Caretaker

shitty picture and a shitty plug cover lol i still have to fix that plug cover

CRX=MC2

cant beat the OEM restoration, Hot-tanked, re-wrinkled, polished & shaved casting, re-zinc bolts.

Skoust

That is SO nice!

/Skoust

Civic_HatchSI

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dreamreaperx

my most recent h22 wrinkle red

kmt63

was that wrinkle red rattle can?or powder coat?does the rattle can wrinkle hold up over time?im doing my zc valve cover soon and would like to know how well the spray wrinkle works?

Skoust

Mine is sprayed with wrinkle red:



/Skoust

dreamreaperx

it's the rattle can...it holds up perfectly over time, no issues here...after a few good wet coats and some good heat, it wrinkles up beautifully

kmt63

where are you guys buying the wrinkle red?auto parts store?or paint store?the b series posted above.did you mask the letters or scuff the paint off after it dried?

SuperChargedGsrBitch

hahaha thats funny as hell , thats a friend of mine who owns that hatch , and its still sitting the same way in a garage , completely stripped , i actually almost bought it over the summer

omg-itr

Auto parts stores sell it, its by VHT

GagnarTheUnruly

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Scuffing it off with sandpaper does a much better job than taping and takes less time. If you've already done a good job sanding the VC clean, it won't stick too badly to the tops of the letters and you'll be able to get them polished really fast and shiny with 180/250/400 or some similar progression. I recommend putting tape on the VC around the letters so you don't accidentally scuff your fresh paint while you're polishing the letters. Also, it helps to use a block to keep the paper flat so you don't start rounding off the letters.

kmt63

thats exactly what i thought would work best.thanks for the info.i figured it would be a real pita to tape those letters clean.

pi Ka chuuu

these are all some creative valve covers. nice thread guys.

Db1 Supreme

how did he do that? is that like vinyl wrap??

omg-itr

Its probably paint

xero_xero

i agree, how did he get the plad look on the valv cover and engine bay???

Arthas

x one million. I dont know why people bother with masking tape, Vaseline, etc. Just painting the valve cover and sanding it down with a sanding block produces much better results, which reminds me.


USE SANDING BLOCKS, NOT YOUR HANDS

to sand off the leter. Unless you like the rounded letter effect, but with the block it looks more OEMish.

kmt63

yea i had planned on using a block too.

mike9571

Crappy phone pic...just a color i threw together at work based off the new 2010 camaro green

kmt63

wow that looks good.

Blazin Si

I want to redo my H23VTEC's blue valve cover. Since there doesn't appear to be wrinkle blue paint available, I considered using wrinkle black, then coating it with light grey primer and finishing off with a blue that matches the OEM color.

Has anyone tried this? Or should I skip the primer and just lay down a few coats of blue instead? I'm afraid the wrinkle black base coat with make the blue too dark.

omg-itr

Dont use the primer, that will dull the wrinkle effect

Spray it with wrinkle black and put a few light coats of blue on it

omg-itr

Dont use the primer, that will dull the wrinkle effect

Spray it with wrinkle black and put a few light coats of blue on it

crazyjetsfan22

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wow those are soo sick.

really digging that green it pops so much with the white.