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  • philosopheriam
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    • Oct 2013
    • 730
    • Aurora, IL
    #1

    Valve cover - making it pretty

    Folks,

    The clearcoat on my valve cover was shot - I soda blasted the cover down to bare aluminum and it looks great, but I am debating painting it with Dupli-Color or VHT aluminum.

    What have you folks done with yours? Paint? Polish? Powdercoat? Just curious...
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    • Spiff
      Forum Mentor
      • Dec 2013
      • 318
      • Norway
      #2
      Polished mine. Looks best if you have polished your sidecovers and don't have a black engine.

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        • chuck hahn
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          • May 2009
          • 25918
          • Norman, Oklahoma
          #3
          VHT part number SP-127 is a dead on match for the original engine color.
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            • JEEPRUSTY
              #4
              polish it till it is a mirror.

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                • eddie21
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                  • Dec 2011
                  • 1153
                  • Chase BC, Canada
                  #5
                  Originally posted by philosopheriam
                  Folks,

                  The clearcoat on my valve cover was shot - I soda blasted the cover down to bare aluminum and it looks great, but I am debating painting it with Dupli-Color or VHT aluminum.

                  What have you folks done with yours? Paint? Polish? Powdercoat? Just curious...
                  Mine came chromed! Easy to clean.

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                    • Guest
                      #6
                      Originally posted by eddie21
                      Mine came chromed! Easy to clean.
                      Looks beautiful, awright!!

                      I was going to repaint mine, but decided to do a valve adj. so I decided to send it out to get powdercoated.

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                        • philosopheriam
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                          • Oct 2013
                          • 730
                          • Aurora, IL
                          #7
                          Originally posted by chuck hahn
                          VHT part number SP-127 is a dead on match for the original engine color.
                          Thanks Chuck - I'm leaning towards the paint right now...

                          Polishing sounds interesting, but the cover has lots of nooks and crannies that might make polishing very difficult.
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                          Ren? Descartes

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                            • Good Times
                              #8
                              I would have used VHT universal aluminum, but I couldn't get it locally. I went with the Dupli-color and have been satisfied.

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                                • hampshirehog
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                                  • Oct 2007
                                  • 12675
                                  • Hampshire. UK
                                  #9
                                  Most of it's hidden under the tank anyway. A lot of effort in polishing for not a lot of bling I reckon.
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                                    • GSX1000E
                                      #10
                                      I used the VHT SP735 on a peeling chrome cover and it looks good enough.
                                      It matches the factory engine paint almost exactly and is rated to 900 degrees.

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                                        • daturat100r
                                          #11
                                          Every little bit if cooling is worth striving for especially in a climate like where i live,chroming would be the worst next worst powdercoating and/or polishing prob the best is a flat black etch primer straight after blasting which is the best finish for radiating energy

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                                            • tkent02
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                                              • Jan 2006
                                              • 35571
                                              • Near South Park
                                              #12
                                              Cooling is not an issue.
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                                                • trevor
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                                                  • Oct 2011
                                                  • 18673
                                                  • Victoria bc
                                                  #13
                                                  Just did mine, will post a pic later. Looks great!
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                                                    • daturat100r
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by tkent02
                                                      Cooling is not an issue.
                                                      cooling is always an issue

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                                                        • tkent02
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                                                          • Jan 2006
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                                                          #15
                                                          Never has been.
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