Finally got to work on my stripped valve cover for my Rio yellow.



I forgot to take pictures of it being primered but it had a really thick coat of primer and wet sanded nicely.

I originally wanted to do "Moonrock metallic" but after 5 min of searching for the paint code I got lazy and couldn't find it lol so I decided to go with "Magnesium metallic" from such cars as tthe Accord, Rsx and Element.

So I went to BAPS paint here in PA ( BAPS is a supplier of automotive paints-Http://www.bapspaint.com/ they can put any color of automotive paint into an aerosol can.) with the paint code and picked up the color and a sandable clear spray.





got my base coat on







and then a nice coat of clear ( which features a hardener )







Tomorrow will bring some wet sanding. I'll take more pictures tomorrow.

 

that looks sweet! How long did it all take?

 

Well I got it last month and put working on it off for awhile. But I threw some aircraft stripper on it and took all the red off. Then sanded it down more to get the rest of the red that was still on it off. Primer, wet sand and then today I put the coat of magnesium on and the clear before I left my friends shop. I'd say a good 3 hours in prepping, sanding and painting so far. Hopefully it's not too orange peely, if needed I'm going to wet sand and buff tomorrow. Then take all the tape maskings off and make sure they came out good.

Here's some shots from before.

 

looks really sweet... what was the total cost of the project???

 

Did you use a proper mask for the clear coat? The warning labels on some of those things give me pause.

 

Looks like a pretty pro job to me.

 

that loooks nice. Ive seen some with like "the rising sun" design. Ive seen some people do crazy work on it.

 

Well all the aresol sprays start at like 32$, but depending on the color it may cost more. The magnesium came out to 38$ and the clear was 20$ so about 60$ total.

LOL noo, I did the last time I used the stuff

 

Looks Good

 

Got it finished today

Came in to my buddies shop today after the clear dried all night. Luckily there was no runs or orange peel. So I took the vinyl off that I used to cover the openings.



After getting all that off I put some wax on it and wiped it off and put my stock plus cover and stock oil cap on to see what it looked like. I have a black Mugen oil cap on the car now I'm thinking of getting a gold one and the definite plan is to buy a kevlar plug cover. I kinda wanna do the whole spoon signiture on it but I want to do it from someone other than the spoon guy haha like Jason Ellis ( pro skater, XM radio host) or someone random lol









I think it came out great. I'm going to put it on the car in a little bit.

 

Looks great..

 

the valve cover is so nice that the plug cover now looks dingy lol

 

sick... good price... you could have just got it powder coated for the same price, but it does feel good when you do something yourself and it comes out as nice as it did...

you could always tape off the letters and spray them to match the VC...

 

Will be going on the car hopefully tomotrrow with spoon plug cover

My friend kept saying I shoulda just got it powdercoated, but as you said i enjoy doing things my self. I def thought of doing the letters but I'm trading that cover for the spoon one.

Hopefully on the car tomorrow, I'll take pics!

 

shitty pic for now, don't mind the intake. Thanks again for the plug cover swap Chris



better pics later

 

Looks good. Does anyone know if the stock valve cover paint looks okay under clear coat? I don't necessarily want the look, but want to try and protect it from looking like his did after a few years:

 

hmmm not sure on that one.

but here is another pic lol

 

very nice!!sexy!!you should put the intake cover on though.get a spoon snorkel or something if you like.

 

very nice work on the v/c !!!!

 

looks great. you know you probably could make some money on the side doing that.

 

looks good but that paint might eventually chip off. Thats what happend when I painted my 00 si valve cover back in the day. The motor got too hot and the paint slowly chipped off after a couple months

 

I plan on getting a Mugen style ( not paying no 1200 for real thing) and gonna try to wrap it in kevlar, since I cant seem to find one in that style with out the power chamber whale ***** bullshit.

thanks doode

I got a PM on S2ki that I havent responded too yet lol

I thought so too, but my last valve cover on my rsx was painted similar and it lasted a good 10,000 miles. Plus it has some thick *** primer coating.

 

 

My paint developed a bit more reflection...

 

^ nice you got it polished!