ive been thinking about doing something to my valve covers like polish, or powdercoating, but im not real sure what it would look like, so if someone could post some pics of their valve covers it would be appreciated

 

ive been wanting to do this also... how do you take it off?

 

you have to take off all electrical first and then just unbolt it and pull it up

 

really its that easy... i thought maybe there was oil in there or somthing... idk maybe i will paint it when i change my spark plugs... thanx

 

There will be oil when you take it off underneath it, and you'll have to cover the open engine so no contaminents get in the engine

 

thanks a lot

 

Not the greatest photo of it (was actually taking a picture of the space where I took off the dead matting from) ITs also not 100% finished, at that point I had no polish on it. And if it werent cold and night out I Could get a decent dirty pic of it

So far Halfcent has probly the nicest polished valve cover

 

I'm thinking about getting color matched paint to paint the spark plug covers though, it would be a nice compliment to a polish

 

do you have to take the valve cover off to polish it?

 

You dont have to no, I didnt.

 

i might just do that then. but still does anyone have pics of it powdercoated?

 

BillBT has the bst polished engine bay hands down
BillBT FTW!!

My engine bay is going to be transitioning to bling bling within the next few months

 

And yes, you absolutely should be removing your valve cover to polish it. There are a couple of how-to's in the how-to section on polishing aluminum.

 

What sandpaper grit did you use in the last step, and what polishing compunds did you use to finish that?

 

Im thinking about buying a valve cover from a junk yard and just polishing it, then just switch them out when im done...

 

ill get pics of mine tomarrow. jackalope polished mine, when i met gsoccer24 in new jersey. it looks good. i need the intake to replace that black cover.

 

Heres a Polished Valve cover!

 

BillBT is the master polisher

 

Indeed, the best on here by far. I think he polishes in his sleep. lol

Oh, and for the love of God take them off when you are polishing them. Why go to all that trouble just to half ass it? Take them off and do it right.

 

Yeah, Bill has a lot of bling under there, but it does look really nice.

Check out the How-To's for grit steps. I don't use sandpaper. I use nylox brushes (you can use brass to if you wanted), and then rouge. It's all available at Home Depot.

 

There are Now 5 Cam Covers Like Mine, 3 Local & 2 outside Florida!
3 Cobalts
2 Redlines

Mine
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By the way, Thanks for the Props All! Been working alot at it!

 

would it be fine to just paint it w/ high heat paint?

 

yes you could just lots of coats

 

thanx... sounds like a project for this weekend...

 

I bought a spray can of wrinkle black from the Harley dealer. They use this finish on the Night Train and other models. The paint was almost $20 for one can. I haven't gotten around to pulling my cam cover and painting it with this stuff, but when I do I'll post a how to (if it goes well) or something in "Appearence" if it doesn't. Hope to try it this weekend, but that's not firm since installing my new GMPP rotors comes first (the stockers have a terrible shake - warped like crazy).