I think I want to change the color of my valve cover... Not to add to the "bling" factor, but to make the built B18C stand out from the otherwise monochrome scheme of the car... The car is Milano Red, and so was the valve cover... All of the other accessories (pullies, strut bars, etc. are aluminum), and the block will be nice and clean, and I just don't want to toss on my dirty red valve cover after the build, ya know? Any suggestions on a good color? I've been thinking about Spoon yellow, and maybe gloss black, but I dunno... I just don't want it red anymore...

 

bling bling

 

paint it white, ive never seen a white valve cover on a honda before

 

colors i recommend:

-standard red (like the b18c5, f20c, c32 valve covers)
-that light blue color(found on the h22a-s motor)
-spoon yellow is awesome too and would contrast nicely with your red paint

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16OnTop &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">paint it white, ive never seen a white valve cover on a honda before</TD></TR></TABLE>
I would reccomend against that, unless you plan on cleaning it every single day. But it would indeed look tight.
Yellow would be tight... maybe blue?

 

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I would reccomend against that, unless you plan on cleaning it every single day. But it would indeed look tight.
Yellow would be tight... maybe blue?</TD></TR></TABLE>

True man!! ;}

 

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i was honestly going to do that! but i realized it would be a bitch and if it was greasy i'd have a fit.

so i just went with a laser cut red type-s valve cover wo0t

 

im thinking of powder coating mine a grey or gunmetal finish.

 

Just paint it something totally different than anything on the car. Heres how mine used to look, now its kinda a chrome illusion paint.

 

i dug up some pics of my friends crazy colored lude from when we drove to englishtown last summer.

it was beautiful. he ran a 13.8. i believe that was his best run at 8psi and with full system in the trunk.

the car has since been stolen by the shop that built it

but, some pics...









more pics here




Modified by j.fuggi at 5:20 AM 8/12/2003

 

 

im thinking of getting some aircraft stripper and just stripping the paint and thats it. ive never seen that before

 

i like the funky, somethan that hasnt been done much idea, like the bright green. The outside is clean and u pop the hood and dont even expect it. Im gonna do my extra one a bright green or somethin of that sort.

 

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thats exactly what i did to mine, and i love it. matches the car and everything else in the engine bay a lot better than the black did. i only have a pic of it in black and white but you get the point....

 

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errr I did that. I dont know if your joking or not
its like a dull ugly grey...i sanded mine..

 

here's another good idea:

-strip the paint off with KS-3 Premium Stripper
-between each application of the stripper, use After Wash for Paint Remover
-once you fully remove all paint, use Aluminum Brightener
-apply the aluminum brightener with a sponge back & forth in one direction.
-sand the lettering if you'd like
-apply several coats of dupli-color engine enamal clear coat.
-i recommend 3 to 4 coats 10 min apart.

the result is beautiful. i saw it in person on my friends b16 and all i could say was WOW. i'll try and dig up a pic.

 

Alot of good ideas... THANKS!!!

I think I'm going to go to the parts store and see what high-temp colors are available and go from there...

Thanks again!