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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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Default shaved/painted my valvecover today.

no before pictures. but here's after.





love it or hate it.

big to my friend danny for letting me use his shops sandblaster to get this thing done the right way
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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Its cute....lol. It doesnt have **** on the beast lurking under my hood though.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:44 PM
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muhahahah.
i'm loving these 's


when kay_animation did black/pink
'omg hotness'

iguess you have to be popular for people to give something 'different' credit
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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Default Re: shaved/painted my valvecover today. (1.6 DOHC ED9)

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best comment yet.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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i give you credit, i was the guy who made the how to on shaving and painting a valve cover like two years ago.

i give you credit because it is very hard getting the valve cover that flat and smooth. also the color fade is cool
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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I love pink....but I don't think I'd ever put it on my car...but for originality!
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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EMO VALVECOVER!!!

j/k, not my cup of tea, but hey... any part that goes on my old car except for altezzas,17in wheels and projector headlights gets a from me.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Default Re: shaved/painted my valvecover today. (built562)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by built562 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i give you credit, i was the guy who made the how to on shaving and painting a valve cover like two years ago.

i give you credit because it is very hard getting the valve cover that flat and smooth. also the color fade is cool
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well thank you sir. i never saw your thread on how to shave them, feel free to link it on this thread

i used a sandblaster at my buddys shop to get it smooth, worked real well. and first time using one. i just felt like being different, everyone does theirs either the OEM color again or yellow,blue,red. so i was like expletive it.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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to the haters


nice job man, came out nice
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cupuhnoodles &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> to the haters


nice job man, came out nice</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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i think daytime pictures will make it look how it really is.. its kind of dark in the pictures. the only REAL dark part is the beginning of the fade. i should of waited until tomorrow to take pics. to me.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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dayum bro that **** looks tight a hell....


expletive the haters....

hey you got another car?
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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Yeah take some day time pics!
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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any good tips on how to fade the color like that? Nice job
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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not a big fan of pink, but it came out really nice
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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that is pretty cool ****. pink is the new black.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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I dont like shaved valve covers but the paint looks good.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by -Todd- &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dont like shaved valve covers but the paint looks good. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BACKintheDA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">EMO VALVECOVER!!!

j/k, not my cup of tea, but hey... any part that goes on my old car except for altezzas,17in wheels and projector headlights gets a from me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ITS NOT YOUR CAR ANYMORE SO HE CAN PUT THOSE ON...

cars lookin clean man i like the cover
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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why did you went LS on your valve cover


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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sikciv666 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dayum bro that **** looks tight a hell....


expletive the haters....

hey you got another car?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i know who you are, i think i had my old hatch and maybe my is300 when you and i last talked???

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by g5r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any good tips on how to fade the color like that? Nice job </TD></TR></TABLE>
honestly.. i just laid down 3 coats of the white, then bought just regular pink paint from lowes in a spray can. then just started randomly spraying the VC, and it kind of just ended up like that..
i was going to do pink/black. but put that against my car and decided to leave it as is.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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nice titty nipple pink
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