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Bass Man
03-28-2008, 02:12 PM
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
03-28-2008, 02:17 PM
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b397/ghettogeddy/101_0498.jpg
polished lxi cover ftw lol

Bass Man
03-28-2008, 03:42 PM
Dang it!!! I wish I would have seen that before I bought this gloss blue paint!

2oodoor
03-28-2008, 04:25 PM
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t280/roodoo2/1205698765.jpg
Catapilar yeorange

Civic Accord Honda
03-28-2008, 04:57 PM
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
03-28-2008, 05:02 PM
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
03-28-2008, 05:24 PM
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
03-28-2008, 05:25 PM
return it lol or paint something else lol

Hot pink FTMFW!!

Bass Man
03-28-2008, 05:27 PM
cast iron FTW!

You planning on sanding the raised part??

Bass Man
03-28-2008, 05:28 PM
Catapilar yellorange

Is that 2 layered?

Civic Accord Honda
03-28-2008, 06:00 PM
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
03-28-2008, 06:12 PM
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
03-28-2008, 06:17 PM
OEM color is best ;)

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

Bass Man
03-28-2008, 10:58 PM
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
03-28-2008, 11:00 PM
OEM color is best ;)

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

That looks like one powerful B18!

2oodoor
03-29-2008, 02:52 AM
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
03-29-2008, 08:10 AM
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
03-29-2008, 09:05 AM
b16 actually...got my eye on a GSR shortblock though...;)

Bass Man
03-29-2008, 01:30 PM
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??