I have a b18a or b18b valve cover with the lumps on it.
if anyone has any ideas or pictures of nice lumpy valve covers, it'd help out a lot.
Because i have no idea what i want to do with it.
I have a b18a or b18b valve cover with the lumps on it.
if anyone has any ideas or pictures of nice lumpy valve covers, it'd help out a lot.
Because i have no idea what i want to do with it.
Last edited by Humphrizzle; 08-01-2007 at 12:59 AM.
Originally Posted by MR.EM1
Shave it. Or let Bucky tackle it. You should get some soldiers painted on it or something. Or get the dc shoe on there like Washington. Be creative.
nah im doing it myself.. i got it for fun.
i just need ideas.
Last edited by Dirty Octopus™; 07-31-2007 at 07:08 AM.
+1
that guy's a dick.
i talked to him on HT and told him i liked his car but i dont like his guages and he got an attitude like they're useful and they look good to him.
he is selling the car for like 25k.
lolz.. thats H-T for you i guess.
hell thats 25k copper aint it?
but nah... for realz thats a bit pricey for a boosted LS powered Civic.
unless he has 15k in copper plated parts?
How can you call him a dick when everyone know's his car and then you, a nobody, tells him what you don't like it about. He could give 2 shits what you don't like about his car. By the looks of your car, he could probably go on and on about what he doesn't like about your car, but then he'd be the dick right
But dayyyyyum 25k for a turboed LS EG??? Wow that guy is out of his mind. He should know that you'll NEVER get back what you put into a car
FUCK GRAN TURISMO EAST!! NEVER TAKE YOUR CAR THERE, ESPECIALLY NOT FOR AN ALIGNMENT!! TERRIBLE BUSINESS!!
dont you know copper is the new chrome? of course that shit costs
make the lumps copper finish and do the rest flat black.
its clean...but i wouldnt pay $25k for it. bump for this thread bc i just got an ls teggie and im curious to see what other people have done too
there were other things said and i wont go into more details.
forget about that guy being a dick.
his guages are ugly though.
i just bought some textured black paint at autozone and just got done stripping the entire cover. I might polish the lumps and texture the indentions. I dont know I'll take pics of the progress to show you what is happening.
later.
Just strip it and clean it really good -- nothing wrong with raw aluminum...it will look just like the head and block
if you want this valve cover, give me your idea and i'll paint it for you exactly and sell it to you at a good price.
cover's in the oven baking at 200 degrees right now.
pics in a little bit.
eh, i dont like that look.. if i dont like the look of this and neither does anyone else, i'll think of something else.
if i cared and were putting this on a car of mine, i would probably do a green or something, but im not.
i have a b16a2 not a b18a or b
Here's my results:
i started off with this ugly thing.
I thought it'd look good enough with just the black paint and taped off lettering... I was wrong.
So i went to the store and bought some stripper and metallic black paint to make it really nice.
I only taped off the Honda badge and I'm pretty happy with the results. Here's the finished product all dried.
Let me know what you all think.
look simple but good........... you need to find some exotic paint and do something a little different ya know?
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repped for the good workHere's my results:
i started off with this ugly thing.
I thought it'd look good enough with just the black paint and taped off lettering... I was wrong.
So i went to the store and bought some stripper and metallic black paint to make it really nice.
I only taped off the Honda badge and I'm pretty happy with the results. Here's the finished product all dried.
Let me know what you all think.
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Thanks man. repped back.
interesting, was a filler used in the bottom right corner on the cam gear "cover"?
I'd suggest next time using aircraft remover on it to get rid it of the excess old paint and down to bare metal. Gotta be careful doing thick coats of paint too because it holds heat in, i've used 1600° ceramic paint before and it still bubbled up at the inner corner after about 6 months.
Powdercoating is by far the most reliable with the best results for the life of the valvecover.
i did.
read after that...
it said i went to the store and got some stripper and paint and redid the eintire thing.
ohhhh, gotcha...thought it was just an extra thick coat of paint over it
yeah, its cool.
for sale in Honda/Acura parts for sale thread.
no filler was used.. I stripped it do bare alumnimum sanded down and washed, dried in oven at 200 degrees then painted.
I still need to paint mine, but I like the metallic job you did, so I hope you don't mind if I steal the idea, heh. Repped for the inspiration.
good job, i think it tuned out nicely
You only live once, maybe twice if you use the e-brake!
thanks repped back
good job, would rep but i already did
true.
are you back in GA yet?
nope.. i'm leaving here 8PM Friday August 17th.
i was flipping through a super street magazine at the store earlier today and that copper'ed out eg was in it. i figured i would throw that out there. the valve cover turned out nice though!
yeah west coast guy.
dont like that guy.
man i love it!!! that's awesome.
much better then the wheels lol
haha thanks.. i actually tried on this, unlike the wheels.
Nice
i think so.
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