Painted my Valve Covers

[jeffnoel]

Well this thread was lost in the crash of 05, but since I never got around to posting pics of them on the car here goes.

 

[Jones331]

nice

I like it but where did you buy the rad resivor at?

 

[jeffnoel]

Holcomb motorsports through eBay. $180

 

[042vgt]

Looks really good, great job!

 

[MyEarsHurt]

Looks nice...I can't wait to do mine. How did you prep them?

 

[Jones331]

Holcomb motorsports through eBay. $180

Does it hold pressure well? Thnaks .......jj

 

[ACSPONY]

They look really good

 

[Bullitt #3067]

Very nice! What type of paint did you use? Did you also paint the "ridges" silver??

 

[whyask]

what no upper strut bar..???J/K the engine bay looks sic man

 

[stonegod85]

yay for painting VC's ....since powdercoating is no longer an option.
looks good, by the way did you paint the trouphs of the VC black or is that just a shadow?

 

[2000BLKGT]

Very nice looking engine bay.

Good job.

 

[jeffnoel]

The ribs are painted aluminum. Below is a link to a album with more VC pics

http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/detail.php?id=3807&s=22857#content

 

[03REDFIRE]

love it what kind of paint did you use ?

 

[jeffnoel]

1st I Primed with Hi-temp engine primer, then undercoated with hi-temp white then top coated with yellow brake caliper paint. I did the white undercoating only to bring the color to a closer match to my Zinc Yellow GT.

 

[WOT]

Good job. Looks cool.

 

[stonegod85]

i will follow your method...plan on doing this weekend. i'll post up some pics when i finish.

 

[jeffnoel]

Hold your horses, don't think that this all happens overnight. I picked a 2nd set and painted them over 3 weeks. Each coat should be allowed to dry for about 5 days. If you try to remove, clean/prep,primer,color,reinstall over a weekend the time spent will show in the end result.

 

[stonegod85]

fine...GOSH!!!

 

[john_324]

Hold your horses, don't think that this all happens overnight. I picked a 2nd set and painted them over 3 weeks. Each coat should be allowed to dry for about 5 days. If you try to remove, clean/prep,primer,color,reinstall over a weekend the time spent will show in the end result.

How much does a spare set run?

 

[WOT]

Five days drying time?

I prepped, painted, and cleared my wheels in an afternoon. Then mounted them the next day.

The wheels turned out as good as any of the powdercoated Bullitts I have seen. Allow proper flash and drying time between coats and before handleing.

There is no reason why that can't be accomplished in a weekend. The results will still look the same as long as you don't rush the flash times of the paint being used.