Painting valve covers.

[eksplosivejoe13]

have any of you guys done this? if so what kind of paint did you use?

anybody got any pictures?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I have, no pics, but to do a good job you need to pull them off, clean them thoroughly, use adhesion promoter and clear coat.

And I would liek to see a set of powder coated ones.

 

[Paul]

Jeff has pics of the ones I powdercoated for him in his build thread. Not my best work ever, but decent.

 

[Dalamar]

if they're the stock covers, you can paint them.
Do like JR said, and definately use adhesion promoter first.

i wouldn't clear them, unless it's a very good high temp clear.
these things get HOT and most clears will yellow over time.


Here's a pic of my stock covers, painted.
this is before I went turbo, and had Paul poweder the Alum valve covers.
Paul's kinda like a Jessy James in flip flops!

 

[NERD]

Lets see some more work from Paul... I have an entire engine that needs to be done. :0)

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I've seen the alloy valve covers on early Crown Vics, just FYI.

 

[Untame-d]

Just did it last month.

Some backyard expertise:

Degreaser, silver paint, taped then black and touched up. all high heat.

 

[BraMas]

Jeff has pics of the ones I powdercoated for him in his build thread. Not my best work ever, but decent.

How did you powder coat them they are plastic?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Jeff has pics of the ones I powdercoated for him in his build thread. Not my best work ever, but decent.

How did you powder coat them they are plastic?

they are nylon composite actually, first off. I never grabbed a set to see if they could take the heat from the oven, but I bet they could, they're mounted to an engine after all.

Secondly, as I stated above, I've seen factory alluminum ones on early Crown Vics.

 

[BraMas]

Jeff has pics of the ones I powdercoated for him in his build thread. Not my best work ever, but decent.

How did you powder coat them they are plastic?

they are nylon composite actually, first off. I never grabbed a set to see if they could take the heat from the oven, but I bet they could, they're mounted to an engine after all.

Secondly, as I stated above, I've seen factory alluminum ones on early Crown Vics.

I agree the cover can take it. I have a cover I bought in a junk yard to do a test on the problem is there is cheap plastic baffles glued on the inside of them that will not last the heat cycle I assume. I have yet to test it I was just hoping you had done it already and could verify they would survive

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I agree the cover can take it. I have a cover I bought in a junk yard to do a test on the problem is there is cheap plastic baffles glued on the inside of them that will not last the heat cycle I assume. I have yet to test it I was just hoping you had done it already and could verify they would survive

Nope, the one's Jeff (dalamar) had coated by Paul were alluminum. And I never got around to it when i was screwing around with powder coating things.

If I was you, I would pick up a sacrifical set just to see, I still think it could work, and someone could make some dough on it.

 

[Paul]

Lets see some more work from Paul... I have an entire engine that needs to be done. :0)

Just check my build thread for my notch. There's some stuff there.

 

[SRT Handz]

Not gonna lie, paul is pretty legit at the powdercoating

 

[eksplosivejoe13]

Thanks for all the responsed guys, and they are the plastic stock covers. I'm planning on installing PI cams soon so when i do i think i'll paint the covers also.

 

[Dalamar]

Those look great, nice job Untame-d!

 

[switch96]

I just used engine block paint. I'm a 4v but it shouldn't make a big difference.

 

[switch96]

Those look great, nice job Untame-d!

And these def look KILLER.

 

[yuke175]

is it hard to get the covers off? what problems can i run into taking these off?

 

[MustangChris]

untamed, i bet those look fantastic with you paint... A+

 

[Untame-d]

The covers were pretty simple to take off for me because the motor was out. The only thing was the dipstick on the one side is pushed up against the cover.