Painted my valve cover.. pics!

[Hazwan]

Custom mixed with leftover red and orange pearl paint. Absolutely stunning in person!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02147.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02148.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02149.jpg

Lets hope it will last with all the heat in the engine bay :nervous:

[2oodoor]

looks like a piece of candy, good job

[A18A]

amazing :thumbup:

[Hazwan]

Thanks! I'm a sucker for shiny pearlescent paint if you can't tell lol. Can't wait to get it installed!

[MessyHonda]

pics of it installed plz

[forrest89sei]

Sweet!

[Civic Accord Honda]

looks tits

[GraniteLXI]

Very nice! Take install pic's when u get the chance :)

[Hazwan]

Yeah lol I'll get bunch of pics tomorrow. The paint is still curing. I wish I could use my mom's oven:p

[2ndGenGuy]

Holy shit man! That looks sweet!!! Nice work!! Absolutely stunning! Those old valve covers are so sexy with all their nice smooth curves. The A series ones are so square and high tech looking. Love for the old school.

[88LXi68]

I think it would look even better if you polished the "Honda"

[ghettogeddy]

I think it would look even better if you polished the "Honda"

x2

[fogged]

Sweet, candy for the motor. Id love to see it installed.

[87roach]

That looks really really good! Damn, you seem to make some really nice looking goods with the "left over" paint, haha.

[frantik]

:bow:

can't wait to see it installed

[AccordB20A]

that looks good man. top effort

[Catalyst]

Wow looks great, Awesome Job!

[Pico]

Awesome http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/Icons/thumbup.gif

[Hazwan]

Thanks guys! Here it is installed:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02153.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02151.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02152.jpg

I still need to repaint my chopped air cleaner and timing belt cover.

And I think I'm gonna leave the "Honda" as is. The raised letters are too rounded and won't look good if sanded, plus the valve cover is made of steel and it will rust, unless I put another layer of clear on it.

And oh its leaking a bit. I need to put that whatever that called stuff you put on the gasket lol

[2ndGenGuy]

Damn man looks great in your engine bay! Really goes great with those wires, radiator cap and battery too!

[Hazwan]

LOL yeah yellow=fast!!!

What I should repaint my air cleaner cover with? I'm pretty sure orange would look meh.. Flat black maybe?

[knarg]

Wow, pretty!! :thumbup:

[Ichiban]

That colour is simply amazing. I think maybe a black wrinkle finish for the air filter?

[A18A]

looks good :)

[Hauntd ca3]

thats a sweeeeeeet colour dude:thumbup:

[knarg]

yeah, i would go with a black carb lid

[Hazwan]

Rattle canned my air cleaner with chrome paint. Its pretty shiny actually. Painted black the huile cap as well lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02158.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02154.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02155.jpg

Still need to wash the whole engine bay, repaint the grey patch where the rust hole was welded, replace any old looking bolts/hose clips with shiny new ones, clean/repaint metal piece under the carb and get that cool looking spark plug cable clips and it should be done!

[codyJDM]

That looks incredible. Amazing job Hazwan :thumbup:

[A18A]

what a show car!

[Civic Accord Honda]

hot

[2ndGenGuy]

Damn dude, that looks good! I wish my 1g engine looked that good! Silver paint looks great!!

[SZfiftyfour]

Thats effin nice man. That red-orange looks like it could be a Hugger Orange 'Pearl'. I like that chrome paint too. I've used it before, even though I knew it wouldn't be 'chrome'. It kinda looks like platinum when it dries.
My EK1 will never look this good lol!

[79cord]

Nice work.
Now that's a reminder I must paint my air-cleaner too...But I've already gone silver on my cam cover (outlining the "HONDA" in black for contrast).
Shame we missed out on the cool alloy cam-cover of the 76-78 EF-EG -which I assume won't fit EK-EL.
And MUST do something about my leaky oil cap seal like you did too.

[2ndGenGuy]

The other thing I'd like to do in my engine bay, is take that big-ass wiring harness that runs along the top of the firewall, and tuck it into the cowl area. Seems like it would be easy enough to do.

[79cord]

Regarding hiding firewall wiring I thought about that too.
But I ended up taking the Idea a few steps further & pulling that entire left side engine bay wiring loom back into the cabin before drilling a hole in the firewall to route it inside the left chassis rail & out at the frt end by the bumper mount (for lighting) and at an existing hole by the alternator for that connection. Required a bit of bashing [with screwdriver] at an internal reinforcement towards the frt of the chassis rail though.

But from the sounds of the recent threads about burnt alternator wiring I possibly should have upgraded that first !
Not so easy now.

[Hazwan]

Thanks guys. I'd love to tuck my wirings, but then the engine bay is already cluttered with A/C stuffs so it won't make any noticeable difference. I've tucked my alarm siren though :)

And yeah no more leaks, yay!

[Ichiban]

Hey John, remember that factory chrome valve cover on that Canadian 1g car with the EK1 and the weird backwards mounted alternator? Did you have a picture of that somewhere? It was from when we went to that scrapyard in Salmo.

[2ndGenGuy]

Why yes, yes I do... :D

Click for more.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2293640466_fae7ca2f2d.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgturk/2293640466/in/set-72157603987568732/)

[Civic Accord Honda]

Why yes, yes I do... :D

Click for more.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2293640466_fae7ca2f2d.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgturk/2293640466/in/set-72157603987568732/)
all thos were crushed ? :( :crying:

[Hazwan]

all thos were crushed ? :( :crying:

That makes me sad :( :crying:

I'd kill for a hatch :(

[2ndGenGuy]

Yeah all gone. :(

You know what I just noticed? That alternator is mounted where Hazwan's A/C pump is mounted. Probably the same bracketry.

[Hazwan]

Yeah appears to be the exact same bracket. And the A/C compressor is mounted down below, where my alternator goes. Why would they do that?

Speaking of brackets, I need to get non-PS alternator bracket, they look funny without PS pump attached.

[79cord]

That's the normal Air-con layout, at least on all I've ever seen.
Though obviously Hazwan's is an exception to that.
I thought it made sense because AC compressor was heavier & would be less affected by possible water splashing... & alternator might be more likely to need service access.

Whole A/C idea definately complicates working on the engine though.

[offthahook]

Custom mixed with leftover red and orange pearl paint. Absolutely stunning in person!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02147.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02148.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/ullyeus/accord/vcover/DSC02149.jpg

Lets hope it will last with all the heat in the engine bay :nervous:

Looks stunning in a picture, too. You should be fine without the paint coating cracking due to heat. I doubt the valve cover gets much over 180 degrees F; regular paint should adhere just fine even at that temp. Looks tight meng.

[fogged]

That was the best JY slide show Ive ever seen. Wait a minute. Thats the only JY slide show Ive ever seen. It sucks they crushed em'. A few of them looked as if they would have made a good project car.

[2ndGenGuy]

That was the best JY slide show Ive ever seen. Wait a minute. Thats the only JY slide show Ive ever seen. It sucks they crushed em'. A few of them looked as if they would have made a good project car.

Not only that, but it was the best junk yard I've ever seen period.

[redr2]

Nice valve cover. Was that automotive based paint.....or out of a regular spray can?

I am doing my oil pan, distributor cap and timing belt cover tomorrow in a bright metallic blue in a Acryllic Enamel. I will post pics when done.


- Kurt

[Hazwan]

Nice valve cover. Was that automotive based paint.....or out of a regular spray can?

I am doing my oil pan, distributor cap and timing belt cover tomorrow in a bright metallic blue in a Acryllic Enamel. I will post pics when done.


- Kurt

Its automotive paint leftovers from the last paintjob.

Please do post pics!