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Old 03-19-2002, 03:39 PM
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For those that have painted your engine cover...how's the paint holding up?
Seems that it would get beat up under there. Anybody have problems with paint chips, dings,.....???
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Old 03-19-2002, 03:44 PM
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I just did mine but my brother has had it done on hi CL for a couple of yrs now and he hasn't had a single problem with it, not even a chip.
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Old 03-19-2002, 05:26 PM
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6 months and still looking good!
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Old 03-19-2002, 06:37 PM
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6 months and still looking good!
What kind of paint do you use? I am thinking about painting my valve cover red.
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What kind of paint do you use? I am thinking about painting my valve cover red.
Mine is holding up great. Still looks like the first day i painted it. You should use Rustoleum High Temp paint. Its not a glossy paint but it looks good. You can always put a clearcoat paint over it to give it that gloss.
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Old 03-19-2002, 07:27 PM
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mine is holding up great. i want to repaint it red though. should i remove the existing paint or just go over it? i already primed it before i painted it blue. i have 3 coats of blue so will 2 coats of red be ok? im also about to paint my calipers red this weekend

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Old 03-19-2002, 09:16 PM
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I did mine a few months ago and it looks the same as the day i did it even my intake looks clean
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Still looks sweet...look
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Old 03-20-2002, 06:25 AM
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What brand paint did you go with copyryte?
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Mine is still look good! Just get high temperature engine paint in your local autostore aka autozone.
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no problems here...... just have to clean it though then it will look just like the first day i painted it.....
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did anyone put clearcoat?
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