Valve Cover, Woot Woot!!!

[Bass Man]

Just talked to the local junkyard; they have a "couple" of Lx-i valve covers for only $25!! Time to go get one and get to painting it!

[ghettogeddy]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/101_0498.jpg
polished lxi cover ftw lol

[Bass Man]

Dang it!!! I wish I would have seen that before I bought this gloss blue paint!

[2oodoor]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/roodoo2/1205698765.jpg
Catapilar yeorange

[Civic Accord Honda]

cast iron FTW
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff103/Dark_Accord/1988-Honda-Accord-LX-i/resurrected/new-VC-gasket-and-lxi-cover/8a9b6962.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff103/Dark_Accord/1988-Honda-Accord-LX-i/resurrected/new-VC-gasket-and-lxi-cover/cccc5402.jpg

[ghettogeddy]

Dang it!!! I wish I would have seen that before I bought this gloss blue paint!

return it lol or paint something else lol

[Bass Man]

Nah... I sand blasted it and painted it with the High gloss, Metalcast stuff... Apparently some guy painted a whole Smallblock with the stuff, so it's heat resistant to 500*.

I got about 6 coats on it, and it looks awesome. Now I just got to wait a couple days for it to cure and I can sand the raised portion.

[Bass Man]

return it lol or paint something else lol

Hot pink FTMFW!!

[Bass Man]

cast iron FTW!

You planning on sanding the raised part??

[Bass Man]

Catapilar yellorange

Is that 2 layered?

[Civic Accord Honda]

You planning on sanding the raised part??
yep il give it a recoat and sand the raised parts when the rebuilt engine goes in :)

[turabaka]

holy hell batman!! quadruple post. Anyway congrats on getting a decent looking valve cover. I just got one for my car. Painted it satin black and sanded the raised parts.

[ZackieDarko]

OEM color is best ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/ZackieDarko/road%20trips/DSCN1211.jpg

[Bass Man]

The stock powder coat looks awesome from the factory, and if I got a decent looking valve cover, it would have stayed powder coated... But I am going blue with this car, and that vavle cover looked UGLY!!!

I just got a good look at it tonight, and it is gonna be one hot looking valve cover! I gotta let it cure till morning, then I will go down to this guy I know, who used to do all kinds of custom paint work, and POLISH the raised parts... Can you say F-L-Y!!

[Bass Man]

OEM color is best ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/ZackieDarko/road%20trips/DSCN1211.jpg

That looks like one powerful B18!

[2oodoor]

Is that 2 layered?

No, it is about six coats, I brushed with brass wirewheel the fins and then polished with mother's on the wad wheel on dremel. Then kind of in between coats I took a tee shirt rag and my finger soaked in laquer thinner and very carefully wiped paint off the fins.. I saved a couple of steps. Overal I am pleased with the results, it didn't have to be perfect. I used genuine Cat paint which is good stuff. If you ever saw a new Cat engine you could appreciate it, they look powder coated and leaks are easy to spot.
I need to post a fresh picture, it looks way better now that is has dried two weeks, very shiny.

[Bass Man]

Oh yeah... Been around Cats and Cases most my life. Cool color and very durable.

You shined that well! I though it was a light blue.

[ZackieDarko]

b16 actually...got my eye on a GSR shortblock though...;)

[Bass Man]

b16 actually...got my eye on a GSR shortblock though...;)
Damn... I thought it was too tall of a deck for a B16...

Can you put a B Vtec Head on a GSR??