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Jareds 89 LX-i
04-06-2004, 05:50 PM
... and a couple other pics too. Some may remember from about a year ago, I painted my 2nd gen Prelude valve cover blue. Anyways, that one was really starting to show it's age and was looking pretty bad, so I decided to paint up the stock Accord valve cover and stick it on. The color of the new one is "new ford grey", with the letters, lines and emblem sanded down to the bare aluminum. Then put a couple coats of clearcoat over it so it stays nice for awile.

BEFORE
http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=7267eb2a-9507-713d-4b89-2d0c4345cbc1&size=

In between coats
http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=25ee298d-75c5-6275-12d4-6f8f4c1f4f52&size=

All clearcoated and fresh out of the oven!
http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=4fc85d2e-4ca1-23a4-277e-5f9735b2908a&size=

And now.....AFTER!
http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=4e745835-66bd-7d51-3a38-764773b41067&size=

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=3d8f71a5-15dd-8c62-75e3-70ee161f759e&size=

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=20955c96-5dde-24e2-760e-e73f225d79e1&size=

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=74ea4668-df02-6289-5700-60b2fc174563&size=

Then I did this about a week or so ago
http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=1ce6228a-31dc-4920-77e5-1e117ee94b43&size=

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=420038dd-2d9d-446a-3ba9-4c447c783d3b&size=

:)

blazin3gen
04-06-2004, 06:06 PM
damn looks nice jared!

Cyric_accord
04-06-2004, 06:08 PM
Looking good Jared, you always do well on your mods and DIY Projects. :thumbup:

pimp86LX
04-06-2004, 06:15 PM
very very smooth man. That is the best colour i've seen a valve colour.

Busted_Blue
04-06-2004, 06:16 PM
what are all those wires? specifically asking for the yellow and red wires on the right.

Looks good, but I like the flat paint look, but I don't think high enamel has that right?

Jareds 89 LX-i
04-06-2004, 06:43 PM
what are all those wires? specifically asking for the yellow and red wires on the right.

Looks good, but I like the flat paint look, but I don't think high enamel has that right?
LOL.... I really need to clean all those wires up! The red wires are for the speaker for my alarm, and the yellow wires are for the signal lights you see in the last 2 pictures. That's 30 feet of yellow wire I used, LOL, and they go into a relay (down where they all go down by the cruise control).

I do agree with you... I like the flat textured paint as well, like the black that came stock on ours. When it's in good shape the factory ones actually look really good! A little change never hurts anything though, for awile at least....

SharkyX
04-06-2004, 07:13 PM
Ok jared what type of materials did you use, brands for paint and clearcoat. what did you use to sand down the bare metal parts? im gonna be painint one to put on mine here soon and i like the way your came out "im gonna do a diff color of coz) but it looked like you used some good stuff.

Neuspeed87lx
04-06-2004, 07:27 PM
hey whats it like doing things like that yourself and having them come out awesome like that ? lol ..boy i would love to know what that feels like :)

Andrew
04-06-2004, 08:11 PM
Holy Crap! Does that ever look good! I just did my air box cover GM Blue, my next project is the valve cover in the same color.

adams86lxi
04-06-2004, 08:52 PM
damn, i like the color!

AQcz
04-06-2004, 09:09 PM
That looks real good. Got some good ppl up here

BITESIZE
04-06-2004, 09:12 PM
Is it a grey or silver?

SteveDX89
04-07-2004, 02:09 AM
Thats a nice looking valve cover. I've got to paint mine since it's got some chips in it and your technique looks great. I'm gonna try that. Good work. :rockon:

Elijah
04-07-2004, 03:11 AM
Turned out really good.I have to redo mine soon.I havent done it in almost 3 years. To busy with to many other things.

Cheeseburger
04-07-2004, 08:24 AM
ot looks awsome dude

DanLXI88
04-07-2004, 08:44 AM
Looks nice man you did a good job!

Jareds 89 LX-i
04-07-2004, 09:38 AM
Thanks for all the compliments!! :D The color is grey, not silver. In the pictures it does kinda look silver, but for some reason it looks alot lighter in the pics than it really is, probably cuz of the flash or something (taking them at night)

For whoever asked, I'll take pics of everything I used, maybe even make a lil how-to, lol.

pimp86LX
04-07-2004, 09:52 AM
For whoever asked, I'll take pics of everything I used, maybe even make a lil how-to, lol.

you would be 'The-Man'

its really nice to finally see some engine colours that arn't blinding red or yellow or something questionable like that. Sometimes understatment says more. :bow:

Busted_Blue
04-07-2004, 09:58 AM
who says it is an understatement? I like it. Do high temp enamel paint come in flat colors? All i see on valve covers is gloss gloss gloss.

pimp86LX
04-07-2004, 10:47 AM
who says it is an understatement?


I did :cool: All i meant was that it doesnt jump out and say "LOOK AT ME" it just flows with the various colours and metalic parts in the engine bay. mabe sleek sutble is more descriptive than understated.

SiR
04-07-2004, 10:58 AM
Very nice cover, i hope it dosent start to chip like the last one did.