looking for pics of different color valve covers. Looking for paint mine, not sure what color to do, especially because I don't want to paint the lettering!!!


How would you cover the lettering and paint the valve cover itself?

Any suggestions?

 

are you talking about the coil pack cover? or the actual valve covers front and rear?

 

you could use very fine masking tape (the blue stuff). Its just about the same width of the letters

 

 

max out. Looks good, how did you manage to paint the lettering?

 

- I used tape to tape off the black part in the center of the "coil cover," then sprayed it red, then used a model brush and silver to touch up the letters, finishing with clearing the entire piece with nothing taped off for protection.

- The valve cover I sanded, cleaned with degreaser and brake cleaner, then sprayed black and cleared.

 

Damn thats hot! Do you have all red accents on your mist??? I'm thinking either blue or red accents...

 

Thanks! Yes. I have black and red actually (red calipers, of course also). I am kinda going with a Nismo styling theme.

 

damn thats one sexy motor...

 

best way is to paint it whatever ur want all over without covering letters, then just sand off the paint.. Gives it a nice silverish look. beauty.

 

Hey man, how much would you charge me to do mine? lol

 

I used the touch up brush from duplicolor.

 

this has been covered many times. its not rocket science. get some painters tape, paint, and go to town.

 

Yea thats a cool idea I might go red now lol

 

can kind of see the corner in thiis one( and my blue theme going on)



gotta put my 2nd coat on when i get time.. gunna do the letters black and redo the black part to make it look more glossy
also i heard of a way of painting it without getting the letters was to put some lip chapon it and after u spray just wipe the lip chap off and it came out fine

 

I did mine in a 4 step process
1. primed it then
2. painted the whole thing red (2 light coats)
used painters tape to cover the "red" strip and the "red" nissan letters
(with a razor and patience) then
3. painted whole thing black...
(for the small black letters I used a "paint" marker from a hobby shop) then
4. clear coated
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the valve cover is powder coated
as well as the intake manifold and other parts...
(better than paint IMO)

 

yay for blue

 

The easiest way to paint the coilpack cover with out painting the letters is. get a q-tip and dip it in vasaline and go over the letters.. then spray the whole cover after a couple of hrs... u can wipe off the vasaline..

 

Painted valve cover with CF coil cover

 

Damn that is nice. I wouldnt even want to drive that. Just sit in the garage with the hood up smiling!!!!!!!!

 

JSutter, what's that in your picture above the valve cover?

 

Are you looking for painted spark plug covers? Or actual valve covers?

 

the one that has the v6 3000, is that spark plug cover or the valve cover?

 

thats the plug/coil cover. Its plastic. The valve cover is metal.

 

Middle Eastern Variable Intake I presume.

 

does that do anything as far as performance or just looks?

 

Increases top end, read the stickies......

 

Continue posting these type of posts and I see a vacation in your future....

 

looks good! I think I know what Im going to do this sunday afternoon. Now 2 figure out what colors are good. Did you guys use high temp paint or regular paint? Any chipping and how long has it been since you painted it?

 

red fox where did u get all the blue tubing and how much? im thinking of doing this.

i used high temp paint which was on clearance for 5 bucks

 

masking tape and an exacto knife for the lettering

 

I notice some guys have the actual valve cover and timing chain cover, and intake manifold chromed or painted. How much work is it to get to these parts? Anyone have tips on painting or chroming, does oil spill out when you take off a timing chain cover? Sorry, noob.

 

Hate to do it, BUMP.

 

Green FTW!

 

Looks black, maybe my monitor.

 

Hey flave what did you use to paint your ac hoses and stuff? i could never get paint to stay on that without cracking out, and is that your amp wire witha fuse on it right above your tranny?

 

I didnt paint any of my hoses, there taped.
THe wire with the inline fuse is from the High Output 200amp alternator.

 

masking tape, exacto knife for the lettering
high temp green and clear coat
prep work is 95% of the job

 

Yea agreed prep work is the most important thing. I bought my primer and clear coat both high temp but not base color yet still deciding!!! Looks good though. I painted the valve cover on my neon that same color.

 

These are not chrome-dipped parts my friend. They are the result of tediously hand polishing the aluminum to a mirror-like finish. The one in the photo below is about 80% finished:

Also made a diamond plate spark plug cover: