So you don't like your plain valve cover? Repaint it!

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S13Lovell
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has no one mentioned the fact of no primer... straight paint on top of the slick metal isn't gonna stay at all lol


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killernoodle
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I'm going to paint my valve covers with a Japanese rising sun pattern...

in Ford Racing blue

Klits562
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ima keep my sohc too my friend recently swapped in a kade and he misses his ka24ealso my friend painted his dohc cover gold and i was going to do my sohc gold and i was gonna tape off the lines too cuz it would look alot better but i had no tape, no razor to cut the tape, and no way to remove the old paint so ima do it laterbtw painted valve cover adds 20 horsepower....to the wheels!

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240sx_nissan
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SOHC ftw.

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presidential
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Don't bother masking off the raised letters, just sand them down after the paint has cured.

This isn't rocket surgery here.

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White Comet
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presidential wrote:This isn't rocket surgery here.
hahaha wtf is rocket surgery

mrgreeneyes
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White Comet wrote:hahaha wtf is rocket surgery
getting your tubes tied?

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White Comet
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<- this smiley was almost me. i almost spit out my mtn dew when i read you're reply, keegan

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Didderson
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Man MGE is kicking a** in this tread. 2x pwnage lol.

I almost liked it better bare metal. I think the green has a cream type green color too it that looks better than most greens.Is this my car's old engine cover ?

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presidential
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White Comet wrote:hahaha wtf is rocket surgery
It's sarcasm.

Don't take no Albert Insteen ta figger thatn out, tell you whut.

That too was sarcasm.

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White Comet
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the common expression is "rocket science" or "brain surgery" i just assumed you were a moron and combined the 2

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Dizel01
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I have a belly button.

Ok no more nonsense. +1 for "Painting your valve cover 101" Reminds me when I had a freshly painted cover and cleaned out bay.

hbpignosePA
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damn dale it looks fresh there...

what happened?

i kiid i kid

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Dizel01
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hbpignosePA wrote:damn dale it looks fresh there...

what happened?

i kiid i kid
Lol, 4 years of salt, creeping rust, road grime and heat has forever changed my bay.


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