Slidin240

For those of you who saw my other thread where i showed my polished valve cover, i have finally got pics of my newly painted valve cover. lemme kno what you guys think! (LA_phantom 240)

Slidin240

And i had to add even a more custom touch to my engine bay by doing this :

Slidin240

Comments please More can be seen here: http://photobucket.com/albums/y222/Slidin240/

P.S. Nismo Oil Cap ordered and on its way! Will show pics when it arrives.

Slidin240

Does anyone know how to make a better sig? i want 2 have a before and after shot in it. The after shot looks crappy cus i had to make it smaller. Thanx

I'm with Stupid

What, no pic of it in the sun???? Nice job.

Slidin240

It hasnt been outside yet. im building the motor up (just need to get new hoses and im done) then im gonna install it all 2gether

KeN VeRsUs RyU

wat kind of paint did you use? If you didn't use high heat paint or some kind of engine paint.. wouldn't that melt?

Slidin240

its a paint that i mixed myself but i used high heat. Na wont melt, if it cant take the heat itll start to chip but it shouldnt cus i did this to my boys car and no chips yet (been painted for a yr now)

KeN VeRsUs RyU

chip? i figure it would melt.

Anyway, it's not my cup of tea but it looks like you did a nice job on the painting. 2 thumbs up.

CowboyTurbo

oh man and I thought I had too much time on my hands... j/k, nice job, looks nice... I kinda like the clear polished look in ur sig better though...

BOMEX180

nicely done

JoelB

You can buy 3 layer spray paint that looks like that

Slidin240

i saw that stuff (JoelB) in autozone but its not heat resistant and the autozones by me only have chameleon color and its the gay purple/blue/green (no offense to those who like it)

KeN VeRsUs RyU

How do you mix your own high heat paint? I want to do HOT PINK~ My gf's suggestion. ha.

Slidin240

well i got mine at a auto shop my friends uncle owns. But what you need is regular high heat paint wich ever color you want. since your going hot pink try to get hot pink and you can just use that. nothing else is really needed. but for cases like mine i had to do some measuring and calculations with the flake paint and i mixed it with the high heat black. then when i was done painting i used some clear coat to finish it off. You can always just powdercoat it but most likely your gonna have to pay a shop to do that. i wanted to do it myself and have experience with mixing paint so i wasnt going to spend money on something i can do by myself. lemme kno if you need any more help

AIM: Acesn8s240sx <-- best way to reach me


P.S. Autozone carries a wide variety of high heat paints or you can just buy them online from Duplicolor. they also have diff styles of paint that will work too and add "effect" to it. One paint they have (which is pretty cool) is textured paint, it feels ridged and looks cool. Just explore Duplicolors website and you'll find alot of cool stuff. If you havent really mixed paint or painted before i suggest you get the paint in a spraycan. its works good