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Old 04-17-2005, 06:22 PM
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Default My valve cover thread... PAINTED!!

Here is my valve cover thread! I painted it yesterday and put it back on today, here are some pics of the process!

















Watcha think??
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you sprayed thick and heavy coats thats why it came out with huge wrinkles
Old 04-17-2005, 06:28 PM
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at Discount/Advance Auto Parts they sell this Bedliner Spray (long spray can). it comes out textured...

the wrinkles look real thick... but not so bad.
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Looks good...i'll get around to doing that one day.
Old 04-17-2005, 06:34 PM
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Those are thick! but it looks much better, i want to sand mine down and do it red but dont feel like it.

*its clean under there !
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how did you masked out the letterings?
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where did u manage to find the VHT crinkle paint in ontario? that **** is rare!
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that looks tight
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just did my bros today, still havent seen the result
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Default Re: My valve cover thread... PAINTED!! (opiumdaze)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by opiumdaze &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you sprayed thick and heavy coats thats why it came out with huge wrinkles</TD></TR></TABLE>

The heavy wrinkle is actually what I wanted. I think it looks good!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC2point0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how did you masked out the letterings?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I didn't. I scraped the paint off in the morning with a butter knife, then used some sandpaper, 180 grit to take the paint off, then used 220 grit to smooth the surface out. After I used the polishing bit from the dremel set, but I didn't like that so I went over the letters again with the 220 grit.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CIVIC dude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">where did u manage to find the VHT crinkle paint in ontario? that **** is rare!</TD></TR></TABLE>

There's a stereo shop in downtown Kitchener here that sells it. It was $14, they have it in red and yellow too.
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wow nice job, looks 100% better
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nice...
get a heat shield
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The wrinkles are a little too big IMO, but it still looks good
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eeeKs &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice...
get a heat shield</TD></TR></TABLE>

Have a heat shield, took it off to save time. I'm test fitting the turbo on Tuesday, I want to get it done as quick as possible.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hatch It &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">*its clean under there ! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks! I cleaned it all this weekend. There are still a couple of rusty bolts that I have to take care of, but it looks way better than before.

PS don't ever buy foamy engine cleaner unless you get two cans.
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looks better
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looks a whole lot better
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great!
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cleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!
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not bad
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Default Re: My valve cover thread... PAINTED!!

Thanks

Here's a game, see if anyone can tell how many things got painted from the first pic to the last. That should be fun.
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looks like you painted the cruise control...
Old 04-17-2005, 10:59 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OEM_ASSASSIN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like you painted the cruise control...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Correct... it was rusty. Besides the valve cover, there are three more things that aren't so easy to spot.
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haha same here
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came out pretty good


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