Civic EG

Posted: **Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:28 pm**

finished my valve cover

forgot to snap pics after every coat, but heres what i got

Before anything was done.^

Primed (6coats)

Painted(6coats)

Sanded

All done. Clear coated(4coats) went a little heavy on the last coat and you can tell above the spark plug holes a weeee bit :thumbdown:

but im happy with it, this was my first time doing this so i cant be too upset with the job :woot:

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:47 pm**

if i take my valve cover off will i have to replace the gasket or should it be fine ?

Posted: **Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:05 pm**

It depends if you mess it up. but your better off replacing it :thumb:

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:41 am**

powder coating is another option which works well, lots of colours availiable and you can sand down on the honda emblem to make it shine effortlessly

Posted: **Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:28 am**

Hey I was thinking about doing this soon and was wondering I have a Vtec-E and was thinking about painting the vtec and the e different colors than the rest of the valve cover. just wondering if I should buy a big rattle can of the colors I want or is there a paint that I can use that is in a smaller container

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:35 am**

this is mine, black with a metallic sparkle through it and polished lettering

Posted: **Sat May 14, 2011 1:09 am**

Here's another one I just did... Woodland camo... It's acually for sale, pm me if your interested I have a bunch of pictures!

Posted: **Sat May 14, 2011 6:39 am**

orangeEG wrote:this is mine, black with a metallic sparkle through it and polished lettering

great color dude :thumb:

i have a little similar :wink:

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2011 2:37 pm**

MINE

... i love it

Posted: **Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:26 am**

great advice! cant wait untill iv got the time to do mine!!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:03 am**

looks good i've done a few as well I currently have a crinkle black one on my EJ2 but ive done fully polished,white,camo,digital camo, and the japan rising sun thing. just takes good prep and it comes out amazing! nice write up :thumb:

Posted: **Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:36 am**

My eco cover

and this a cover from a dude out of our local forum. he made it out of a sheet metal and glued it on the VC

Posted: **Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:12 am**

robster wrote:

mmmmm i wants some chocolate now :thumb:

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:30 pm**

stockd15 wrote:Valve cover came out nice Do you think regular rustoleum paint will hold up to the temp on the valve cover?

yes if its prepped pretty good before paint

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:50 pm**

i did this and when i put the cover back on there is oil leaking from the front right..

Civic EG

Painting a D-series valve cover