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Finally painted my valve covers...

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TruBlu03

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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!)





 

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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...
 

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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!
 

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

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