Alright, I dunno how to explain what I want to do since I don't know the exact names given for the parts so bare with me. I want to paint my engine, not the plastic cover piece but the engine itself. I removed like 9 lugs and 2 hoses but I still can't seem to budge it. Are there any other lugs I have to remove. I took off 8 that was visible and 1 more after I removed the plastic cover. Am I missing one or what? Please help, I don't want to have to put it back togeather and take it apart again so any prompt info would be great.

 

Sorry dude. You're gonna have to be WAY more specific than that...

 

Use this Pic... What do you want to Paint..!

 

Here's what I'm looking @ painting

 

It's made of cast aluminum. In my opinion, it would nicer if you powdercoated it. If you really want to go the painting route, I would suggest you have it media blasted to clean and rough up the surface. Then use one of the high temp VHT paints to apply color.

 

What's a rough estimate for powder coating? I have the VHT High temp paint, but is there a cheaper alternative to prep it for painting. Also, I still can't remove it.

 

Removing the valve cover...never done it myself...but I'm sure someone here has before...should be some bolts thats all. I'm not sure, but I think that you might have to remove the spark plug/coils too.

An alternative to media blast would be to hand sand the valve covers yourself. But you must be really careful, you don't want to gouge the aluminum...or remove too much. If you don't clean and rough up the surface, the paint won't adhere well to the cover.

Where are you located? I know of two places that perform powder coating...they are both located in Connecticut.

 

Are you wanting to paint the metal, or the plasitc piece that covers the spark plugs?

 

The plastic spark cover peice I already painted. I'm looking @ painting the metal part behind. Look @ the attachment above.

 

i gotta ask ya where ya got the neon for your dash, i havent a clue where to look.

 

Try asking @ your tuner shops for Verad neon cables or Streetglow hotwirez. You can also check ebay.com

 

Just making sure.......

 

Underneath each bolt that you removed, there should be a rubber and a metal thing. You have to take these out. Also the coils need to come out. Gently pry it up. It shouldn't take much force.

 

Mine was stuck on pretty good. I had to use a plastic dead-blow hammer to knock it loose. You could probably tap it loose with a hammer and a wooden block. Of course it goes without saying, double check that ALL of the bolts are removed. Also, FWIW, the gasket is th re-usable type.

 

can this be annodized instead?