Due to so much mechanical work in the last year my valve cover looked like crap so I desided to paint it. I got finally inspired by this ( ASM is my hero in the s2k world) and FF2Skip:



The plan was to order a AP2 spark plug cover since even in the year 2006 our market still gets the AP1 with a black spark plug cover. But than I desided to paint the one I have and keep the Honda logo on top. Here is the outcome:







My comments: I was too lazy to cover the holes perfectly, nothing that a bit of paint thinner could not remove later on. I did not sandpaper the original red paint to maintain a ruff finish, even tho' it came out a bit more shiny than I would like it to be. No wrinkle paint available here, otherwise I would use that. The letters on top have been sandpapered to a smooth finish.

Bad or good, tell me how you like it.

 

I like it Looks good

 

what did you use to paint it with.....?




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Clean job

 

needs black wrinkle paint but good attempt

 

^yeah wrinkle paint would be better but we are very limited in paint choise here in Dubai (no idea why). I used Enamel black premium paint from made by ACE and Metalic gold also made by ACE.
Kept it in the oven for some time like Skip did LOL

 

You can make your own wrinkle paint. First coat is gloss (make it tacky but not too wet) then spray flat black. Use a heat gun or hot hair dryer and it should wrinkle. Not as good as "wrinkle paint" since it takes a while to perfect it. Try it...

 

looks pretty good

 

looks good!

 

think it looks pretty good!!!

Ive done this once before with a B16 dohc civic valve cover and it started to peel with time...

how did you prepare the serface for the paint? and did you use high temp?