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Old 07-23-2011, 06:03 PM
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anyone?
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Old 07-23-2011, 06:07 PM
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wait aren't they plastic?
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lol plastic valve covers? Really?
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maybe they aren't but for some reason i was thinking they were
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prolly thinking of coil covers.
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You're probably thinking of the engine cover.
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nah i guess i need to go pop my hood as apparently i need to look around again since the last time i did was 6 months ago

edit: i take back my previous statement about them being plastic
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ok i remember now wrong car thinking of my old car
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ok i remember now wrong car thinking of my old car
So your old car had plastic valve covers???


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Aren't the L36 (3800) valve covers plastic?
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The L36 valve covers are greyish tan plastic......I had an 01 SS lol.
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yea my last car had plastic valve covers it was the s/c 3800 series III
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
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yea my last car had plastic valve covers it was the s/c 3800 series III
yeah my cavalier has those gray/tan plastic valve covers also. haha
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i think MelsSS has a polished valve cover IIRC
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The valve covers are aluminum and can be polished. I chose to cut the coil mounts off, weld up the holes, smooth them and then paint them:



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Old 07-24-2011, 07:21 PM
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what would work best? should i start off with 100 grit or what?
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nice, ford blue valve covers.. . . .
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