Well I finished it up today. Overall I am pretty happy with the results. If I were to do it again I would do things a little differently. Overall my satisfaction level is 7/10.









Do I sand off the vtec letters or leave them painted...





I am pretty happy with what I see so far. I am baking it again for another 30 to 45 min. Going to do another layer of clear on the spark plug cover tomorrow. Don't know weather to sand off the vtec or leave them painted.


Modified by slammin86 at 7:05 PM 8/26/2008


Modified by slammin86 at 8:22 PM 8/26/2008

 

i say sand it will match the wire cover. to much red right now. But its really up to you man. dont do what other people think.

 

I used VHT Wrinkle paint on the cover...went through a whole can on it.

I used graphite wheel paint on the spark plug cover. I am going to paint my wheels and the strut bar and intake tube the same color I believe. Kind of tie everything together that way.

 

its really up to you man

 

should of put some petroleum product on the letters so the paint would not stick to it.

 

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WRONG you should sand it carefully. petroleum will just cause the paint that is close to the letters to fisheye. looks good so far man just get some 240 grit, then go up to 400, 600.you may want to use a sanding block so you only get the high spots(letters) after that, when the paint has had time to cure, polish the sanded areas with some aluminum polish.

 

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WRONG you should sand it carefully. petroleum will just cause the paint that is close to the letters to fisheye. looks good so far man just get some 240 grit, then go up to 400, 600.you may want to use a sanding block so you only get the high spots(letters) after that, when the paint has had time to cure, polish the sanded areas with some aluminum polish. </TD></TR></TABLE>

x2

 

couldnt u have just taped off the letters? lol. looks good though
if ur gonna sand it, sand the sides of the raised letters too.. otherwise just leave it or sand the letters down and paint it black

 

I say tape it off and then paint the DOHC & VTEC the same color as the spark plug cover.

 

this is how i did mine and im pretty satisfied i left the spark plug cover the same. i like it


Modified by kingh90 at 4:44 PM 8/24/2008

 

What paint did u use for that crinkle finish?

 

Crinkle?????WTF its Powder Coated then Clear Coated

 

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No, he said he used VHT Wrinkle paint

Nice try though, did it to my H22's cover

 

im a fan of the polished VCs but you'll have carpel tunnel by the time your finished...i actually just saw a tenzo valve cover that just said DOHC no vtec which i thought was pretty cool...thats my next investment

 

Looks good, neat finish. I would probably leave it as is, just to be different. Ultimately the choice is up to you man, goodluck with it.

 

sand the "vtec/dohc" then paint the "H" logo and "honda" red.IMO

 

Well I sanded off the letters today. Finished pics are on the first post.

 

wait im confused...i thought you were sanding off the DOHC VTEC part??? i didnt read through all the threads but thats what i though you were doing...sorry if im wrong...i see the top pics of the valve cover and they look amazing but i thought you were sanding the rest off??

 

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I sanded the paint off of them so that they look polished.

I put new pics in the first post.

 

i know i saw them it looks crazy...so much cleaner...i didnt know you were sanding the letters to polish them i thought you wanted to eliminate them completely...my bad

 

^this guy fails.... anywho that cover looks nice. super nice. I just wish they made the wrinkle paint in more colors, i can only find it in black and red. gluck man

 

damn.. that looks real nice.. what grit sandpaper did you use?

 

Great overall finish man Definately looks better with the emblems sanded.

 

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Started with 100 , then went to 300, then finished with like 600

 

looks very nice! are u able to explain step by step how u did every thing? i would want to do the same to mines.