Is this rice???

I have two vavle covers and I was thinking about stripping the paint off of one and painting it to match the car or polish until it's chrome. What do you think???

I don't think it is rice. I see nothing ricey about painting your valve cover.:)

you cant poish it untill it turns chrome...

chrome is a plating process, you add metal to it.

why are you worried about what we care? its your frigging car. do what you like.

Its not ricey lol. I painted mine aluminum and it turned out great. You can sand it tell its shiny. They have this special block sander for it. My friend did it to his and it came ok and its really shiny.

Originally posted by nawoj
you cant poish it untill it turns chrome...

chrome is a plating process, you add metal to it.

why are you worried about what we care? its your frigging car. do what you like.

If you pollish the valve cover enough it will be as shiny as chrome I have seen this done. And I was just asking for opinios, so if you don't have one, piss off.

look i had an opinion... open your eyes.

why are you worried about what we care? its your frigging car. do what you like.

if you spend less time worrying about wether or not people online will like your car or not, and more time doing what you like, you will be a much happier person

http://www.lamer.net/homo.jpg

Painting or polishing makes it look clean Better than a dul stock color. Do it fock all those that cant answer with a ya or na.





Negitive people suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't see it as ricer either. Sets your car out from others, but not too far out there like the ricers. If you do take some pics and post them. I would like to see one that isn't red or black.

Originally posted by nawoj
look i had an opinion... open your eyes.



if you spend less time worrying about wether or not people online will like your car or not, and more time doing what you like, you will be a much happier person

http://www.lamer.net/homo.jpg

I am a very happy person. I was just wondering what other people thought about the subject. And who the hell said I was worried about it?? Typical NOOB. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by SkyNex721


If you pollish the valve cover enough it will be as shiny as chrome I have seen this done. And I was just asking for opinios, so if you don't have one, piss off.

Yes this can be done. I have also seen it.
Get all the black paint stuff off the cover. use a 400grit sandpaper, and wetsand it. This will make it look shiny. Then use some kind of chrome polish on it, and it will look likes it's polished.

when you ask the question " is this rice?" it implies that you are afraid of doing something that will get you ostricised from this community.

so either you worded the topic wrong, or you are just backpedeling.

either way. my opinion still stands...

do what YOU want.

and if trying to get people to think for there own makes me a noob

guilty as charged.

I just asked if it was rice or not. I am not impling anything. You are assuming. Whether or not you think it's rice, I'm gonna do what I think is best. No matter what anyone else thinks.

Skynex just do it man who cares if its "ricey" . I mean shit our cars are pretty quick....:D

Keep it friendly guys. :)

As for my opinion. I don't see it as rice at all. There's nothing wrong with having a nice looking engine bay. :)

90civicrider >>>>>Then use some kind of chrome polish on it, and it will look likes it's polished




NOT chrome polish!!!! Aluminum polish it has cutting agents in it chrome polish does not. use something like "Mothers" Aluminum polish

i think it would look good polished:licker:

Originally posted by mellowboy
Skynex just do it man who cares if its "ricey" . I mean shit our cars are pretty quick....:D

Oh I'm gonna do it. I already sanded it down and prepped it for painting. I just haven't painted it yet, cause there is a good chance that a hurricane will be coming close to our location.

I was just wondering why I was getting criticized for asking for someone else's input. Last time I do that around here. :rolleyes:

I think it would look good. There's absolutely nothing wrong with making your car look nice. I don't understand why people confuse rice with a nice looking car... Anyhow, I'd really like to see some pics.

Not rice.

I have a valve cover off a Lotus twin cam on my shop wall. It's polished and nobody is gonna call that rice.

A Testarossa has red valve covers. Who's gonna call that rice.