Fastdriver1992

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i'm rebuilding my motor and i would like to do everything right this time around, i wanted to know wats the best way to make a stock valve cover look good? i was thinking about painting them black but there is alot of grime on them.

whats the best way to clean them?
best paint to use?

Thanks
Anthony

FBodyPerformer

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Get a coilpack relation kit and paint them with some high-temp paint from an auto store. That or get fuel rail covers so you don't see anything

Also this mightve been better in appearance and detailing forum

brian_rs/ss

grab a coil relocation kit and move them to the firewall. take the old vc's and grind down the old coil mounting bungs. then either polish them, paint them(prone to chipping), or powder coat them. it would be easier to buy new ones w/o the mounting bungs but a little more pricey.

01ssreda4

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Coil pack relocation. Grind the bosses off where the coil packs used to mount (meaning make them smooth) then paint them with the high gloss color of your choice. Should look very nice.

garygnu

use some good degreaser and paint thinner.maybe polish them or powder coat them.

thunderstruck507

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I just cleaned mine with degreaser and spray painted them satin black (like all my accessory brackets, intake, etc.)

Makes the coil packs kinda blend in, yet still looks better than stock.

CNTLSE 1

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I powdercoated mine.

brian_rs/ss

here's some motivation.

bayer-z28

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MOAR!!!

This is on my winter to-do list. Was gonna polish em, or buy some aftermarket pieces, but I'd have to do a relo kit with it so you don't cover up the bling..

brian_rs/ss

sorry not my cars. the top one is a member on here, he's always posting in the c5 section(forget his name). those are custom powder coated GMPP covers.

brian_rs/ss

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...-thread-9.html

jt76

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Polished! Mine took some time but the results are rewarding.

01ssreda4

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The Chevy covers are sick. I like those a lot. Here's mine: Painted

Fastdriver1992

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those look relle nice. wat did u do to get them like that? if i can make mine look good i'll just leave them like that. and i relle dont want to relocate the coils cause i have no where to put them and its easier for me to just leave them where they are.
this is what it looks like now

BOBS99SS

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Best way to do it is with a polishing wheel,a dremel would take a really long time lol,

bene

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I painted mine bright red.

brian_rs/ss

sure you do. would it be easier to leave them there? yeah. but it's still not hard to relocate them, and if c5 guys can find space to relocate theirs i'm sure you've got space under your hood too. just my .02 but i think the stock coil location is so ugly

LS1-450

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Dayamn!!! There are some shnazzy lookin' valve covers posted in this thread. Valve cover **** fo' sho. Wow, you guys have inspired me to dress mine up. Thanks :

guy7bmwm83

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Can you tell us exactly how you did this? Did you just strip the paint off and it looks like that underneath?

Big Bu Bu

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Coil relocate kit FTW.


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