anyone ever done this? My valve cover is peeling like crazy and i want to strip and re paint it. Can i use any general brand paint stripper or is there something specific i should use? And what paint do you guys recommend?

 

Air Craft stripper from your local Wal-mart will take the paint right off

 

vht wrinkle paint to repaint it

 

Why don't you just get a red valve cover they are only $140 now.

 

been there done that bought a jdm valve cover used for 110 got ripped off guy sent me a chipped cover that was cut for cam gears. Dont feel like spending any more money on it. Thanks for the info

 

This guy has one too, it looks cool cut.

 

Mugenblkgsr2000 your car is flamingo black? like the bird? wow can i see a pic of what that looks like?

 

What is used to polish the valve cover?
You just strip it, then do what? Ive been wanting to do this for a while now!

 

any of you guys want to buy my old cover? i painted it grey (look at my sig) i just bought another cover so i have this one laying around. $60 plus shipping.

 

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you cant post pics off your hard drive.

 

Mugenblkgsr2000 your pic didnt work

 

To polish I would strip the paint. Clean the cover really well. Then using a buffing wheel (not a pad like you use to wax a car) and some buffing compound just polish it. You can get buffing wheels at Home Depot and Lowes, however, their compounds are ussually pretty old and dry. Lowes, I think, has some better stuff than HD but you can always get good compound from Eastwood.
http://www.eastwoodcompany.com/cgi-b...E=default2.htm

 

the cover i got looked just like the one in the pic except all scratched up. I personally do not feel comfortable driving around like that with the belt exposed.

 

I highly recommend VHT Wrinkle Plus Red paint (SP-204). It looks identical to the paint used on the Type-R red valve cover. Go to my webpage ( http://www.geocities.com/bretq/Valve...tructions.html ) for instructions for painting your valve cover. Here is a picture of my painted valve cover.

 

before



after

 

where can i purchase the VHT Wrinkle Paint? This is why i want to get the cover painted sorry its so big:



My poor ugly engine bay

 

Mr. Smith,
Please buy gunk or simple green for engine bay.
Thank you
S03 burner

 

You can purchase the VHT red wrinkle paint from Summit Racing - part number VHT-SP205 ( http://www.summitracing.com ). Yes, you definitely need to strip your valve cover before painting. If you don't, you will only have more problems later on.


[Modified by BSQ, 7:26 PM 12/19/2001]

 

lilmikely your car looks alot better !!!!!!

 

thank you!
thank you!

no autographs please!

Just Throw Paper Money!

heheh... it is amazing though how a few hours and some simple green can make HUGE difference. then i started getting picky and taking off nuts and sanding them and painting them along with miscellaneous little brackets and whatnot.

 

BSQ
your cover looks great. im fixing to buy a used one and paint it. in the post you linked, did you not strip yours first? jw

 

Hey does the VHT Wrinkle Plus Red paint come in blue it looks nice.. how much time did it take to do and did you change your gaskets as well and primer it?


Modified by felixjr18 at 9:29 PM 10/26/2008