Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions
 

Hey guys, I have been browsing this site for a while, and finally I decided to join.

Anyways, I am in need of some help... My 1.6 SOHC Valve Cover for my Civic (Ya I know it's only an SOHC https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif ) is gettin' pretty ugly right now, and I want to paint it a Silver color.

I found this Engine Bay pic somewhere while browsing the net.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...on_r/valve.jpg

I would like to get it as close as I can to that, and I dont think I want to go to a shop and chrome it.

Just wondering if anyone here has gone thru the process, what kind of paint would you recommend, advice, and is there anything else I should know?

Thanks a lot!

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (SOHC_it)
 

High-heat aluminum paint at auto zone or wal-mart....

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (SOHC_it)
 

Well, first you need to buy the turbo..... https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...es/emsmile.gif
Take off the valve cover and clean the shit out of it. If it's not spic and span, the paint will probably look like shit and probably won't stick very well
Edit: That valve cover looks like it might just be polished

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (hatchling37)
 

Holy shit look at that wastegate.


On another note..... paint yer valve cover pink... chrome is played out.

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (SOHC_it)
 

It look like that valve cover is chrome plated so if you don't want to go that route, I would say get it powdercoated. I know they have a similar color that makes it look like chrome.

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (MilwCivicSi)
 

well, i painted my wire cover thing a color very similar to that, but remember that youll end up having that new cover looking really crappy when it gets even a slight amount of dirt on it.

if you really wanna paint it though, definately remember to clean it off REALLY well before you paint it. i always try and sand it up a bit (slow dremel speed) and maybe even a thin coat of primer for optimal bonding. oh yeah and take a before and after shot too!

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (MilwCivicSi)
 

If you just cleaned it really well I bet it would probably look decent. If you are hell-bent on painting it though, i suggest you get high quality high temp paint cause all my friends that tryed to paint their valve covers had it melt off.

Re: Painting Honda Valve Cover... Need Suggestions (CivicDX95)
 

Looks polished to me. When I actually drove my car daily I had the my valve cover ( that exact one ) polished to a mirror shine. Lots of different steps in sandpaper and lots of polishing can do wonders. After sitting for about 2 years off and on it looks like shit. Time to do some more work https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif