Painting valve covers

[Reign_Maker]

MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm, shaved....

Pictures do them NO justice!!! I love them! Mark did an amazing job with them... I was so suprised to see them shaved, they turned out fantastic...

I did them for Jake....

And YOU are the man! They look amazing in person! Thanks!

 

[empera]

I want some! hehe...

 

[GotToyota?]

LOL this thread is about PAINTED (not POLISHED) valve covers!

-Matt

 

[born2drv]

i'm having mine polished, chromed, and the strips powdercoated black.

btw will 7mge valve covers fit a 7mgte? i'm sure they do but just double checking.

 

[Stretch]

Yeah they fit. They look cooler also with the lettering on them
eric

 

[7MGTESUPRAMAN]

supraman7mgte polished valve covers FTW

 

[Clip]

when i replace my valve cover gaskets, im planning on cleaning them up. maybe spray a satin black like 88supra, keep the strips and lettering nice and polished. whats anyone think of that?

to get the best stock look, would you guys paint the covers silver and just redo the lettering in black and red?

 

[Adjuster]

Powdercoating is well worth the money. Not easy to scratch, and it does not chip off like paint.

Clean your baffles with lots of hot soapy water, then blast them out with brake cleaner. Then clean them some more

 

[Reign_Maker]

Adjuster, I like your muffin pan bolt/nut holder! That's awesome! Made me LOL... +1...

 

[Clip]

now that you point that out reign, thats a damn good idea. you could even stick magnets on the bottom of the muffin cups.

 

[MA70Supra88]

I cleaned then sanded mine down really well and then hit them with some 400* paint. I used one can. They have held up for over a year and gotten coolant and stuff splashed all over them and still look fine. I have an extra set laying around that I would like to get powdercoated gunmetal eventually.

July 2005:

A few days ago:

 

[Allan_MA70]

*points to no under tray fitted*
and people wonder why they get BHG's

 

[MA70Supra88]

*points to no under tray fitted*
and people wonder why they get BHG's

That got messed up and I was forced to remove it. I am planning on buying another, but they are not cheap and neither is simultaniously supporting myself and paying my way through school.

I have had ZERO major problems with that motor in 5 years, thank you.

 

[rakkasan]

*points to no under tray fitted*
and people wonder why they get BHG's

I ran without one for three of the hottest Florida summers on record without a problem.....

 

[Adjuster]

Can't take credit for the muffin pan idea. (The shop who did the machine work, and allowed me to assemble the final motor in the off hours uses many of these pans for every engine that is being worked on.)

They basicly have many motors in various states of rebuilding, and they keep each one seperate in various muffin pans that stick with the engine through the process. (They also have a nice wall of new nuts and bolts, and any ones that are in good shape get recycled as some fastners are very difficult to find, or are pretty dang expensive.) Good example is your exhaust studs. At about a 1.50 each, they are not cheap.