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Old 08-18-2009, 01:17 PM
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Painted the "Heart" of the Beauty.
I have a 04 TL and I am doing a clutch job so i took the opertunity while it is down for a clutch job to paint the "heart" of the Beauty (the plate on top of the intake, see pics) I paint valvecovers for people all the time and I figured it appropriate to paint the "Heart" wrinkle red. Hope you like I will add pics of it on car when I get finished replacing the clutch.



Here are a few pics of valve covers I have painted.

a K20, K24



B16, B18

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Old 08-18-2009, 01:29 PM
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Wow beautiful job, can you paint mine lol
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Old 08-18-2009, 01:30 PM
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That looks amazing. The wrinkle paint is a very nice touch, big .

I'm planning to polish mine, but after seeing yours I'm having second thoughts.
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wow... looks great!
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Do you just sand down the lettering after it dries or do you tape it off???

What type of paint do you use?
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looks great!
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I do sand the letters down after, but I would not like to disclose my paint source. Hope you understand.
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wow that looks awesome
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doesnt get any more professional than that man, well done!
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wow! sick shit. looks good.
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Old 08-18-2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by soontobe
Do you just sand down the lettering after it dries or do you tape it off???

What type of paint do you use?
There's an easier way to do this. Once the paint is semi dry (wait an hour or so after painting), get a rag and damp it with paint thinner and wipe off the raised letterings carefully.

That should do the trick as well.
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Nicely done. Looks amazing I need to find myself a spare cover.
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very nicely done
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did they get rid of this piece on the 08 TL
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Old 08-18-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by xrvman
did they get rid of this piece on the 08 TL
yes it seems that they did
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Nicely done. wrinkle red ftw.


This plate is a manifold cover. The other plates are the valve covers.
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Installed it late yesterday I will take a pic later and post it up so you can see it on the car. Looks nice and "POPS" out at you.
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amazing work man. I would love to see it on the car!!

Wished i knew how to do it. =(
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Here is a pic of it on the car (i know my plastics are dirty)

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looks sweet. wanna do mine?
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it looks so much better off the engine haha.
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I plan on carbon fibering my plastics pretty soon and it will be AWESOME!
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looks good dude! get ready to shell out a nice chunk of change for the CF
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Old 08-21-2009, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jptl04
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looks good dude! get ready to shell out a nice chunk of change for the CF

Thank you, I will do the carbon fiber job in my garage myself. So it wont be to bad just have to buy the suplies.
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amazing job you did there
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I gotta agree with everyone else. It looks great!!

I think the engine covers kinda clash with it though. .02
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Looks good. Question, I am planning to drop my plate off to get painted, can you drive with the plate off the car?
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Awesome paint job!! Very professional. I can see where your talent would be in great demand. Thanks for sharing. Your engine bay should look sweet when your done.
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Got anymore pics of this?
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Got anymore pics of this?
dude, its just a wrinkle red painted valve cover.



this is one of the BEST shots with use of DSLR and not some potato cam.
not sure what else you want to see.
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Looks good on the car nd yesss clean those covers lol
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Originally Posted by justnspace
dude, its just a wrinkle red painted valve cover.



this is one of the BEST shots with use of DSLR and not some potato cam.
not sure what else you want to see.
I meant of it on the car, different distances, angles, lighting etc...
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Originally Posted by justnspace
dude, its just a wrinkle red painted valve cover.

this is one of the BEST shots with use of DSLR and not some potato cam.
not sure what else you want to see.
Originally Posted by Bruce Banner
I meant of it on the car, different distances, angles, lighting etc...
Yeah geez Justin. Are the crabs biting today?

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Good work!!
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