suggestions on h23a valve cover ? ? - Honda Prelude Forum

djcttb · 12-10-2002, 09:49 PM

im very active in the show scene. im lookin for a nice h23a1 valve cover. i dont wanna paint it cuz i always see that and never looks too good and is a lil ricey to me. i always thought that a cf valve cover would be sweet. i dont want chromed b/c i dont want bling bling ****. any suggestions? maybe a website that sells a nice valve cover in cf or a nice color or maybe a type of shop that can do this for me. thx.

-ryan

SLICK96 · 12-11-2002, 02:57 AM

I've been looking for the same, but have NEVER found a c/f valve cover for an H23. I really want to find a place that sells H23 covers already chromed, b/c I don't have the time to have my car sit around for a week or two while it's current cover gets chromed.

J

djcttb · 12-11-2002, 05:08 AM

i found one on ebay a long time ago for $100 buy it now. looked nice. but didnt get it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1871023495

$135. heh. someone has to know of somewhere.

ViZ · 12-11-2002, 03:50 PM

nobody makes a cf valve cover for any h series motor, and the only aftermarket h23 valve cover is just anodized and it looks like ass... i would just paint it and take my time and do it right and just dont do it some flashy color..

AlexLude · 12-11-2002, 04:33 PM

man.. don't chrome it.. just do the aluminum polish.. it's much cheaper.. i brought it to a machine shop and they did it for 55 bones... not too bling bling for my taste...

cantdrive55 · 12-11-2002, 05:00 PM

Yours is a hell of a lot more shiney than mine. Mine is actually pretty dull. Eventually I'd like to get it chromed, or at least professionally polished like Alex's. His looks damn good.

vile10 · 12-11-2002, 05:48 PM

someone mentioned before Harley Davidson doing pretty good job on chrome, i am going to powder coat mine

djcttb · 12-11-2002, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AlexLude
man.. don't chrome it.. just do the aluminum polish.. it's much cheaper.. i brought it to a machine shop and they did it for 55 bones... not too bling bling for my taste...

damnnn clean.

4TH Gen_Type S · 12-11-2002, 06:40 PM

clean

ShadowSonic · 12-11-2002, 06:42 PM

Damnnnnn nice and any machine shop should be able to do this?

AlexLude · 12-11-2002, 06:48 PM

Thanks.. i try 'n keep it clean 'n shiny (using Mother's aluminum polish cream) The machine shop i went to did.. usually places that do Chrome also do Aluminum polishing. Ask them to show you an example of alumin. polish work they have done. Shouldn't cost you more than ~70 bucks. The guy said Honda valve covers usually use good aluminum so the results turn out great! :-)
That picture was taken about 8 months after it was done as well with one treatment of Mother's.

- Alex