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opinions needed!! what color valve cover?

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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opinions needed!! what color valve cover?

So i just made a deal with hack to buy his valve cover. Originally i was just going to polish it to match my intake, buttttt... This place is near me and has decent prices. Would any of you think they would look good powder coated any color? i was actually kinda thinking either metallic dark red or metallic dark blue. But one of my buddys just said white to match my car. here is the place http://www.flocoatinc.com/index.htm (not much of a site eh)
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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dude dont go there

thats where i got the valve cover done for my focus

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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dude i thought u said it was fine to go there. is there another place near us?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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i thought i said go to the place in coral springs
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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Cant decide between red or blue

I'm kinda leaning toward red though
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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that guy has a 100 dollar minimum also he wanted 140 to do my v/c, i got it with a huge ass ugly drip in it and i said yo wtf im not paying for this and he was like you have to, so i had to buy it because i put a deposit on it of like 100 bucks
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by anthonyS88
i thought i said go to the place in coral springs
what place?

Originally Posted by HackAbuse
Cant decide between red or blue

I'm kinda leaning toward red though
metallic red or just flat?

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that guy has a 100 dollar minimum also he wanted 140 to do my v/c, i got it with a huge ass ugly drip in it and i said yo wtf im not paying for this and he was like you have to, so i had to buy it because i put a deposit on it of like 100 bucks
ya F tht, what is the place in springs called?

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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i forgot what it was called, just do a search in yellowpages in coral springs for powder coating place
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by anthonyS88
i forgot what it was called, just do a search in yellowpages in coral springs for powder coating place
ok, should i do it or just polish it?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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i think it was called broward powder coating, let me get a valve cover for my car, and we can go together and get a deal or something

or you can polish it

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by anthonyS88
i think it was called broward powder coating, let me get a valve cover for my car, and we can go together and get a deal or something

or you can polish it
ok. but i need more opinions, polished or powdercoated everyone?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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polished= cheaper so do polished
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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Red adds 20HP. Everyone knows red is the fastest color.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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^^^ this is true
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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I would match the car
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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Polishing is cheaper but it's a long grueling task
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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I would match the car
i dont kno how well a white valve cover and intake would look...
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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dark metallic red would be nice.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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real men polish thier valve covers. Polish also looks good with any color so if you have other painted parts it will look good.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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I think it would look wicked, I have never seen that before. As long as you keep it clean, it would awesome. You should also get white rims.

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i dont kno how well a white valve cover and intake would look...
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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I say, Mettalic Navy
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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Id go powder coating here is a pic of mine that is kind of 2 tone. I tinted the side by the intake using industrial strength degreaser.

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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I have my valve cover powder coated red with the "ecotec supercharged" plastic thing and the plug cover painted black. looks real clean..
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by biniecki
were did you get the CF piece?
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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It is a custom part made by fibercation out of ohio. Another member made them a template out of aluminum and they made a cf replica of it for him and then one extra. I ended up getting the only extra one that they made. The downside is that the member that made the template asked for the template to be shipped back with his cf one so fibercation no longer has a template to make any more of them. Also mine is the only one left. The other member showed it off to some friends and one leaned on it and snapped it so he is now using his aluminum template. Its real cf and ran me about $90
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