# Painted my valve cover.... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 10, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231 "2008-02-10T13:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/61 "2008-10-07T06:31:47Z")
omg check out the yellow guns… all this time, i thought they matched the car :-p… ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/62 "2008-10-07T06:32:38Z")
LOL the light was weird HaHa ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/63 "2008-10-07T06:43:44Z")
funny, the hood looks reallly white in that light though. :-p… ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/64 "2008-10-07T06:45:10Z")
Yes it was weird, hood was super white, but some how the sun caught the guns and the came out yellow lol ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/65 "2008-10-07T06:55:34Z")
or because it is partially in a shadow… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/66 "2008-10-07T08:29:19Z")
> [@chino](#): > > or because it is partially in a shadow… 😛 Yep lol ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/67 "2009-07-23T10:19:46Z")
Look what I found on autotrader: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC01685.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC01685.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC01688.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC01688.jpg) Eeeeeesh… ---
**Author:** ![greenbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@greenbull](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/greenbull)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/68 "2009-07-23T10:21:56Z")
Looks like that was a great idea ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/69 "2009-07-23T10:24:02Z")
hahahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/70 "2009-07-23T10:24:46Z")
Yucky. Powder coat FTW. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/71 "2009-07-23T10:32:19Z")
nice craftsmanship right there ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/72 "2009-07-23T11:25:41Z")
oof! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/73 "2009-07-23T11:28:48Z")
Wow, I used the same paint on my block. Hope it holds up. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/74 "2009-07-23T11:38:16Z")
> [@chino](#): > > nice craftsmanship right there this. lol. edit: i painted my vc last year too. i wonder what it looks like now? beast? ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/75 "2009-07-23T14:00:28Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Wow, I used the same paint on my block. Hope it holds up. The Paint only blistered where it was sanded smooth down to bare metal. Paint needs some roughness to bite to. Notice how the paint stuck to where the original coat was (Sides, next to oil cap near timing belt, near timing belt cover, etc…): ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC_1379.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/a/8aed9dd52929faf02e0166cf615cf79608f492c3.jpeg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/EclipseBlur/DSC01685.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/0/c0d7e5f474bdb5f44b4bedd06c9d0b64ea973854.jpeg) This is because the original coat has already bonded to, i’m guess, the casted finish. I would put money on that the surface was too smooth for the primer/paint to grab onto. That’s what made it blistered to bare metal. If it was greasy before the primer was put on you would see splotches of paint missing not the whole thing peeled clean away. I recently did a exhaustive study on paint types to aluminum finishes for a ruggedized keyboard I designed. The best type of paint to adhere to a very smooth surface was not even paint. It was Epoxy. If the surface was sandblasted or even scuffed with some 120 grit it probably would have never peeled. Again, this is only because the paint is on the very smooth bare metal. ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/76 "2009-07-23T14:26:07Z")
how much is it going for on autotrader. I couldnt find it ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/77 "2009-07-23T16:48:59Z")
should have used etching primer… ---
**Author:** ![Sansone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sansone/32/4970_2.png) [@Sansone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sansone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/78 "2009-07-24T09:04:34Z")
I remember that valve cover was basically famous on EvoM ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231/79 "2009-07-24T09:26:40Z")
OT, but best valve covers ever ![http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/Twiggmeister/1963%20GMC%20Pickup/DSCF4658.jpg](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/Twiggmeister/1963%20GMC%20Pickup/DSCF4658.jpg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-valve-cover/43231.md?page=3)