Finally painted my valve covers...

[TruBlu03]

Well, I finally got tired of looking at the ugly bare valve covers and decided to paint them. I had planned on doing this when I did my cam swap but I didn't have time. I used a "Black Wrinkle Finish" made by VHT. It gives it that textured look like the FRPP valve covers. For less than $20, including primer and sandpaper, I think they turned out pretty good. Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pics.

Before:

After a little cleaning and sanding:

A little primer:

After: (Still drying in the first pic, but much better!)

 

['08GTcaRED]

Good job Daniel! Looks nice and professionally done from what I can tell in the pics. If I didn't have covers for mine then that would be a much needed mod I would have to do...

 

[walter]

That looks great! I know most people go for the bling of chrome and color matching but you can never go wrong with a nice black paint job on engine parts. Keeps things neat and clean looking.

Great work. I love the textured look you gave them!

 

[SpartaPerformance]

I like the added touch of the breathers. Where did you get them?

 

[TruBlu03]

Thanks guys....Sparta, I picked them up at Auto Zone. The drivers side is K&N and the passenger side is just a little cheap no name filter.

 

[Wraith413]

Looks nice!! I still need to do that to mine.

 

[Rob72]

Beats $250 for FRPP black valve covers. Plus if you are going to port your heads you can do the timing chain cover to match. Also thinking you can get a machine shop to hot tank them first.