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CAPT_BLOTTO
11-10-2005, 01:03 PM
Where do you guys gets your valve covers.

Im looking for one for a volvo 240 and lookign at different color options.
acbarnett
11-10-2005, 01:04 PM
I'm wondering where to get my car's paint color in a heat-resistant enamel to paint the 960 valve cover in after I de-rust it...
blarf
11-10-2005, 03:49 PM
http://a.im.craigslist.org/uE/sQ/wn0eroqVjIykzugsaPxLy1XCf5xE.jpg

They're free. :-D

:barf:
CAPT_BLOTTO
11-10-2005, 04:06 PM
http://a.im.craigslist.org/uE/sQ/wn0eroqVjIykzugsaPxLy1XCf5xE.jpg

They're free. :-D

:barf:

i can see why

plus I need for a 4 cylindar
DerSnart
11-10-2005, 04:15 PM
I can see why, I need for a four cylinder.

Step 1: Buy/Steal/Pillage a valve cover.

Step 2: Clean.

Step 3: Paint/Powdercoat.
Poik
11-10-2005, 05:06 PM
If you get it powdercoated, make sure to get it blasted, that is the best way to ensure that it has a uniform finish when it is all done. I do powdercoating, but all my equipment is at my parents house at the moment..
740ticpower
11-10-2005, 05:11 PM
I painted this last month,

http://hacked.free-bsd.org/upload/bilder/DSCF1225.JPG
Three Fat Tigers
11-10-2005, 05:11 PM
You can likely find a shop locally that can do the powder coating, I paid about 15$ for the cover and 50$ for the powder coating.

I noticed someone got a good deal on a B21/B23 cover and pipes of ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8011153932
I might have bid on it but I'm no going for black.
Forg
11-10-2005, 05:30 PM
I painted this last month
While that's not my style, I can appreciate the attention to detail; very neat! :)
Unregistered
11-10-2005, 05:57 PM
I painted this last month,

http://hacked.free-bsd.org/upload/bilder/DSCF1225.JPG

thats kind abad ass
Homer
11-10-2005, 06:31 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/StereoGuy430/DSCN1478.jpg
Bling
Morley
11-10-2005, 06:41 PM
Homer, is your sig growing?
mikep
11-10-2005, 08:12 PM
I'm wondering where to get my car's paint color in a heat-resistant enamel to paint the 960 valve cover in after I de-rust it...
Use normal paint. No special paint is needed for a cam cover.

Tec-base over Sikkens, with cheapo Kirker clear. Champagne, red, burgundy, clear pearl.

<img src=http://www.pbase.com/mperry/image/19722691.jpg>

<img src=http://www.pbase.com/mperry/image/19722640.jpg>
acbarnett
11-10-2005, 10:06 PM
thanks, I wasn't sure about which type to use just because of the somewhat structural nature of the valve/cam cover on the whiteblocks. Now, how about plastic-safe paints for the spark plug and timing belt covers. Preferably in the blue color from a S60R plug cover
Neil Peart
11-10-2005, 11:34 PM
Get it from a JY, take it to a pro. This is what ya get.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1530/dscf08460jn.jpg
acbarnett
11-10-2005, 11:43 PM
it's slightly more complicated for mine as the underside of the cover contains the oil gallery for the head, cams, and lifters, so I'll want to have the bejeezus masked out of that area.
745 TurboGreasel
11-10-2005, 11:53 PM
http://a.im.craigslist.org/uE/sQ/wn0eroqVjIykzugsaPxLy1XCf5xE.jpg


Looks like Somebody uses tractor paint:)