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    Valve cover repaint

    Finally got around repainting the lame orange valve cover. It worked when the bay was body colored but blue+orange+yellow+purple combo in the bay now is just... ew.

    Baii orange. You will be missed D:


    Paint stripper FTW (Y)


    All cleaned up


    Base color


    Now, can anybody guess whats the final color gonna be?


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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    obviously fluorescent pink

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    yellow

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    lime green

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Blue!!!!!!

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Mauve.

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Quote Originally Posted by A18A View Post
    obviously fluorescent pink
    x2

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Pink with yellow spots? Nah....blue...

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    All of the above!?!?!?!?!


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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    God, all the color choices you guys gave me sounds so gay

    Quote Originally Posted by A18A View Post
    obviously fluorescent pink
    HOW CAN YOU TELLS?!?!!?!@!12!??///

    Anyway you guys are wrong hah!






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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Nice color man! From the brightly lit pics it looks a little too pinkish but in the engine bay it looks great. I love Purple, but I find it's hard to find a shade that's cool, kudos!

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    That engine bay is full of win sir . Whats 2GG win for getting it right [in a way]

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Yeah, what's my prize? Some JDM stuffs? I want all the little chrome bits on the interior.

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndGenGuy View Post
    Yeah, what's my prize? Some JDM stuffs? I want all the little chrome bits on the interior.
    You know you gonna get them

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Hell yeah, purple FTW!!!!


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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Im gonna repaint mine to black haha. Good job on the paint Haz!

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    Engine bay= SEKS!!!!!
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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Nice to see you keep the air conditioning. If a car doesn't have A/C I won't be driving it.

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Haha thanks guys but eh I'm not too happy with the overall look of the bay. Its still way too cluttered to my liking especially from the A/C related stuffs. Stupid Honda thinking that its cool having the compressor located up there grrr!

    Any ideas what else I could do to clean the bay up a little bit more?

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Looks epic!
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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Quote Originally Posted by Hazwan View Post
    Stupid Honda thinking that its cool having the compressor located up there grrr!

    Any ideas what else I could do to clean the bay up a little bit more?
    Yeah, rip that bad-boy out!!! I keep fighting the urge to take MINE out, it would clean up my engine bay SO much!

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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    I can't! I love my A/C way too much

    But here are some newer PICS!

    Puuuuurple rad (literally) overflow bottle



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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    I think you might find that the A/C performs better at low speeds or in traffic if you add an additional fan next to the existing one. That is one show piece of an engine bay!

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    Have you thought about painting the compressor? ?
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    Re: Valve cover repaint

    Yeah, I was wondering what happened to your other fan as well... I just finished removing and cleaning my whole fan assembly. I also repainted my fan shroud and I did a horrible job! It stands up to light scrutiny though so I don't mind.

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