Check out my Valve Cover - Honda Prelude Forum

BlueLude1 · 04-10-2003, 06:54 AM

Man I love this paint . I still got a couple of imperfects I got fix in a couple days but it looks SOOOO much better than normal paint valve covers. And sorry for the pic it isnt real great. But that bishh is almost an exact match to my Blue AEM CAI.

Look how close the color is to my intake

Mark94 · 04-10-2003, 07:09 AM

Looks very nice. Good work.

Mark

BlueLude1 · 04-10-2003, 07:13 AM

Its that new Duplicolor Paint if you use the ground first it give the whole thing a Metallic undertone. The blue is just a transparent spray.

concLude · 04-10-2003, 07:37 AM

very nice, what do you mean by youse the ground first, and the bue is a transparent spray, sorry i slow this morning, coffee hasn't kicked in yet

BlueLude1 · 04-10-2003, 07:41 AM

I sprayed the Spark plug cover wit the ground paint only... an see how its a very metallic silver well after u spray that then u spray the blue over it an basically the blue is kinda a tint.

MR.CLIFFORD · 04-10-2003, 08:00 AM

Nice work Dane. Looks like it's coming together. NOW GET THAT ENGING IN YOUR CAR

OT- do the horses graze inside too?

BlueLude1 · 04-10-2003, 08:07 AM

bahahahaha your a funny man Andy a funny man.... not !!!

L-U-R-C-H · 04-10-2003, 08:25 AM

Anyone got pics of their chromed valve cover up close like that?

Mark94 · 04-10-2003, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by L-U-R-C-H
Anyone got pics of their chromed valve cover up close like that?

I can probably take one for you tonight.

Mark

L-U-R-C-H · 04-10-2003, 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by Mark94

I can probably take one for you tonight.

Mark

Cool Mark

BTW, how much did it cost you to chrome your valve cover?

pioneerprelude · 04-10-2003, 10:31 AM

how did u prep the valve cover before u sprayed it? did u glass bead it or just paint right over top? looks very nice, esp with the blue CAI

Mark94 · 04-10-2003, 10:32 AM

I should be able to get a hold of a digi-cam and get you a pic.

I had my cover and my brothers SOHC cover done for $300 cash.

Mark

BlueLude1 · 04-10-2003, 12:45 PM

Dia - Lol thats glare buddy the beauty of a flash on ya Digicam

Pioneer Prelude - actually on my H23 I removed all the stuff by hand which i wouldn't recommend. This time I had it blasted i dont know if he used sand or beads but it came out real nice an was pretty much ready to paint when I got it back. Didnt cost me anything either cause I had my bro's friend do it. Another reason I wouldnt recommend doin it by hand it that wrinkle coating is tuff as hell it took him an 1 1/2 to get it off an took me bout 4-5 onmy H23 valve cover an mine wasnt nearly as uniform as this one was.

Zimmlude · 04-10-2003, 02:19 PM

All you need to get the stock paint off is aircraft coating/paint remover. I stripped my H23 cover in about 10 mins. You just brush the stuff on, wait 5-10 mins and spray it off.

HI HO · 04-10-2003, 03:25 PM

I think the H and the word Honda on the sparkplug wire cover would look good blue also.

concLude · 04-10-2003, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by L-U-R-C-H
Anyone got pics of their chromed valve cover up close like that?

vapor has a few pics of his uploaded, it too was a do it yourself, both of which are nice

Mark94 · 04-11-2003, 06:38 AM

Picture for L-U-R-C-H

Add .org.jpg to the end for the full size pics.

Mark

L-U-R-C-H · 04-11-2003, 08:30 AM

Whoa, sweet Mark! Thanks for taking your time out to take that pic. That looks really cool man. I think I will do something similar when I get the time and money.

Mark94 · 04-11-2003, 08:55 AM

No problem.

Dane, I didn't mean to interrupt your thread. As I said before, it looks great. It is definitely a cheaper alternative.

Mark

BlueLude1 · 04-11-2003, 07:22 PM

no prob mark ... btw beautiful valve cover