Basically everything is black and gray on the exterior of the car. For the engine I have a Kamikaze header hi-temp black coated coming in. I wanted to paint the valve cover to give the engine alittle life...so I thought maybe if I got the PDX suspension set in blue, I could paint the valve cover blue to so it would match. Then get the blue hose kit from RRM and then maybe just touch up some parts of the engine blue. That way the engine can match.

 

sorry dude, i double checked with a fabricator and machinist (they know metal). its def. steel, i'd bet my lancer on it

tward is right, do the magnet test........or a displacement test..........hell, scrape off the paint and try to scratch it with something that could scratch aluminum.

also, notice the spot welds on the sides that hold the inner piece to the outer? dead giveaway its steel, you just can't do spot welds like that on aluminum


as for the color, i think a glossy black woud look sick

 

thats mine that i painted myself.

so far so good....its real easy to do.

 

Well it looks like either this weekend or next I'll be painting my valve cover. Any last minute heads up or tips before I paint this thing?

 

Sry for not gettin back to you on the oil cap. www.japanparts.com has them. It's not cheap though. I wanted authenticity when I got mine. Actually, I got mine @ Superautobacs in Socal.

 

i think you should go with blue. it will compliment the grey and black you already have. good luck with it and hit us up with some pics of the finished product.

 

Already have the Blue Dupli-Color Metalcast at my house. Using same stuff Rob uses to paint the suspension bars. Once they come in next week it'll all look great together.

 

Sorry everyone I didn't get a chance to take pics. The valve cover came out great. Not hard at all to take off. As soon as I can get pictures I'll post.

 

Painted my header cover yesterday, did a red to black fade on it. Looks REALLY good.

 

where are you at sthiewes??? pics???

 

heres mine!!

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/at...chmentid=63195

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/at...chmentid=63194

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/at...chmentid=63196

wut yall think?

 

^ makes me wanna ask, how in the hell did you do that?

 

that is pretty sweet xtianLANCER04. i want to paint mine blue and leave the lettering silver.

 

I still need to get my brothers digital. Forgot to take them this past weekend. Sorry for the delay.

 

That's one of the best I've seen... I think I might do the same. I'm going for a red black color scheme in my engine bay as well.

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