I just painted my valve cover red and sanded/polished the raised lettering and Honda emblem. I used hi-temp ceramic engine paint, of course. My question is, should I now clear-coat to seal it, or is this necessary? I worked hard on this, and want to protect it...

 

only clear it if u want it to be shiny.....if u used high temp paint it will last a long time..dont worry about the clear...ive did tons of these..

 

did the same thing to my valve cover ,looks damn good too. i put vasoline over the letters so when the paint dried i just whiped the letters off and back to polished look. i have dumbass's askin me if i havea type r motor now though.

 

should be cool