Valve cover painting finished!

[MarkEmark]

Upon inspiration from a fellow 240 member on the boards, i went ahead and painted my valve cover, and it came out MUCH better than I thought! Attached are some pics, before, during, and after...enjoy!

It turns out my pictures are too large/detailed for Nico to host, so therefore, they're now on my website:)

http://blinkme7182.tripod.com/....html

Let me know what you all think!!!!!!

[yeswepromise]

damn i think that looks awesome! :ylsuper great job

[jrc90240sx]

yes looks very nice

[big jon's 240]

Nice job.

[b240]

Nice job.

[BuudWeizErr]

Bandwidth Exceeded. Send me your pics. [email protected] i'll put them on my server.

[MarkEmark]

Pics are sent Budweizer...I had no idea I'd get so many pics that would exceed tripod's bandwidth. I guess that's what you get for building a FREE website...ThanksMarc

[Josh]

I'd like to see it also, send me the pics at [email protected]

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[MarkEmark]

Thanks, that makes it MUCH easier :ylsuper

[Josh]

Yes, much easier... Looks nice.

[Lepchitz1]

inspired by me maybe!! Haha...looks nice man, I hope my directions helped. how did you end up doing the polished letters? Im polishing mine with a drimmel, ive been meaning to do that but havent had the time! well, looks great!

[Zydeco]

you got any with it on the car?

[MarkEmark]

The letters took the longest and were a real pain in the a.ss to do. I sanded everything down with a bench sander with a wire attachment until it was very smooth, and dremelled the letters/around the letters prior to painting. After I painted it, I let it dry for five days and then scraped the paint off of the letters, easier said than done. The letters were in rough shape, aluminum being very soft and the letters already corroded by 92k miles, so even after I got the paint off of the letters, the letters were still both unevenly surfaced, producing a light/dark look, and rough edged. I sanded them down with 320 grit sand paper, got fed up with the amount of time/little progress from the sandpaper, and went straight to a metal file which worked much better. After the metal file I went to a finer-grit metal file, and then sanded the letters again...I think it would have been easier to just paint them white!

[MarkEmark]

Heavyhips--no pics of it on the car yet, I'll take those all tomorrow. I just got my reground cams today, and they're just about installed (I'm saving the hard part, reinstalling the cam sprockets, for tomorrow)

[UncleBen]

lookin good d00d. i'm seriously considering painting my cover. i think i need a new valve cover gasket anyway, so i can replace it, and paint the cover all at once. sounds like i need a few days off of school for this tho!

[Lepchitz1]

took me a night....check mine out on my site. Just save the letters for later.

[GrubyFngaz]

Dude that looks good. Can you give step by step instructions on what you did. I would really like to do that. thanks Josh

[SPIRO]

wanna do mine for me

[stretch240sx]

hwat color paint is that... looks like a sky blue but im sure with all the fruity color names they have its proabbaly like happy saturday sky blue

[daniel240]

That looks really good. i just polished my valve cover, using sandpaper, steel wool and then buffing it with mothers. it took me about 3 hours. i plan on doing my intake manifold next. check it out.

[Lepchitz1]

Dude that looks good. Can you give step by step instructions on what you did. I would really like to do that. thanks Josh

You live close to me...ill help you if you want me to.

Email me at [email protected]

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[MarkEmark]

Thanks again Budweizzer!!!I got the paint at Autozone, it was $3.99, and it's called "Ford Blue"--i put about 5 light coats of that on, and two heavier coats of clear engine enamel after...

[Zydeco]

sweet.