how you like my valve cover

[sageuvagony]

errf

[CivicEXRider]

Did some painting on my valve cover recently but used a little different approach.

1. Cleaned, sanded and scuffed the surface of the valve cover.
2. Sanded the HONDA from 300 to 800 sand paper.
3. Taped off holes and area around oil cap. Found out from a friends valve cover that the paint will chip eventually if the valve cap keeps getting tightened onto the paint.
4. Used a very light powder coat first then immediately followed up with a heavier coat and so forth.
5. Resanded the Honda to remove the paint.
6. Clear coated the valve cover.

That's about it. Can check how mine turned out at

http://members.cardomain.com/98civicrider

The valve cover pictures are on page 2.

[emerge]

looks great esp!

[Ricochet]

lol decided to make your own post on this after showing the pics in my heatshield painting thread?

[Blowncivic1320]

Thats real nice i did Mine with black engine paint then painted the letter silver. I included a picture, it looks pretty good but i kinda like urs more.

[Ricochet]

how the crap did you paint them white? I painted my old D16 cover white and wanted to do the lettering blue but couldn't think of any way to do a good job getting inside the holes in the letters like "A" (the a-hole hahaha)...

[Blowncivic1320]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

how the crap did you paint them white? I painted my old D16 cover white and wanted to do the lettering blue but couldn't think of any way to do a good job getting inside the holes in the letters like "A" (the a-hole hahaha)...

SMALL Paintbrush, Steady Hand, and Testors model paint

[Ricochet]

damn dude, props
next on your list should be your heatshield like mine and it would look really nice

[kicker1_solo]

Originally Posted by CivicEXRider

http://members.cardomain.com/98civicrider

That's amazing, beautiful color.


esp, yours looks great as well

here's mine

here's my cousin's

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by kicker1_solo

here's my cousin's

ummm.... different, but I'm not feelin it

[esp]

that defenatly is different, could be better. thanks for the comps on my valve cover, many people seem to want to know how to do this again, so catch me on here with a pm or on AIM. and i can give u a simple run down.

[Blowncivic1320]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

damn dude, props
next on your list should be your heatshield like mine and it would look really nice

I dont know if you were talking to me but that is definitely the next thing I am gonna do, But the bolts that hold the shield on are all rusty and my dad sed if i take them off they may not go back on.

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by Blowncivic1320

I dont know if you were talking to me but that is definitely the next thing I am gonna do, But the bolts that hold the shield on are all rusty and my dad sed if i take them off they may not go back on.

Tell your dad to quit huffing whippits
unscrew them, scrape off the rust with a wire brush or something, paint them too, and they screw right back in... they're just bolts man.

[esp]

well if the bolts are rusted they are very easy to strip if u dont do it right.

[BLU CIVIC]

when i did my valve cover blue and the letters white.....i used a lot of elmers glue to isolate the letters