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Old May 13, 2017, 01:23 PM
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Painted valve cover. Think it came out pretty good. Here's some pics...
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Old May 13, 2017, 02:03 PM
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I have to agree! Looks great
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Old May 13, 2017, 05:29 PM
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Painted valve cover. Think it came out pretty good. Here's some pics...
​​​​​​​Yea, it looks really good! I need to repaint mine soon .. Its really faded and the paint is flaking off.. Not sure if I should go with a factory red or do a interesting color.
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I tried to find the factory red but figured nothing was as good as factory. Unless I could find the exact same color I said I'd just paint it black snice everything else is black.
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Nice. Did you use the special primer made for priming Magnesium?
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nope...just regular ceramic primer...I didn't even know there was a special primer for magnesium...let's see how long this **** lasts...
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Painted valve cover. Think it came out pretty good. Here's some pics...
very nice. Yeah iv been thinking about doing mine. You think it will last good with the heat? I don't want to be having to pull it off and paint it all the time
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Wanted to do something different lol but yours looks good
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Thx man...yours looks good too lol...it's different but pretty cool...idk if it will last only time will tell...I'll keep you guys updated...
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Yeah please do. I would like to know if it is worth doing or just buy another one
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Yeah hopefully it last but tbh i dont mind if it doesn't. I wanted another color but i order paint online thinking it was the one i wanted but it wasnt and i was like heck mind as well i already have the paint so i did.
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well mine so far so good...a turbo coolant line ruptured under boost and sent coolant all over and wiped right off...still looks good...
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How's it holding up?


What did you use for paint?


What did you use to strip?
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Holding up just fine...I used aircraft paint remover...took a couple rounds of it...i used high heat primer and paint from advanced...think it was duplicolor...not sure...
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