Anyone shaved their stock valve covers?
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Anyone shaved their stock valve covers?
Has anyone shaved the coil pack bolt holes on a set of stock centerbolt valve covers? I was thinking about cutting/grinding them down flush with the rest of the cover, glassing in the holes, smoothing it all down, and painting them black. Then relocate the coil packs under the cowl.
So has it been done? If not any tips or suggestions as to why I should or should not try this?
So has it been done? If not any tips or suggestions as to why I should or should not try this?
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Originally Posted by NassyVette
Has anyone shaved the coil pack bolt holes on a set of stock centerbolt valve covers? I was thinking about cutting/grinding them down flush with the rest of the cover, glassing in the holes, smoothing it all down, and painting them black. Then relocate the coil packs under the cowl.
So has it been done? If not any tips or suggestions as to why I should or should not try this?
So has it been done? If not any tips or suggestions as to why I should or should not try this?
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They are silver with red in the inset stripes down the middle. I would suggest stripping them and fiberglassing over the holes if that's what you were planning on doing. My holes bubbled a bit from I guess the heat but no problems leaking or anything like that. Main reason if you wanted these would be to save yourself a lot of time grinding and sanding.
You can see one of the "bubble" on this pic.
Bryan
You can see one of the "bubble" on this pic.
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Originally Posted by NassyVette
I'm interested...PM me a price, maybe we can work something out. BTW you have any pics of the nasty performance covers....I've been eyeball'n those for a while now, just a little pricey. And what relocation kit are you using?
The ones I just got (still in the mail system)
My stock ones on the car. (Older photos before the turbo install)
I made my own coil relocation kit. ~Joshua