JDM_SOHC

Well I have quite a few friends with Type R's and i even impressed them a little bit lol... To start off with, I was bored of looking at my chipping black paint valve cover, so I decided instead of being riced out an doin some Mugen valve cover swappage "no TRUE mugen SOHC valve covers BTW" that i'd do my own lil paint job, an since i've never done it before i thought i'd take pictures. Again, I've never painted anything before and, well to my suprise it actually came out really good so i decided to make a lil write up for maybe some with questions or whatever, feedback welcome... Even if its flameage i'll take it in but consider i've never done this before and gathered as much info as i could prior to starting..

Supplies..



1. This is my chipping *** valve cover before.



2. I used a small paint brush an brushed on Aircraft Paint remover then waited about 10 minutes an it literally was falling off with little help.



3. After I got all the old paint off i washed off valve cover with water an soap than rinsed completely off an dried. Looks shiny huh ;-)



4. Now its time for first coat of primer, it was late and all the stores were closed but i was determined so after a ravage through my garage i found a small can of primer that never was used.. Talk about luck huh
And what it looks like out of the can..



5. 2nd coat of primer..



6. Luckily after I read a post on here of this paint being only .01 cent at Autozone i checked into it an my local store had 1 can left at 1 cent lol, so needless to say "IT WAS MINE...!!'


7. Yes you will sweat during this mission, pretty boys BEWARE..!!



8. Time for 1st coat of red paint..



9. After i started putting on the second coat i forgot to cover the stamped letters so looks like im bustin out the nailpolish remover.. ::didnt take pics but any will work id assume"



10. After cleaning the letters i placed a peice of blue painters tape over the letters thinking that since I had 4 coats on already that you wouldnt notice the next coat being applied around the tape but ummm, yeah i was wrong so dont do that..



11. The Culprit..!!!!



12. Yeah you can definitely tell huh...?



13. Ok so after carefully applying some chapstick to my fingertip "with latex gloves on" i coated all the raised lettering with about 1 to 2 coats of chapstick, applied 2 more coats of the Wrinkle Red "6 total so far" an than wiped the letters off clean. Than after about 15 minutes I placed the valve cover in the oven on 215 degrees for about 10-15 minutes..



14. Using 1000 grit sandpaper i went over all the raised lettering a couple dozen times, oh yeah shes shinin now..!!



15. Well I got bored of my strutbar being the same for 2 years, so with the extra paint did it along with my intake.. Intake pictures coming soon but trust me it came out really good..



16. So after all night of sweatin my *** off in anticipation, Robbie decides to show up an show off his fully built b20/vtec turbo pushin around 480hp..



17. Yeah my ***** wayyyy cleaner..



Ok so after all was said and done, I spent around 12 bucks lol... Call me cheap if you'd like but I feel like I learned a lot on this little project an plus it kept me busy for a little while lol... I kno some say the wrinkle red is played out and all that blabla, but around here i've never seen a SOHC with that paint job on the VC.. Matching the intake and strut bar was actually a good idea because once I get my Championship White paint job, red is gonna be my 2nd color... CTR style is what im going for, maybe just not as extreme but as close as I can get... The brackets for strut bar, couplers for intake, and bolts for valve cover were all cleaned, dried, and painted semi-gloss black so everything now looks super clean... Well, thats it


Modified by JDM_SOHC at 11:46 AM 3/31/2007


Modified by JDM_SOHC at 2:25 PM 7/21/2008

Jhonny Ricer

good ****

JDM_SOHC

Thanks dude.. doesnt actually look that bad right.. I got tons of criticism at first for even thinking of doing it, than afterwards all my friends who were talkin **** were askin how it came out so clean lol... Oh well was just a project that I started expecting to fail at, but gradually came together as it got closer to being done... Thanks again

TXGrunt

Very clean!!

Eran

iTrader: (1)

I've done this too, turned out very nicely. I baked sooner and at a higher temperature (250) for a longer time to get a more pronounced "wrinkle" effect:

JDM_SOHC

Good **** dude..!! Yeah I was gonna re-do it in black, but i figured if i fubarred the red than i'd just try black out... smart choice IMO, but im definitely not hatin on the black..

Eran

iTrader: (1)

Also, to the OP, take the paint off your PCV nipple so the hose can seat better.

Probot

awesome job, very clean...been searchin for a VC for my D16y8 but i cant seem to find one....

once again, good job

bart2546

Nice write up with good detailed steps and nice pics to go along. Plus in the end it looks damn good.

Surebang

nice!

progEKt:

looks nice... sticky in A/C maybe?

eg in the works

Eran

iTrader: (1)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by progEKt: &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks nice... sticky in A/C maybe?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not even close. I can add it to my link sticky thread, though.

JDM_SOHC

hey guys thanks a lot for your feedback, an thanks for the comments.. i get TONS of help from you guys on here so when i saw an opportunity to return the favor i took it...

EJsKaTee1

thats pretty sweet dude!!!

Turbocharged Innovation

looks great, alot of people have been doing there v/cs latley. theres a guy on HMT that did his v/c the scarface movie cover and his ecu.

nel223

nice and clean with the wrinkle finish. good job

bmoua

nice turn out bro...man loving that ls/vtec turbo. Must be a good DD haha...

VegaS10

Looks really nice.

I used a heatgun to do my friends valve cover. My wife would not let me put it in the oven...lol.

pkdog167

anyone have experience with not using high temperature paint to paint it like JDM_SOHC??? Will this chip or anything?

JDM_SOHC

haha keep the love comin guys..!!! im suprised, i thought for sure there would be at least 1 flamer out there but so far nothing but good news..!!! an yeah as far as my homeboys car goes, i think he's in the negatives when it comes to gas mileage lmao.... during runs at the track you can watch his gas gauge just bounce around like its havin severe power issues lol... but thanks again guys, i appreciate all your comments and feedback...

Bense

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_SOHC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey guys thanks a lot for your feedback, an thanks for the comments.. i get TONS of help from you guys on here so when i saw an opportunity to return the favor i took it... </TD></TR></TABLE>


that's the ideal mentality to have

JDM_SOHC

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bense &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">


that's the ideal mentality to have </TD></TR></TABLE>

dude i feel priveleged just having you even leave a comment on my writeup lol... your one of the ones whos helped me out the most "even though u prolly didnt kno it" lol... anytime i see a topic created by "Bense" I make sure to check it out... And yeah man as far as havin the right attitude an mentality, to me it only makes sense to try and help as much as I can because when I need help I dont wanna get stiffed ya know... I appreciate the help that I've gotten from everyone on here, so once I got my hands on a digital camera I started showin love back.. Look soon for my DIY IS300 Foglight Retrofit into an EG, an DIY Rear Main Seal Replacement on D15B.... Thanks again

street dreams

nice work guys

JDM_SOHC

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VegaS10 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks really nice.

I used a heatgun to do my friends valve cover. My wife would not let me put it in the oven...lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah I got some blank stares when I mentioned putting mine in the oven also, but it doesnt drip or leak or anything, actually was prolly the brightest idea I could remember reading about on how to "treat" the paint so later on it wouldnt chip or anything... But If the heatgun trick worked Whatever gets the job done right..