My DIY H23A Red Valve Cover *pics* - Honda Prelude Forum

Cashis · 12-24-2003, 01:37 AM

Just finished it yesterday. Basically sanded it down to metal and sprayed it with Engine Enamel

What do you guys think?

P.S. yeah I know the rest of the engine bay is super dirty

Prelude_2_NV · 12-24-2003, 02:06 AM

Looks good man, I'm still waiting for other parts to install my painted valve cover.

KW93Lude · 12-24-2003, 03:31 AM

do me a favor and sand down the H alittle bit...so you can get that thing nice and shiny again

FullyLudedSi · 12-24-2003, 04:47 AM

looks nice, yup, its the only clean part of your engine bay.

yohan420 · 12-24-2003, 10:17 AM

That does look really awesome, but I do agree .. grab some super green and another meguiars plastic cleaning product and get to work with the tooth brush and a sponge ...

You have this brilliantly new/shiney looking valve cover and a dusty engine ... it'd like amazing with a clean engine bay!

nice work.

Cashis · 12-24-2003, 11:05 AM

Yeah I haven't had time to sand down the H yet. That'll be my next step. Then probably paint the exhaust manifold shield flat black.

One step at a time

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-24-2003, 12:45 PM

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Originally posted by FullyLudedSi
looks nice, yup, its the only clean part of your engine bay.

damn

beat me to it

Simple Green is your friend

Sonik_Fury · 12-24-2003, 02:17 PM

That Si valve cover looks soooo much like the 3rd gen valve cover..................just random babble.

brendon2k · 12-24-2003, 04:57 PM

reminds me of this,

Scalifludesi · 12-24-2003, 05:06 PM

^^ That's Jordan's ride, right?

brendon2k · 12-24-2003, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by Scalifludesi
^^ That's Jordan's ride, right?

Correct.

Z · 12-25-2003, 12:07 AM

looks good.. but it looks orange to me?

Cashis · 12-25-2003, 01:22 AM

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Originally posted by Z
looks good.. but it looks orange to me?

Yeah the red I used is a little lighter than I hoped it to be. Oh well

JabroninWARRIOR · 12-25-2003, 01:29 AM

use some engine enamel clear cloat and it should darken it a few shades..... not much

Cashis · 12-25-2003, 03:46 AM

Thanks for the tip

trancedprelude · 12-25-2003, 10:57 AM

i have mine painted also, i'm just waiting to get some batteries for my digital camera to take some pix... it'll probably be tonite.

i striped all the paint off with auto paint removal and had a shop powerder coat it for me. it does look much better with the dc sports header too.

rogera04 · 12-25-2003, 12:30 PM

I have mine done....did it awhile ago, but just has kinda sat in my garage due to pure laziness. How much does the gasket cost that you need to replace during install and what do you tourqe the bolts down to? I've heard they are pretty easy to break when your putting them back on. Thanks!

Oh BTW, cover looks great. Nice job!

94LOOD · 12-28-2003, 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by Sonik_Fury
That Si valve cover looks soooo much like the 3rd gen valve cover..................just random babble.

dude i was thinking the exact same thing, my buddy did his 4WS Si blue and they are almost identical

oh yea and nice job, i did think it looked orange at 1st though

Cashis · 12-28-2003, 11:23 AM

I sanded off the H and the HONDA part yesterday. I'll get pics later