TUCKZ28SS

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i did a search and it was not much help. I am looking to take off my valve covers so i can polish them up. does anyone have a write up on this or pics? thanks.

FadedSS

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take off the coil brackets then the 4 bolts and they will come right off

TUCKZ28SS

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will i need to get new seals or gaskets? if so can you buy just those or would i have to buy a damn top end kit?

colby72olds

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No, you won't need any gaskets. The valve covers use an o-ring to seal.

TUCKZ28SS

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sweet thanks out to the garage!! nothing better to do here it has been snowing everyday for almost two months.....i hate, i hate

1QUIKWS6

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I feel your pain - PA also SUCKS We had 15 straight days of snow all day, 1 day clear and 40, one day of 7hrs of freezing rain, and back to snow all day...

Might as well live in Alaska

lt1noob

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sorry to steal the thread but i was thinking of doing this too, would i be alright sand blasting the paint off of them?

hlaalu

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yea.


and to the OP, what are you going to polish them with? I've nothing to do today either lol

futuref-body

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also dont forget about the two very unoticable vaccum hoses sorry to get off topic but i have been trying to polish my valve covers with mothers mag and aluminum polish in the little red and white can and i have to say...it gets it pretty damn shiny except for the fact that you might have to take sandpaper to the parts that look like cracks from the factory casting

98 WS6

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Yup I just took mine off a few weeks ago since I too was suffering from this crappy NY weather. Painted my coils, valve covers, and intake. Just take the bolts off the coils that are holding them to the valve covers, then take off the two vacuum hoses on the passenger's valve cover, and pull the PCV outta the driver's side. Then loosen the valve cover bolts and grab them and pull up.

03_r6

when i took mine off they had a tone of casting marks on the so i just painted them instead of polishing (that would have been a bitch to get perfectly smooth) so more power to you guys, I guess a sand blaster might help a bit to get all the gunk off first.

hlaalu

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ya im debating if i should paint mine. i'd like to get some fuel rail covers so it might not even be worth the trouble to paint them

TUCKZ28SS

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well one day of polishing down and a nose full of black boogs, and my covers only polish up so much......like all have said they have casting marks that are a real pain. i started out with my trusty dremel and some sanding discs then went to a polishing stone and finally buffers with rouge. some spots are awesome and some not so much. i will put them on and see what they look like. maybe paint is in my future.

hlaalu

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^pics

TUCKZ28SS

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TUCKZ28SS

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could be better but i got sick of breathing in that powder **** from the dremel dust

2BFAST

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This is what I did. Used my dremel to get most of the casting bullsh*t off, then wetsanded by hand the rest. Then took my cloth wheel on my dremel with mothers polish and went to town. These covers are pain. I mainly concentrated on the spots that were visable with the coil brackets on, thus I chromed my coil brackets Like any polish job, the more time you prep, the more shine you get!

BAKED

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Those look worse than the stock ones. Don't half *** it man, Finish the job.

TUCKZ28SS

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well thanks man i never said i was done, my dad always told to not be "an uncle half ***"
i will keep at em tomorrow, what grit sandpaper? i have some 1000 and some 1500