DIY: strip your valve cover and repaint (56K probably not)

[Shea]

been working on another one and heres the end result

 

[Trbolvrcrx]

Ha I like that I want one with a guiness logo. BTW where did you get the aircraft stripper??

 

[Shea]

Ha I like that I want one with a guiness logo. BTW where did you get the aircraft stripper??

i got it from a friend and i couldn't tell you where he got it from, but i guess try pep boys or ask a body shop where to get it from

 

[snozepp147]

i got mine from lowe's. it's not the aircraft stripper brand but it got the job done, just look for paint remover that will work on metal

 

[Shiznit]

thats sick very nice work. makes me want to customize mine.. so many things to do with my car, so little money

 

[snozepp147]

thats sick very nice work. makes me want to customize mine.. so many things to do with my car, so little money

spray paint is pretty cheap

 

[Genuine Rolla]

Man oh man, i cant wait to do mine over. A buddy of mine finally found some of the paint. definitly one of the next things that im gonna be doing.

 

[matt96ex]

i found this thread a few weeks ago. i def. wanted to do the wrinkle red but the few places i went to didnt have it. probably could of found it somewhere in town. but i did find the krylon wrinkle black. it ran 6.57/can.i decided to get that instead, thinking red would kinda clash with everythign else in my engine bay. my buddy the night before painted his teggy valve cover bronze so i used his paint stripper stuff just to get all the crap off it. i put about 3 coats on it. it came out really good. only i must of not gotten off some oil or something above and below the A. you can only see it looking straight down or when theres light going along side of it. the wrinkle hides it well.i dont think its noticable in the pics. but i get let it air dry for a bit and while it was still tacky i just threw it back on the car...i didnt care obviously. once i drove the car and warmed it up, it wrinkled right up. looks tits now. in the process of puttin the valve cover back on i broke the top left bolt. 3/4 of the threading is still stuck in there. i got a new bolt and everything. luckly no i have no oil mess...yet. dunno how the hell im gonna get the res t of the bolt out. anyways. heres pics.

 

[44mag]

I feel your pain. Im driving with a broken bolt too.

 

[matt96ex]

I feel your pain. Im driving with a broken bolt too.

yea..it sucks. im king of driving with broken bolts. i have a suspen. bolt in the back ive been rockin broke too now for awhile. hah!

 

[boosted-cx]

that was a nice outcome. i like that wrinkle red.

 

[squidmaster]

superfly they look really nice

does it really take 12 FULL hours to dry? dayyyum.

 

[Shea]

yeah, 12 hours

 

[b16CIVICSI]

i always thought that you had to primer the valve cover guess not

 

[bcivichb]

 

[kangaroo]

^^

wow....did you repaint that yourself??

with what paint?

 

[bcivichb]

yea i did. i did it along with the op, the Krylon paint

 

[Shea]

nice spark plug cover, pimp!

 

[dwack91]

that looks great i am going to do mine the same

 

[bunbohue]

i found this thread a few weeks ago. i def. wanted to do the wrinkle red but the few places i went to didnt have it. probably could of found it somewhere in town. but i did find the krylon wrinkle black. it ran 6.57/can.i decided to get that instead, thinking red would kinda clash with everythign else in my engine bay. my buddy the night before painted his teggy valve cover bronze so i used his paint stripper stuff just to get all the crap off it. i put about 3 coats on it. it came out really good. only i must of not gotten off some oil or something above and below the A. you can only see it looking straight down or when theres light going along side of it. the wrinkle hides it well.i dont think its noticable in the pics. but i get let it air dry for a bit and while it was still tacky i just threw it back on the car...i didnt care obviously. once i drove the car and warmed it up, it wrinkled right up. looks tits now. in the process of puttin the valve cover back on i broke the top left bolt. 3/4 of the threading is still stuck in there. i got a new bolt and everything. luckly no i have no oil mess...yet. dunno how the hell im gonna get the res t of the bolt out. anyways. heres pics.

wow thats nice... i didn't know we can paint the d-series valve covers.