Well I decided to paint a spare valve cover red with silver metallic lettering. I needed to replace my Valve cover gasket anyways, so that's why I did it. So far here's my progress
A picture of the spare valve cover b4 I bought it from Star Turbo Talon (The one on the bottom). He's a awesome member that helped me out so much. Thanks again!
Now after recieving it, I proceeded to strip the old paint and start over
First coat of Silver metallic before I masked off the letters
Now after the Silver metallic coats were done, I masked off the letters and proceeded to paint the VC red
After letting the paint sit for a little while, it was time to pull the tape off the letters.
Finally clearcoated and curing right now
It's hard to see, but the lettering has a metallic flake to it. Now just gotta let it sit for a few days and do a little touch up Then it's going on my car with a new VC gasket as well (Reason why I even wanted to paint a VC)
Tell me what you all think. Thanks everyone in advance for all your comments.
My vehicles
1998 Mitusubishi Eclipse RS (Daily driver) Evo III style CF hood Sitting on 17 inch Racing Hart C2 Tein springs APEXi N1 universal exhaust AEM short ram intake 95 Eclipse GSX sideskirts w/o door caps HID 9006 kit with 6000K bulbs 07 Eclipse shorty antenna (Stupid RS non-power antenna
1988 Honda CRX Si (K20 swap, when I really want to surprize people LOL)
#101935, "RE: My new Valve cover with pictures" In response to Reply # 0
I just take a 20K rpm tool with a 2" disk to the letters after I paint the valve cover. It gives it a cleaner look and I don't have to take the time to mask it off.
#101939, "RE: My new Valve cover with pictures" In response to Reply # 1
Originally posted by mreigle I just take a 20K rpm tool with a 2" disk to the letters after I paint the valve cover. It gives it a cleaner look and I don't have to take the time to mask it off.
mines kinda the same i used a piece of aluminum bar stock to make a sanding block then just layed it flat and went back and forth till i had a nice flat silver surface with a nice unidirectional grain in it.
little more work but it has nice, even edges
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#101941, "RE: My new Valve cover with pictures" In response to Reply # 0
Originally posted by EventsCo21XL Hey there everyone, Well I decided to paint a spare valve cover red with silver metallic lettering. I needed to replace my Valve cover gasket anyways, so that's why I did it. So far here's my progress A picture of the spare valve cover b4 I bought it from Star Turbo Talon (The one on the bottom). He's a awesome member that helped me out so much. Thanks again! Now after recieving it, I proceeded to strip the old paint and start over First coat of Silver metallic before I masked off the letters Now after the Silver metallic coats were done, I masked off the letters and proceeded to paint the VC red After letting the paint sit for a little while, it was time to pull the tape off the letters. Finally clearcoated and curing right now It's hard to see, but the lettering has a metallic flake to it. Now just gotta let it sit for a few days and do a little touch up Then it's going on my car with a new VC gasket as well (Reason why I even wanted to paint a VC) Tell me what you all think. Thanks everyone in advance for all your comments.
It looks nice but it loooks weird to me.
The pics look like in the first pic that the paint is like caked on and extremely thick or something. Also, the holes for the bolts look like they are filled with poo poo. Did you leave those rubber pieces for the bolts inside the valve cover when you painted it???
#101965, "RE: My new Valve cover with pictures" In response to Reply # 6
Thanks everyone for looking at my topic hehe. I figured since I had to install the valve cover and replace the valve cover gasket I might as well wash the car along with it after I finished up (Usually only wash at night to avoid water spots hehe). So here are some new pictures to show you all. Don't mind the front bumper, as I'm waiting for a new one to come from paint right now. Also I didn't get a chance to detail the engine bay, so that's dirty right now. Thanks everyone for looking though.
Now here are the pictures of the valve cover installed.
Here's a closer shot
Lastly this one is just for fun
Well hope everyone here has a good day. Peace out everyone. Thanks again for all your help
My vehicles
1998 Mitusubishi Eclipse RS (Daily driver) Evo III style CF hood Sitting on 17 inch Racing Hart C2 Tein springs APEXi N1 universal exhaust AEM short ram intake 95 Eclipse GSX sideskirts w/o door caps HID 9006 kit with 6000K bulbs 07 Eclipse shorty antenna (Stupid RS non-power antenna
1988 Honda CRX Si (K20 swap, when I really want to surprize people LOL)
#101971, "RE: Here you go FlipBoi" In response to Reply # 10 Nov-20-08 06:34 AM by cs82685
Looks good but you're missing door caps and a matching door handle
I'm a big fan of the gauges too
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Then it's going on my car with a new VC gasket as well (Reason why I even wanted to paint a VC)
