yes I did... after a 2 year banning.

 

How do you guys go about painting your valve covers? Do you remove them completely? Any special paint or anything?

 

Ive always used engine enamel but i've seen people use normal paint and get away with it. Most spray paint boil at around 340 degrees which I doubt the valve cover gets that hot so I don't see why you can't use normal spray paint.

 

i took mine off and had it my buddy shoot in his paint booth. gotta clean it really well or else the paint wont stick. mines startin to bubble up in spots... ill have it shot again this winter prob

 

Is it a time consuming process to remove? Is it something I could do over a weekend? I love the look of the painted valve cover.

 

Wanna do mine in metallic teal. powdercoat though.. A high-hear grill paint would work too..

 

Gestapo007 and now 1LSJ2NV both have painted v/c's... but done with a basecoat clearcoat setup...

I know Gestapoooo has had his on there for several months without issues, my brakes are basecoat clearcoated and have held up just fine

 

my BC/CC calipers held up for the tail of the dragon where people (who shall remain nameless) set there pads on fire

 

it takes 10 minutes to take off yur valve cover... easy process.

stay away from my color you!!!

 

Is there anything special to take note of? Anything connected to the cover that's difficult to remove? Any seals that need to be replaced or RTV that needs to be scraped and replaced? Thanks

 

Not a good pic due to lighting but here it is

 

You have to take the breather line off of the intake/Valve cover connection and also another one that goes from the valve cover to the turbo. The intake one is easy just disconnect where it attaches to the intake. The turbo one is much harder to figure out. There is a small bolt (9mm i think) right next to where the breather line goes into the turbo. If you remove that then the line will come off of the turbo no problem.

the seal is a flexible rubber type and it can be reused as long as you are under 100k miles or so (if you are over 100k miles you should replace it anyways).

 

Awesome, thanks for the advice. I'll tackle this once I decide on which paint to use

 

Finished the blower over the weekend and did the valve cover last weekend.

 

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TommypSS/TC, what did you use to clean your valve cover?

 

Installing this soon!

 

That looks soooooooooooooooooo nice.

 

^^x2. Now send out your valve cover so Matt can powder coat one for me.

 

why do you need the filter for the oil cap?

 

^^that question made no sense to me

 

 

Best engine bay ever. "Stage WTF" for the win!!!!

 

secret is safe with me....























NATHAN

 

To vent crank case pressure. My dipstick kept popping out. There are better ways to do it but this worked for me. And i have yet to spray oil out of the breathers

 

I wetsanded it with sandpaper. 400 grit, then 800, then 1000, then 2000, then finished it up with some aluminum polish. All by hand. Not the best or most professional, but it sure does look better than stock.