Painted Valve Cover - Page 2

Hybrid1990crx · #16 07-19-2004, 01:34 PM

That looks awesome now with the letters stripped of paint. Good job.

Civic Jim · #17 07-20-2004, 09:02 AM

MUCH better mate , good work

doesnt look as plain now ,

civicHBsi91 · #18 07-20-2004, 09:51 AM

Look's very clean! Nice job!

But....

You need to convert to MPFI!!

RedRacerCivic · #19 07-20-2004, 09:49 PM

Looks awsome, I did the same thing to mine..But CAUTION:!!! I hope you taped off the threads on the oil cap, I did not do that when I painted mine and paint chips FELL IN THE MOTOR. I found red paint chips stuck to my oil strainer gauze! Not good if they somehow get to the engine bearings.

civic_geek133 · #20 07-20-2004, 10:08 PM

opps...lol... i doubt that will happen

dssmax · #21 07-21-2004, 12:04 AM

There you go, very nice with out the letters painted..

MAX

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smokeymicpot · #22 07-22-2004, 03:34 AM

soo with all those mods dose it move good or do you need to do the mpfi swap still?

dssmax · #23 07-22-2004, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by smokeymicpot

soo with all those mods dose it move good or do you need to do the mpfi swap still?

I had headers, freeflow cat and a cat back with a CAI on my DPFI, it sounded great but did not move the way it does now it the MPFI..

In fact I read that it does not really help that much (standard bolt ons) becuase of the way DPFI was designed..

MAX...

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91civicDXdude · #24 07-22-2004, 07:32 AM

the valve cover looks pretty good for paint... that is until you spill something on it and stain it up, or it chips off over time, etc. A friend of mine painted his DOHC ZC valve cover blue, and then one day he was at the car wash and decided to use the foaming brush on his engine, well whatever they use in the soap turned his pretty valve cover brown lol.

powdercoat is the only way to go. its very durable and will resist almost any chemical that happens to come in contact with it.

emil13si · #25 07-22-2004, 08:33 AM

Looks real nice
Good job done

dssmax · #26 07-22-2004, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 91civicDXdude

powdercoat is the only way to go.

Ditto...... Thats what I used....

MAX

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KoRnSaQ · #27 07-22-2004, 11:59 AM

It looks awsome now, A lot cleaner lookin with the paint stripped off the letters

90civicracer · #28 07-23-2004, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by 91civicDXdude

the valve cover looks pretty good for paint... that is until you spill something on it and stain it up, or it chips off over time, etc. A friend of mine painted his DOHC ZC valve cover blue, and then one day he was at the car wash and decided to use the foaming brush on his engine, well whatever they use in the soap turned his pretty valve cover brown lol.

powdercoat is the only way to go. its very durable and will resist almost any chemical that happens to come in contact with it.

to that...If you're gonna do it, do it right.

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