i know pretty much everyone knows how to do this by now. But i just did it today to my b20 and wanted to show how it's done for the curious minds out there.

Remove your valve cover:


Just get a can of aircraft paint remover, spray it on, and this is wat happens:






After that, jus wipe the shiet off. I got lazy and jus used a blow gun and blew it all off. I also resprayed it 4 times to get it ALL off. It was easy though. Just spray, wait, and wipe.

When your done, it should look a lil sumthin like this.





[Modified by MugenGTR, 12:49 PM 10/6/2002]

 

Can't see jack. Just red x's. You need to host the pics somewhere, then link to them in your post. You can't upload off your hard drive directly to honda-tech.

 

problem fixed. i had them upload to aol, jus forgot to write it in when i posted the first time. my bad.

 

That actually looks pretty nice just as it sits with no paint. I had a GSR one with the cam gear area cut out and I thought it looked pretty good. Too bad I was just borrowing it while I was getting the car tuned.

 

What kind of paint would one use to make it look similar to a red type r valve cover? Does it come out as similar texture when you do it yourself?

 

if you want the texture u should paint OVER the old oem paint. i'm actually gonna keep it metal color for now. wanted to paint it blue but might look "ricey" so i jus stripped it.

 

I believe you can buy what's called "krinkle paint" or something like that. You may try your local delaership for a can but it creats the same krinkle effect as the stock one.

 

Looks good do you have any closeup pics of this thanks?

 

Where can I get some of this aircraft paint remover?

 

I got mine at a local auto parts store (Kragen). I believe that have it at target too. HTH

 

yea, u can find it pretty much anywhere. 100% that they're gonna have it at pep boys, kragen, autozone, home depot, and places like that

 

I highly recommend VHT Wrinkle Plus Red paint (SP-204). It is nearly identical to the Type-R red valve cover paint. You can go to my webpage at http://www.geocities.com/bretq/Valve...tructions.html for instructions of painting the valve cover and photos of my painted valve cover.

 

I'm gonna be cleaning my valve cover and painting it blue probably today, if i get around to it. I used the same paint on my 88 Integra, and the results kicked freakin ***!

 

don't forget walmart has it to.

 

BSQ: So you just painted right over the existing paint??

 

exactly wat kindda paint and color are u gonna be using? i wanna try to paint mines blue too. post some pics if you can. btw, wat kindda valve cover and are u painting OVER or stripping than painting?

 

Yep!!!

 

it looks nice when it's first stripped, but when the bare aluminum touches anything mildly dirty, it'll suck up that dirt real quick.

 

Post pics when you have it done. I may be interested in doing the same thing.

 

Wouldnt bathing it in a couple of layers of spray on clear coat keep in nice and shiny for a while?

 

i've stripped down the paint off my cover 3 times already....but used paint stripper. I'm gonna make a trip to walmart and get some aircraft paint remover..and try that. Time for a new color thanks for the detailed description and pics... i'm sure it'll help a lot of people out there who are bored

 

yeah it look like time to try another color maybe yellow or something.

 

Dont forget to wear rubber gloves and don't get that shiattt on you, it will put a hurting on you. Ask me how I know

 

yeah but it tends to give a tinge of yellow/brown tint to it. Just spray it silver

 

haha, no joke! i got a LITTLE on my hand and damn it burns!!!! nuthin horrible but would've been nice if it didn't even happened. USE CAUTION and USE GLOVES