My driver's side cover was literally crumbing to pieces. One of the screw holes for the plastic cover disintegrated, and one of the studs for the coils fell off. The metal was literally powder-izing ever time I touched it.
So I bought a new set for a steal on ebay. Dropped them off originally intending on doing wrinkle black. After looking at the textures and the multitude of colors, I decided to just go OEM look and matched something very close to the OEM paint color.
So off they went to get washed, blasted and coated.
Of course, I get a phone call the next day that says one of them is cracked. The guy says he welded it from the inside and it shouldn't leak. Ok, then.
Got em back. Not perfect, since no used cover is going to be free of surface imperfections, but boy am I happy with how they look. No more flaking paint!
And here are some pictures!
Here's the weld. The metal on these covers sucks. The weld was kinda porous looking towards the gasket surface. I put a coating of JB weld over the porosities and in the gasket channel where the crack could be seen. Kinda ghetto for my tastes, but the crack is on the top of the valve cover, so at least gravity is on my side and oil won't pool there.
Old cover:
New gaskets in place:
Driver's side together:
Time for the passenger side:
I'm glad I didn't go with the wrinkle. The factory color pops in the engine bay. I had painted my old passenger side cover wrinkle black. It just seemed so drab. The wrinkle wasn't all that significant either. What do you all think? Boring going with OEM color? I kinda like it...
On a side note, powdercoating rocks. The surface is so tough. The old cover I had painted two months before was already flaking off everywhere. The paint didn't last AT ALL. And I cleaned the heck out of them and primed them. Oh well.
So I bought a new set for a steal on ebay. Dropped them off originally intending on doing wrinkle black. After looking at the textures and the multitude of colors, I decided to just go OEM look and matched something very close to the OEM paint color.
So off they went to get washed, blasted and coated.
Of course, I get a phone call the next day that says one of them is cracked. The guy says he welded it from the inside and it shouldn't leak. Ok, then.
Got em back. Not perfect, since no used cover is going to be free of surface imperfections, but boy am I happy with how they look. No more flaking paint!
And here are some pictures!
Here's the weld. The metal on these covers sucks. The weld was kinda porous looking towards the gasket surface. I put a coating of JB weld over the porosities and in the gasket channel where the crack could be seen. Kinda ghetto for my tastes, but the crack is on the top of the valve cover, so at least gravity is on my side and oil won't pool there.
Old cover:
New gaskets in place:
Driver's side together:
Time for the passenger side:
I'm glad I didn't go with the wrinkle. The factory color pops in the engine bay. I had painted my old passenger side cover wrinkle black. It just seemed so drab. The wrinkle wasn't all that significant either. What do you all think? Boring going with OEM color? I kinda like it...
On a side note, powdercoating rocks. The surface is so tough. The old cover I had painted two months before was already flaking off everywhere. The paint didn't last AT ALL. And I cleaned the heck out of them and primed them. Oh well.
Been meaning to do this...powder coated my valve covers
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire