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Valve cover color?
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Valve cover color?
So I am now ready to put the engine together but am waiting on my .25mm main bearings to arrive so i am just cleaning up random items. What color should I paint the valve covers? Green, Black, or make a green stripe down the middle?
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Re: Valve cover color?
I painted mine with wrinkle black then I sanded down the tops of the the lettering, turned out sweeeeeeet
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Re: Valve cover color?
I did wrinkle black with red on the intake
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Re: Valve cover color?
Thank you that looks good. Not sure what I want to do about the intake yet.
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Re: Valve cover color?
Both look good imo the black is nice but lime green is my fav color..
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Re: Valve cover color?
I may stick with black and do green with the other engine I have that's getting my hx 35
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Re: Valve cover color?
Where did you find wrinkle red paint? I've been looking everywhere for it.Josh222 wrote:I did wrinkle black with red on the intake![]()
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Re: Valve cover color?
What about a diagonal slash of green over black. I'd say maybe so the lettering in green, but I think that might look terrible. Black lettering over green might not look too bad.
VHT makes wrinkle paint. I used their black and red.
VHT makes wrinkle paint. I used their black and red.
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Re: Valve cover color?
I may try a few things out before I put them on
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Re: Valve cover color?
So you guys are using spray in a can? Hmm havent tried it, think the previous owner did that with the stock rims in gold.. Was going to take the valve covers to the powdercoat guy.
Re: Valve cover color?
I learned that Sparvar spray paint like these work well: In the Netherlands they call it wrinkle paint, makes for a nice professional structure on your paint surface as well.
Dutch link:
http://www.oldtimes-shop.nl/N_frame.htm ... s-shop.nl/
and found this, don't know if it's the same.
http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/engine_paint/
Dutch link:
http://www.oldtimes-shop.nl/N_frame.htm ... s-shop.nl/
and found this, don't know if it's the same.
http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/engine_paint/
Re: Valve cover color?
Thanks. Bought some sort of fancy black 2000degree spray stuff in a can thats rust proof & gas/oil resistant so i suppose ill hope for the best..
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Re: Valve cover color?
Soak the hell out of the valve covers in degreaser for at least days as the aluminum absorbs the oil over its years of exposure and the paint will not stick even if it appears clean and you use acid etching paint. I know from experience.
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Re: Valve cover color?
Thanks, have bought several things of degreaser etc for them the insides of the valve covers and super clesn but the outsides have some sort of film/gross coating on them no matter how many times ive cleaned/soaked them.