the oem plug cover cleaned up and re painted black

thats baddass, I have the same VC with and did my mitsubishi logo red, but mine is silver.

 

[Soto8]

Either a red valve cover with black lettering or black cover with red lettering always looks the best imo

 

[Vander Nars]

That blak and blue one is pretty sexy.

 

[Talon96fwd]

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[riopgtmn]

Ahh,

You guys are doing it wrong.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/665531_401489139923902_331728430_o.jpg

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[WES_393]

^ My wallet doesn't think so...