Painting my engine valve cover
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Painting my engine valve cover
I want to paint my cover because it's all tarnished. Should I take it off to paint it and if so do I need a new seal and how long should I expect to spend doing this? Any color suggestions? I have an Injen intake that's blue and red and a header that's stainless steel (turning gold/blue). Thanks in advance!
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (6gencivi-chick)
take off the bolts, pull it off. wash it with soap, just the ouside. then dry it off. and sand it. i think it was 100 grit i used, not sure. just somthing not to harsh, but not to fine. put a little vaseline (very little) on the honda/vtec logos. then paint it with high temp paint. i used the 1200 degree stuff at auto zone. wait for ti to dry really well. then take a razor blade and get the stuff off on the letters. if you dont wait for it to dry it will put up some of the paint around it and wont look good. should take but an hour. i did that and painted my tails all red at the same time in about an hour total. make sure you dont do it in the grass where those little bugs can jump on it. one did that to mine, arrugh. but anyways heres a pic of mine:
[Modified by jcstites, 7:56 AM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by jcstites, 7:56 AM 7/18/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (stocker)
walmart spray paint...YEAH!! hehe...no u wont need a new gasket...but after u get it painted and all, coat ur rubber gasket with motor oil...this will help seal better than just putting it back on, ok dawg? good luck
[Modified by dniedacess, 1:22 PM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by dniedacess, 1:22 PM 7/18/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (dniedacess)
I know you guys do'nt like FAKE type R riceboy covers... but here's mine
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (hardcorehonda)
That is beautiful. How did you do it. Did you mix a red paint with another color? Is it flat red krinkle paint. Please let me know. I always told my self that there must be a way to paint a valve cover just like the Type R valve covers and not be able to tell the difference.
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (vivid02)
Anybody ever looked into powercoating their valve cover? I can get it done for free down at the place where I work. Any color and they have that textured **** too. Anybody have any experience with that?
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (Red CiViC Hatch)
What do you guys think about an aluminum silverish color with black lettering? It looks cool but I'm not sure. I live in Flag so there's not a whole lot in high temp paints. I was going to do gold but then I thought, nah. I could always order paint over the net but I'm so impatient when I get ideas in my head about my car.
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (jcstites)
take off the bolts, pull it off. wash it with soap, just the ouside. then dry it off. and sand it. i think it was 100 grit i used, not sure. just somthing not to harsh, but not to fine. put a little vaseline (very little) on the honda/vtec logos. then paint it with high temp paint. i used the 1200 degree stuff at auto zone. wait for ti to dry really well. then take a razor blade and get the stuff off on the letters. if you dont wait for it to dry it will put up some of the paint around it and wont look good. should take but an hour. i did that and painted my tails all red at the same time in about an hour total. make sure you dont do it in the grass where those little bugs can jump on it. one did that to mine, arrugh. but anyways heres a pic of mine:
[Modified by jcstites, 7:56 AM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by jcstites, 7:56 AM 7/18/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (vivid02)
[QUOTE]That is beautiful. How did you do it.
That is so RRRRAAAAADDDDD! How DID you do that? I would love to do that to mine! Sorry, not that I'm bitting your steez but that's way cool! Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
That is so RRRRAAAAADDDDD! How DID you do that? I would love to do that to mine! Sorry, not that I'm bitting your steez but that's way cool! Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (6gencivi-chick)
Damn the those look great, great job on the painting guys. God luck with the painting 6gencivi-chick.
-Thayne
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (WalkEX99)
Anybody ever looked into powercoating their valve cover? I can get it done for free down at the place where I work. Any color and they have that textured **** too. Anybody have any experience with that?
oh, and hardcorehonda, you cover is sick!!!! very very nice job
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I know you guys do'nt like FAKE type R riceboy covers... but here's mine
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (cre18)
That is beautiful... really. Powdercoating shouldn't melt off in a high temp environment, but it does trap heat from what I read, so I wouldn't recommend doing anything that you want heat to escape from.
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (hardcorehonda)
I must say that is one of the best looking engines I have ever seen. Very nice work. I know you have told everone in the past, but what did you use to get the factory look? Thanks
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (6gencivi-chick)
I want to paint my cover because it's all tarnished. Should I take it off to paint it and if so do I need a new seal and how long should I expect to spend doing this? Any color suggestions? I have an Injen intake that's blue and red and a header that's stainless steel (turning gold/blue). Thanks in advance!
C'mon Val, I already told you how to do this! haha. I think you should use that chrome spray paint and then outline the letters with fake diamonds . That'd be way clean.
But honestly, I did Beaus and its pretty damn easy. I just took some aircraft paint stripper to it(as someone else mentioned) then sanded it down with some light grit, wet/dry sanding paper. Then clean it off super good with soap and water. Then put a bunch of LIGHT coats on. I used that mettalic type paint and it turned out good, not to flashy. We used like 2~3 super light coats of clear coat to make it a little mo bling bling.
Lemme know if you want me to help out ho.
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (Halo)
my friend shawn painted mine (jdmdxturd)
we did just like everyone else said.......aircraft stripper.....sand and clean.....then a bunch of light coats......this is how mine came out
p.s. i painted the heat shield and intake the same color......
[Modified by lilhibbs, 11:32 PM 7/30/2002]
we did just like everyone else said.......aircraft stripper.....sand and clean.....then a bunch of light coats......this is how mine came out
p.s. i painted the heat shield and intake the same color......
[Modified by lilhibbs, 11:32 PM 7/30/2002]
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (lilhibbs)
The VHT wrinkle paint really does work good. That is one clean sohc, what's the details on the motor?
Here's the valve cover that I'm looking into getting. I believe it comes wrinkle coated from the factory not too sure though. Can anyone help me locate one?
Here's the valve cover that I'm looking into getting. I believe it comes wrinkle coated from the factory not too sure though. Can anyone help me locate one?
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (hardcorehonda)
I know you guys do'nt like FAKE type R riceboy covers... but here's mine
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
[Modified by hardcorehonda, 5:19 PM 7/18/2002]
Hi
What year motor is that? Did you hot tank that engine or blast it?
Looks really good, well done
Thanks
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Re: Painting my engine valve cover (6gencivi-chick)
orrrrr..... you take the bolts and valve cover off. buy a spray can at pep boys of this stuff called "airplane paint remover". Spray on, watch paint bubble up, then spray off with water. let dry, and paint away. Paint over letters, then get fine sand paper or a dremel, and sand paint off letters, clean easy simple. and the letters come out brand new.
[Modified by forever slow EG6, 10:03 AM 7/31/2002]
[Modified by forever slow EG6, 10:03 AM 7/31/2002]