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after




I know the picture is kind of shitty but its because i used my phone, once my digital camera charges i will have better after pictures, i sanded for 4 hours and it came out much much better than it looked before i also replaced the gasket when i did it, and i accidentally ordered two off of ebAY so if anyone needs one ill give it to you for like 10$ shipped or something... but ya, gloss black to match the outside of the whip... let me know what you think.

 

i dont see an after?? just an X

 

me either

Fix your verizon phone page

 

 

hot.... looks alot better than be before, im glad you did the exhaust manifold cover too, the before shot of that looked like ASS.

 

it did look absolutely terrible

 

Looks sweet man, what kinda paint did you use?

 

diy? what steps did you take and what kind of paint did you use?

 

yup, did that myself, fisrt i took the valve cover and the heat shield off, then i used a sharp putty knife and scraped all i could off, then i found some old paint stripper down in my basement and used that, then i sanded it with a fine grit paper, washed it with a brillo pad and some water... let it dry really good, did three coats of 500 degree paint primer, and then 3 coats of gloss black. spread each coat of paint out about 15 to 20 minutes apart, and then let it dry for 5 hours. i used Duplicolor Engine Enamel With Ceramic high heat(500 degree) paint, got it from auto zone for like 5 bucks a can...

 

Nice work...

 

this may get a quicker response...

do you have to change the valve cover gasket if you take the VC off?

 

its recomended but u dont need to. wow am i repeating myself

 

haha^^ thanks...

 

agh... Should I worry about oil spilling out? This may sound n00b but my dad is like trying to be anti-me-painting it

 

like spilling out when you take it off? no.

 

yea thats what i meant... Why do u think my dad would say that... he knows a bit about cars...

 

i do not know.

 

iight thanks ^

 

U should be ok, the valve cover should only cover the oil fill piece, and you shouldn't have any oil on your spark plug wires. U should be fine

 

so you went with the 500 degree on the exhaust manifold? i painted my buddy's preludes valve cover and EM, and it looks SWEET! i'll post some pics soon, but the 500 degree wasn't enough for the exhaust manifold. it burned up quick. so we redid it, not sure which degree we went with next. hope it goes well for you though. Ohh and try painting the letters on the valve color a second color. it'll look 100x's better.

 

nice, cheap, and effective mod!

 

yes yes and yes

 

yea u def. said the same exactly thing on the 'a lil paint' thread

 

Alright... I got it painted... it looks sick.. and whoever it was that said paint the letters a different color, i konw... I'm gonna go with a black over top it... and its red... I'll post pics tomorow maybe... or later today... its drying right now... hopefully it comes out good

 

sounds like sumthen i wanna do, did it once (close to stock silver) but i want mine red 2 match all the other red n my engine bay... sounds like a sick combo tho...
def post pics!

 

Well I don't have the black letters on yet i needed to put it back on to go to my friends house but here you go, oh and I know the rest of its dirty, especially the battery and including the heat shield, i need some high temp gray for that... so yeah







oh and i ended up throwing on a new gasket

 

I need to clean my engine bay, badly. Paint would be nice..hmmm.

 

nice james

p.s.- did you get hit by a tornado today?

 

looks pretty sharp. i'm going to have to add this to my to-do list.

 

What crack were you smokin when you painted your stock strut bar baby blue? Did a clown help you?

 

im doin mine this weekend

 

^ yea i questioned that, and the blue rubber bolt things on the valve cover. paint the bar red, it will look better

 

I was gonna go with a blue/red theme in the engine bay... Just that i havent gotten enough things to put blue in there yet.... but yea...

I tell people that are less knowledgeable than me (is that possible?) that its aftermarket

Thanks, and no, did you?

 

yea, the baby blue is a no-no unless ur color matching and its clear ur not doin that... def. paint the strut red, n the vc bolts black... n once u get those letters painted black it'll look sick
im thinkin out goin black w/ red letters

 

just drop some money on a cheapo ebay strut bar. or get some megan racing crap bar. anything than that.

 

sorry guys i should of put this on my last post on this topic but... its alot easier if you put vasaline over the letters and area that your going to paint the second color, or just tape it off. i used vasaline, it was very effective and quick. hope this helps... nice red thats what we did on the prelude, with a silver color for the letters.

 

With the vaseline trick do you hand paint or spray? I'm trying to find an easy way to spray my lettering on my 3.0 plate.

Also, pwner, you need to go to walmart or pep boys and get some battery cleaner, and get rid of all that nasty corrosion or get a new batt, it's killin your engine paint, shiz is nasty

 

discusto

 

ive only seen a few good valvecover paint jobs .. glossy stuff in the engine bay looks silly. i applaud the effort though..

 

CLPwner, I think my stock battery looks cleaner. haha.