KitsJAG5254

sup guys.. well today I had some time to do a little project that some of you here have done. I took my valve cover out and painted it red. what do you guys think? it wasn't too hard at all and was a fun project to do.. thanks for that person who posted the step by step process on how to do it..

ding069

Looks good
I feel bad for you 4 cyl owners, you guys have no plastic shrouds under the hood. The 3.0 bays look so much more organized and clean. Plus, all you gotta do to look even better is paint the plastics. Props on the valve cover!

xrunner86x

looks good. where did you find the step by step?

KitsJAG5254

sup guys...
ding069: thanks man.. yeah I know.. I like those plastic shrouds because they make the engine look better and organized. but I do have some plans to make the engine look better such as dress hose kits and getting chrome headers soon..

xrunner86x: thanks man.. well the step by step thread was posted long time ago and I only have the printed copy.. but you might wanna do a search and you might find it.. probably type 2.2 valve cover.. hopefully you'll find it.. if not let me know and I'll try to find it for you.. thanks again..

jamolie

dude, you gotta show me how to do that sometime. looks really nice man. how long it take u?

Acura Sensei

KitsJAG5254,
That looks great.

Want to come up to joisey and paint ours?


I should look into getting a cai and header too....
our stock 2.3cl (auto) is so slow.

Blacura

yes please post instructions if you can find them, i'm very interested in this

1StGenCL

Looks great Kits :thumbup:

Its pretty easy Pull the spark plugs, remove the screws holding the plug wires on, remove the four screws holding the cover on, remove the ground wire on the driver side of the cover, then pull up on the cover (it may stick but keep pulling and dont loose the rubber seal), next wash it really well with soap and water and then alcohol, plug all holes to keep paint from going in, prime, and put nice thin coats of paint over the whole cover, when it is completely dry use a high grit sandpaper to carefully sand the lettering off and put it back on. Be very careful not to get dirt or dust on the inside of the cover and use light even strokes with the can. I forget who posted the really good instructions (maybe dsquirm, spelled somewhat like that) but my brief ones should get you thru it. I did blue if anyone is interesed in seeing

KitsJAG5254

sup guys..

jamolie: sup man.. yeah sure man.. we'll plan on meeting sometime.. it didn't take long to take the valve cover out and to put everything back on. You just have to wait to dry the paint for every coat you do. It took me about probably 1.5-2 hours to do since I had to wait for it to dry... but it's not that hard.. just need to be carefuly when taking the valve cover off.. thanks man.. i'll call you sometime this week...


Acura Sensei: sup man.. hehehe.. sure man.. give me a roud trip ticket and I'll be there to paint yours.. hehehe.. lols.. anyways yeah.. i'm planning to get headers too on my next paycheck since I already have an intake....our car is really slow man.. thanks..

Blacura: Well.. 1stGenCL pretty much described you the step by step process very short.. but let me see if I can find the link of that valve cover instructions ok.. thanks..

1stGenCL: thanks man for giving that short version of it.. thanks again..

Blacura

Thanks pat! yea post pics up! i wanna see!

Obviously use high-temp paint, right?

d5c5b

here you go guys...........http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=84712

Bluesman

Nice - Good job!!

blo2ck

looks good, my dads friend is chroming mine, but it's taking a lot longer than I expected.