post your valve cover paint jobs here!!

[4DRCB7ftw]

i am creating this thread just to see what ppl think and have done to their valve covers ive done a couple valve covers myself there the center of your bay you gotta have em fresh =) haha but heres mine this is the steps i took anyway but if you just wanna post up a pic of ur cover go for it!!!




600 grit wetsand paper was used and the pot had water in it for the paper showing some picks of the sand be4 wiping it down


this was with the residue wiped off looked pretty damn good was considering keeping it this way but i bought the paint already!! haha




chose a white basecoat to lay down wasnt exactly flat but works




forgot to take pics of it when finished lol but i got them while it was on the car! lemme know wat you think its kinda simple but cool i think haha might change it soon but got some parts for my cb7 coming so im focusing on that ha p.s this was my phones camera so the end results arnt really showing up too well guess the camera cant pick up all the lil black and white stone like specks in the paint and yes the paint it textured and rigid haha

[JDM_CB7_TX]

Sorry to say it but l think this is gonna flake on ya sooner then later. You should have used an aircraft stripper or something of that sorts to take off all the old paint.

Sanding may have helped some but getting contact on a metal surface would have been much better. Give ya' an A for effort though

[4DRCB7ftw]

Sorry to say it but l think this is gonna flake on ya sooner then later. You should have used an aircraft stripper or something of that sorts to take off all the old paint.

Sanding may have helped some but getting contact on a metal surface would have been much better. Give ya' an A for effort though

about a week now about 350 miles and none yet =)

[JDM_CB7_TX]

Not that soon broski. I can tell you more then likely within a few months.

[PointBlank]

Valve covers don't get that hot.

[4DRCB7ftw]

Not that soon broski. I can tell you more then likely within a few months.

well thanks man but its been sticken and im gonna change it out to some normal paint pretty soon tho dude just not worrying bout it rite now when i get a few more goodys for the bay ima redo it seemed like a good idea never really thought of it flaking lol but as long as its not doin it now im good plus i got a few splotching ideas from what ive done in the past (about 20 valve covers) that i wanna try out this was the first time ive used textured paint but me and my bro are always painting em and the one me and him did really good he chose to keep this was about 2 years ago and still looks like we painted it last week haha. but again ive never used textured paint on one so idk if it will flake or not yet its not extremely rigid tho but its a different consistency thats the problem im seeing haha but itll be gone in a few tho im not extremely happy with it haha want a lil more pop and unordinary look but i got a plan.

[pninja82]

Here's an easy way to see....http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=84182 enjoy

[JDM_CB7_TX]

Here is another one just throwin it out there. DIY Valve Cover Paint Job
Nobody it trying to poop in your fruit loops man. Just saying you may need to repaint down the road. Thats all. Other then that looks good bro.

[Ander]

Yeah, I didn't prep mine at all and it's now a year and a half later starting to peel.

I wanted to retain the original texture though. Like JDM_CB7_TX said, you just need to repaint at some point, I don't think it's that big of a deal.

[4DRCB7ftw]

lol its good dude just sayin ima repaint it soon anyway im goin for different look...... but it is funny that in other posts on how to do it the sand down to bare metal hmmmmmm idk ive done them with wet sanding as above and with no sanding watsoever just cleaning it up.... they still till today look GREAT! idk to me its unessasary not trying to fight it and crap just ive done without and its all good lol

[4DRCB7ftw]

[QUOTE=Ander;2701805]Yeah, I didn't prep mine at all and it's now a year and a half later starting to peel.

I wanted to retain the original texture though. Like JDM_CB7_TX said, you just need to repaint at some point, I don't think it's that big of a deal.

lol i know its not and yeah dude ive done it with no prep be4 too but peeling/repainting is no biggie just like 4 or 5 bux haha or in my case 10 for rock paint lol but i used like a quarter of the can

[vietkid_2006]

[pninja82]

Exactly, painting a valve cover is no biggie at all.If it peels so what,like you said a couple bucks and itll be looking fresh again,plus,you get more practice! The texture you added is different.Looks cool, welcome to the site bro!

[4DRCB7ftw]

Exactly, painting a valve cover is no biggie at all.If it peels so what,like you said a couple bucks and itll be looking fresh again,plus,you get more practice! The texture you added is different.Looks cool, welcome to the site bro!

haha thanks dude my next paint job on it will be in a couple weeks or so ill post that up as well although its gonna be a pain to get the rock off hahaha but yup cheap thing to do to get the bay looking good in a hurry haha IMO takes like an hour including dry time hahaha and thats good enough for me

[visualpoet]

There's a thread already for just this topic, but I can't find it, so any way, this is on the car now:




This one ties in with my hood and will go on this spring:




Hood: