I am a sick, sad individual

[Hecubus84]

Well, my valve cover was looking rather shabby (peeling paint, corrosion, etc) so I decided to paint it. For a second I was going to paint it red but then I quickly remembered that I'm not a ricer. Eventually I decided on gunmetal gray, hammerite gunmetal gray to be exact. The first step was to clean it, and since I don't do anything half-assed I went to a friends place and sand blasted that bitch. After that I soaked it in my parts washer to loosen any sand that may have encrusted itself inside. Then I blew it out with compressed air and masked it off:

Since I was fresh out of zinc chromate I bought a can of adhesion promoter, after a few coats of that and then it was on to the paint. What you see below is the finished product:

And here is a shot of it on my car after about a month:

It's been about 4 months since then and it still looks as good as the day I painted it. I give it a 10 out of 10
Products used:
Dupli-Color Adhesion promoter (sourced from a autoparts store)
Krylon fusion hammered finish (sourced from wal-mart)

[tuxdreamerx]

Nice I like it.

Does it make me a ricer if I painted my valve cover blue lol

[Hecubus84]

Does it make me a ricer if I painted my valve cover blue lol

Only if you have matching led window sprayer nozzles.

[tuxdreamerx]

I have matching windshield wiper arms lol

but im not a ricer

[Civic Accord Honda]

i had blue LED washer sparyers but i got rid of them ....that looks really good i need to paint mine some time

[tuxdreamerx]

have you checked out my thread yet?

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59238
I have tons of pics

including my cheesy a$$ colors lol, and the blue wiper arms

[MessyHonda]

looks good. i remember when i painted mine i only used a red scuff pad so it did not grab the paint that good...i want to powercoat mine now.

[tuxdreamerx]

I used the fusion stuff all I did was clean my wipers then paint and did 4 light coats but they will probably chip, or maybe not fusion works great.

[BITESIZE]

It looks ok. The paint looks lumpy.

[LiTtLe xOx BitT]

Looks good, now all you need is a header and CAI and a cam gear.

[ZackieDarko]

man that valve cover is sweet


good job

[A18A]

dude! paint mine for me

[Hazwan]

sweet dude! now wash the engine bay

[race12001]

looks good and mines red and i aint no ricer

[Toneloc5145]

Wow, that looks great. One of the best that I have seen yet. Good job.

[Hecubus84]

It looks ok. The paint looks lumpy.

That's the idea.

This makes me want to paint my whole car in hammerite now, it would look awesome. Not to mention it would hide all the dents and dings.

[LX-incredible]

Looks good. I bet you had fun with the masking.

[BITESIZE]

Why did you mask it off?

[tuxdreamerx]

I think that would look awsome. take a pic of your car and do a photoshop on it and change your car color to hammerrite and see what it looks like. if you post a pic of your car ill photoshop it if you dont have photoshop or dont know how to use it.

[BITESIZE]

<----The master of valve covers

[MessyHonda]

^^^^^

[Hecubus84]

I masked it off because I wanted the sandblasted finish for all the raised lettering on the cover. And yes, it was a pain in the ass.
Here is an older shot of my car:

Also, here is a shot my my 7 if you're feeling frisky:


I'll take another shot of the accord today, since I've repainted the bumper and fixed the door since that fall shot.

[mkymonkey]

For a second I was going to paint it red but then I quickly remembered that I'm not a ricer.

im not rice rice baby....

[Pico]

NIce Job

[Hecubus84]

im not rice rice baby....

I knew I'd get a rise out of you guys with that
Anyways, here are some fresh pics I just took:



...Another wonderful spring day in Michigan.