painted the valve cover this weekend

[jccg5]

i would pain them with red....lol but that just me

 

[02AccordSir]

nice write up, and damn good job, almost makes me wanna do this as a weekend project.

 

[thejameshimself]

really nice write up i appriciate it as i am about to do this next week. Im gonna be using wrinkle paint though. british racing green is a bold move sir, it makes me think of a skoda octavia. the patrolium jelly trick, ive never heard of it before??? did it work well for you? I have a ulev cover so theres alot more letter work to be done there and i really hadnt decided on how to go about keeping paint off of it. Also how much did all your gaskets cost?

to be honest, the jelly trick was recommended by a friend, and i'm not %100 percent sold on it. i think it'll be easier to just paint the whole thing, let it set for like a week, then tape off around the letters and sand it back down. post it up when you get done!

 

[FallenAngelHIM]

i love that color...really stands out.

 

[talontsiawd]

Looks good but get your heat sheild cleaned up.

As for people looking to do this....I did mine in a day. And i tried 3 colors lol. So it's not hard at all. Just strip it, paint, and sand (or in my case polish) the letters and you are good. I'd say about 45 min of real work and waiting for the paint to dry.

 

[Wildman]

to be honest, the jelly trick was recommended by a friend, and i'm not %100 percent sold on it. i think it'll be easier to just paint the whole thing, let it set for like a week, then tape off around the letters and sand it back down. post it up when you get done!

Lol yeah, when I did it I started to PJ the letters and then was like, screw this. after a coat, it wasn't worth it. So I just painted it all and then used a sanding block to sand off the letters, worked like a charm.

 

[thejameshimself]

Looks good but get your heat sheild cleaned up.

now i just need to wash my engine bay so everything else doesn't look so dirty

 

[Roadrage]

Thats clean pimp....great job