So last year I painted my vc red. Due to a rat dragging poison blocks onto the vc and hoses rubbing it it's starting to look like ****. So I'm gonna repaint it next weekend and I'm needing help deciding what color to paint it.

My car is all black with silver rims. It used to be black and red hence why I painted my valve cover red. I just don't know if I want to go back the same color or if I want to go with something else this time. I just know I don't want wrinkle black cause it's a bitch to keep clean. So any suggestions?

 

Ok well since yall cant name any colors, can yall answer whether or not I have to use high heat paint or if regular paint will hold up to the heat?

 

im guessing high heat and idk about you but im going to paint my vc purple later to match my sc lol. Since your car is black wouldnt pretty much any color go with it? Go with your favorite color imo

 

i used high heat paint and a few months later its already chipping! paint it silver metallic

 

Would that happen with like all high heat paint? or did you just like not prep it. Apparently prepping is more important than actually painting from what I hear lol just getting as much info before trying to paint mine

oo silver metallic would look good. or polishing it. I wanted to polish mine and polish my sc but then I realized i would probably fail horribly if i tried and dont feel like paying someone else to do it.

 

preping as in what? i sanded it if thats what u mean.

 

I say dark grey.

 

yeahh sanding and stuff. Idk on what ur supposed to put primer on but primer if it needed it lol. im a noob at painting stuff. Only things ive painted have been with plastidip so only prepping i know is washing the surface

 

all i did was sand and did like 4 coats

 

oh ok. cool

 

but apparently thats not enough because mine is already chipping really bad

 

wonder what else you needa do to it so it wouldnt chip

 

powder coat lol

 

lol besides powder coating. ill prolly end up doing that later on lol. Just get my wheels done while im at it too

 

im going to attempt to re paint my valve cover. maybe this weekend

 

let me know how it goes

 

i will. are you still on my fb

 

yeahh unless you deleted me lol. I dont know why I never put picks up of my car like you :/ makes me feel like I dont like my car as much as I actually do

 

ya ive got tons lol. and i didnt deleted you

 

alright cool. put pics up or just text em to me when you do it. You doing it same color again?

 

ya black

 

yea black looks nice

 

Did you not use degreaser first? I mean when I painted mine I used a good degreaser, rubbed it down with acetone, then just hit it with paint and laid down about 3 coats and it's only peeling where a hose rubs.

 

ya i used degreaser

 

Maybe an adhesion promoter would help the paint stick better? What color have yall painted yalls?