I painted the Valvecover on my KA24DE last night... What do you think!? *PICS*

Post by **Bobby12many** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:20 pm

TUrned out quite well IMO.

I did two coats of gloss black, and then one light mist of metallic Red. I relly like how it turned out, especially for just using a rattlecan.Before:After:Installed:

To be turbo'd soon.

Post by **DAEDALUS** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:26 pm

I like!

Post by **Megaseth** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:31 pm

thats pretty cool lookin'! reminds me of this 3rd gen eclipse i saw on one of those rice shows. they had sprayed red metallic clear on his CF hood and it looked nice. gave it a slight redish shimmer.

Post by **senioritis** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:22 pm

wow really nice.

Post by **nismofly** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:12 pm

it makes the cover look like its hot, looks nice

Post by **NX95240** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:19 pm

looks really good..

Post by **Axel Grungy** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:21 pm

looks great, i would paint mine too, if my engine bay wansnt two freaking colors grrrrr

Post by **nismofly** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:23 pm

well you can make it three colors!

Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:34 pm

Nice simple improvement. A few hours and a couple $$ worth of spray paint.

Post by **1991S13** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:55 pm

What is the best thing to use to cover up the lettering so they don't get painted. I heard vaseline, is there any other ways?

Post by **navysnail** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:13 pm

i was acually thinking about maby painting mine, just thinking about it though, sounds like an awsome weekend project. ill have to test out my paintgun

Post by **Nismo_Freak** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:18 pm

Looks good... make sure you clear the fresh aluminum or it will dull.

Post by **MaineExport** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:49 pm

1991S13 wrote:What is the best thing to use to cover up the lettering so they don't get painted. I heard vaseline, is there any other ways?

Paint the whole cover... and then sand down the top of the letters.... it comes out flawless!

Post by **574-240sx** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:42 pm

Looks real good. You should put a high temp clear coat on it.

My valve cover, sorry its not up close

Post by **rousie13** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:15 am

It looks good.....like everyone said spray with a high temp clear coat and she will shine like no other.

Post by **brandon11130** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:12 am

looks excelent i think im gunna paint mine red

Post by **jdmfreak** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:01 pm

Soooo...How much for everything

1) Paint2) High temp clear coat3) Decent spray gun

Anything else I missed?

Post by **574-240sx** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:41 pm

jdmfreak wrote:Soooo...How much for everything

1) Paint2) High temp clear coat3) Decent spray gun

Anything else I missed?

I bought a matching color can of spray paint at Autozone. Matches pretty good. I took my valve cover to my friends house and used a fine wire wheel to get all the paint off the old valve cover. Bought a cheap can of primer spray paint i think it was 99 cents. Regular matching paint was about $4 for a small spray paint can. I had the high temp clear coat left over from another project at my house wich can be pick up for under $5. It may take sometime with the wire wheel and waiting for coats to dry. It can be done for under $10. Its probably a good time to change the valve cover gasket too while you have the valve cover off.

Post by **rousie13** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:07 pm

Its a fun project. I did it when I had my 240. I'll do it to the taco. haha

Post by **navysnail** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:57 am

can you get that stuff in a can instead of a spray can, i have a spray gun that i think would work better...

you did get it all at autozone right, the primer, paint, and clear coat

oh, and did you just use the wire wheel to get the letters shiny or did you use a sander

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:24 am

rousie13 wrote:Its a fun project. I did it when I had my 240. I'll do it to the taco. haha

You should do each one a different color...or is it a 4-banger?

Post by **rousie13** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:03 am

MinisterofDOOM wrote:You should do each one a different color...or is it a 4-banger?

Its a 4 banger.

I can spray the front half one color and the back half another color.

Post by **elwesso** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:10 am

Looks really good......!

Post by **nsrZ32** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:11 am

Looks nice. Good work!

On a side note, did you use to own an NA Z32 and be on tt.net a few years back? Your name looks familar.

Post by **Bobby12many** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:25 pm

Yup

nsrZ32 wrote:Looks nice. Good work!

On a side note, did you use to own an NA Z32 and be on tt.net a few years back? Your name looks familar.

I was the guy that did all the sigs for Spee, Seedy, Bernie, etc....

You NR98Racing on TTnet or something like that?

I remember your car Always hated the tail lights Loved everything else, especially those red Sparcos

Post by **navysnail** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:27 pm

im working on taking the paint off mine now, with a wire wheel. how did you guys get inbetween the lettering, just use stripper there?

Post by **nsrZ32** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:33 pm

Bobby12many wrote:I remember your car Always hated the tail lights Loved everything else, especially those red Sparcos

Yep, I haven't been on there in forever though....to much drama and BS. NICO is the place to be. I love the sparco's too, very nice, light and functional. I just put in a Sparco Color2 steering wheel yesterday to go with everything.

Nice to see you around.

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