I spy a high vis vest in the trunk so why not highlighter yellow for the cover and safety orange and silver for the sparkplug covers
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I spy a high vis vest in the trunk so why not highlighter yellow for the cover and safety orange and silver for the sparkplug covers
Idk what it’s called, but it crossed my mind to the “heritage Toyota yellow/orange/red stripes diagnal..... I’m just not sure that multi color is doable in powder coat
Had mine made from a solid chunk of wood.
Glad to see I'm not the only Valve cover nut job. Figured since had the cover off why not have some fun.
Thanks to Onur for the Head Gasket parts and stickers.
Even painted the oil dipstick to remind me to check the oil
Thanks to Onur for the Head Gasket parts and stickers.
Even painted the oil dipstick to remind me to check the oil
Yknot123 did you pain the plastic caps black? I was thinking about doing that also. Looks good!
Do you mean the Toyota lettering and the 24 Valve letters? The spark plug wire covers are OEM plastic black.
I used the old spark plug tube extension gasket to seal plug hole. Left the old PVC valve and grommet in place. Installed all new anyways. Then spray painted the whole thing several times with heat resistant paint. Went to Autozone and found color I liked. After the red dried came the letters. Took a piece of still cardboard a little bigger then letter size cut to size. Then spray paint a even coat of high heat black on cardboard. Then gently laid on top of letters and removed pretty quick so no runs. Did several times and done. All outside during the winter.
I was refering to the spark plug covers. Mine are faded silver. I'm going to try to paint them black.
@cruisersurf mine are silver too
Being a red man myself I like it. Like the heat shields and Intake/Exhaust Manifolds. Nice to see your heat shields are in good shape. Installed a new today after one came loose from HG job. The heat really shows if your tightened them down enough as a heads up. Fun stuff
After going through 4 pages and 71 posts of incredible valve cover pr0n, I have decided what I want. I want translucent so that I can see things in motion. That would be really cool. Thinking about it, perhaps a super hardened glass? It could easily handle the temps. Torque on the bolts is minimal, could sleeve the holes. Hmmm.... Crazy, but they actually do it : Clear Vue Concepts
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Pretty happy about how this is coming along. Cerakote burnt bronze on the VC.
That is beautifulPretty happy about how this is coming along. Cerakote burnt bronze on the VC.
I picked up my valve cover last week from powder coat. I kept it classic and went with the red. I painted the plastic covers gun metal with some wheel paint I had laying around. It looks beautiful! I already have all new valve cover gasket parts, now I just need some time! Apologies for the s***ty pic with the plastic 
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I sold my Cruiser. So I'm now selling my valve cover, gasket and sealant. Please PM me if intrested.
brettk
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ok, what are people actually doing for prep? I get the powder coating thing, but I'm not a big powder coat guy and I don't want to pay for the expense.
I've scrubbed mine all down and I'm going to paint myself. I was going to do an HCl acid wash followed by a phosphoric acid wash and then an etching primer. I was going to hit with eastwoods "olds gold" 2 part engine paint. I have a 5 stage turbine sprayer from my woodworking, so spraying is no problem for me.
I've scrubbed mine all down and I'm going to paint myself. I was going to do an HCl acid wash followed by a phosphoric acid wash and then an etching primer. I was going to hit with eastwoods "olds gold" 2 part engine paint. I have a 5 stage turbine sprayer from my woodworking, so spraying is no problem for me.
