folex187

Will standard automotive paint hold up on the valvecover if it is professionally prepped, primered, cleared?

CoralDoc

I'd use high temperature paint.

Slows2k

As long as all the oils are removed from the valve cover, and the painter follows the paint prep and cure times reccomended by the paint manufacturer it will be fine.

Powdercoating usually is a tougher finish, that is more scratch resistant.

I've seen Street rods with engines painted body color. As long as they prepped the surface correctly, the paint held up fine.

mucter

If you are going to have it professionally cleaned/prepped, I'd just suggest that you just get it powder coated. You should be able to find a shop that will do it for less than $50. Powder Coating is going to stand up to the engine temps much better than normal paint and is much more resistant to staining and scratching.

Emil St-Hilaire

much better.

folex187

Hmm.. Well I might just go with my original plan to have the valvecover powdercoated matte black and then have the coil cover sprayed the same color as my turbo piping. I think that would look pretty nice. Thanks for the info guys!

vtec9

1 more vote for powdercoat. You can get it shiny, or textured like the stock cover and it will hold up better.

phillys2k

can u actually sand down the valve cover? and make it chrome looking like?

Sideways

Yes, and you can chrome it too. (This one is just polished.)

mrfrieze

Polish it along with the valve cover.