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!!

 

[riopgtmn]

More than you can afford, Pal... Billet! :-0

 

[SIMGSX]

this is what I have, transparent red VC it's pretty cool but seems to me that I'm going to change it to a candy teal.

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[Nico]

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

i was on the fence about a silve VC and black lettering or the way i did it. the flat black won over the silver due to not liking any silvers i had . i just sanded the shit outta the letters

I like this

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

 

[spyderdrifter]

I shaved mine, then used high temp paint to do the rain effect look. Used black, a blue-ish silver, and white. Then cleared.

 

[curt-s]

I used the VHT wrinkle coat (specifically made for valve covers) after shaving it down to give the vc some texture/
Great thing about this stuff is you don't have to shave it down so that everything is perfectly flat and smooth. Hides all sorts of imperfections

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[SIMGSX]

Ahh,

You guys are doing it wrong.

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

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Yeah, true true. Things tight haha, But I would like to buy food and pay me rent!

What was the price on that... 675.00 Billet VC??? tehe

 

[riopgtmn]

I think so - Sounds about right. It's pretty awesome tho!

 

[Silver71]

I'm planning on picking up an extra valve cover (one that doesn't have cracked spark plug cover holes) and I want to go with a lighter blue theme for my engine bay. I like the idea of blue VC with the lettering still showing the original color.

Just a quick question: To those of you who have aftermarket oil caps, where did you get them from?

 

[tylersmith2014]

So many BA ones. Dont know what to do!!

 

[spyderdrifter]

Just a quick question: To those of you who have aftermarket oil caps, where did you get them from?

You can find them on most aftermarket websites that carry engine dress up parts. I like stock ones myself, but I've seen nice aftermarket ones too.

 

[dsm-junkie]

Pearl

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[Vander Nars]

Yeah, true true. Things tight haha, But I would like to buy food and pay me rent!

What was the price on that... 675.00 Billet VC??? tehe

Uhh id pass out if i had to pay that kinda price for a vc

 

[2slow4now]

Here's the only picture I have at work of my shaved lines and modified DOHC 2000 to say DOHC 2.0. And as someone requested BLUE.

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[Vander Nars]

^ that one is really nice and like the 2.0

 

[2slow4now]

^ that one is really nice and like the 2.0

Thanks but it doesn't hold a candle to that billet machined sexy thing from Frontline fab.

 

[Vander Nars]

Thanks but it doesn't hold a candle to that billet machined sexy thing from Frontline fab.

yeah but I just cant see spending that kinda money for billet vc.

 

[tylersmith2014]

what kind of paint did you use to paint it?

 

[reverus]

this is what I have, transparent red VC it's pretty cool but seems to me that I'm going to change it to a candy teal.

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WTFWASTEGATEPIPE????




i polished the letters and hit it with some vht wrinkle coat, badass stuff!!

shave the letters before it fully drys then wipe the leftover off carefully with a rag and some paint thinner

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[Calan]

this is what I have, transparent red VC it's pretty cool but seems to me that I'm going to change it to a candy teal.

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That is just sick.

 

[burkgonzo]

That is just sick.

Pretty cool, water leak waiting to happen though.

 

[2slow4now]

yeah but I just cant see spending that kinda money for billet vc.

I used Dupli color caliper paint. Dupli-Color :: Caliper Paint

I got it in the brush on version and put it in a spray gun. I used the same paint on my calipers, engine block, Cas cover, and accessory brackets as well. A little ### bling color matching. I don't know how well it would do in the rattle can but probably decent.

I did sandblast everything so it had a nice surface to grab on to. And before I get slammed I took my valve cover baffle out and after blasting and painting I reinstalled it. This is how I did that. http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...emoval-reinstallation-valve-cover-baffle.html