need some opinions on valve color choices?

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having a hard time deciding on something unique but tasteful


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it will look good if you do the valve covers, timing belt cover, and other engine bay accents in teh exterior color of your vehicle (like intercooler piping, coolant overflow tank, ect) it will be classy

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im a big fan of pale earthy tones like tan, grey, green, black, brown this is mine.

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just an idea

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thats puurrtttyyy beans33.. i think a nice crinkle color would like great.. like what honda has on the type r valve covers...

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Go PINK! I get compliments all the time. Saftey Pink from O'Reilly. Holding up nicely as well.


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rico i want your cold pipe!!! lol.

I think a candy red would look amazing! but it may be expensive unless your good with spray cans. lol.

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kapower06 wrote:rico i want your cold pipe!!! lol.
I got lucky and got it off eBay from a guy who was stationed in JDM, built a CA drift car, stripped it and brought the parts back with him. Wasn't cheap, but worth it! Now I just need to get a matching hotpipe fab'd up...

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Get them chromed.

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finally decided on a color, using the duplicolor engine enamel, cast coat iron.

i had actually thought about doing pink but couldn't find a shade i liked (lmao, just realized that sounded way gay)

thanks for all the input guys, i'll post pics of the motor once i get it all put back together.

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What about having them powdercoated or treated by a company that does these type of things. Thats what i plan on doing. Spray cans work great but it just doesnt leave that finish of a professional.

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whats the cost on doing powdercoat on like the valve cover and pipes? Anyways try tiger yellow. Its yellowish orange. It looks sweet on a custom corvette I saw on speed channel.

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im looking into having my cam covers polished, then powder coated a translucent red. same thing for my intercooler piping.

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SS, whats up man, hows your CA coming? I like your JDM sig, its good. I have seen any updates from you in a while on the thejdm.com

Whats up?

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Kouks wrote:SS, whats up man, hows your CA coming? I like your JDM sig, its good. I have seen any updates from you in a while on the thejdm.com

Whats up?
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