Anyone Paint their Valve covers?
#4
Painted a couple of sets and they held up good; just keep gas and other solvents off of them!!!
Cleaned off the covers real good, using a wire brush in a drill and by hand. Once clean, used high-heat primer, allowed to dry, then high-heat paint, 2 coats, then clear. Came out nice.
Did one red, another set in blue (still on my car).
But, getting a good powder coat may be more appropriate, or buy a set already painted
Cleaned off the covers real good, using a wire brush in a drill and by hand. Once clean, used high-heat primer, allowed to dry, then high-heat paint, 2 coats, then clear. Came out nice.
Did one red, another set in blue (still on my car).
But, getting a good powder coat may be more appropriate, or buy a set already painted
#5
I painted the aluminum cam cover on my old 2.3L Turbo. Tried to be very meticulous about it, put wrinkle black on it with some body color accents in the middle, it looked awesome. Held up for about a year and the wrinkle black started peeling. Redid it, a year later it was doing the same thing.
The gloss paint on top seemed to hold up much better though, I dunno why.
The gloss paint on top seemed to hold up much better though, I dunno why.
#6
Painted a couple of sets and they held up good; just keep gas and other solvents off of them!!!
Cleaned off the covers real good, using a wire brush in a drill and by hand. Once clean, used high-heat primer, allowed to dry, then high-heat paint, 2 coats, then clear. Came out nice.
Did one red, another set in blue (still on my car).
But, getting a good powder coat may be more appropriate, or buy a set already painted
Cleaned off the covers real good, using a wire brush in a drill and by hand. Once clean, used high-heat primer, allowed to dry, then high-heat paint, 2 coats, then clear. Came out nice.
Did one red, another set in blue (still on my car).
But, getting a good powder coat may be more appropriate, or buy a set already painted
#7
I removed mine and had them powder coated. It has been many years and they still look like new. They are made of magnesium, not aluminum I believe. Without painting or powder coating they look terrible in a few years.
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