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Engine paint?
Hey what kind of paint would i use to paint various parts of my engine bay, ex. air box, dist cap, ABS cover...etc.
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If you want to do it right, use powder coating.. I love the way it looks in my engine compartment. not too expensive either, $40 for a valve cover $20 for an air cleaner. Lasts a long time too.
Good luck, Adam
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Another thing you may want to consider is Jet-Hot coating. This isn't for say, the distributor cap, but it would work great on the valve covers and manifolds. I am going to get my valve covers coated flat black, and get the manifolds coated (they do it inside and out) the "sterling" coating, which is a shiny silver color. It is a heat resistent coating, and won't flake or chip and will reduce engine compartment heat. I have also heard this being used for springs, and suspension parts...you can coat about anything with it, so long as you don't need fancy colors.
www.jet-hot.com
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Do you have a quote on the valve covers?
The process sounds promising. |
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Yes I did, to coat my valve covers on my W126 V8 is $85 plus shipping. To coat it that silver color is 65, but the flat black is 20 more since it is a top coat over the silver.
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$85 for both? So, for those of us with a single valve cover, can we assume it's half that price?
I couldn't find anywhere on the site that showed examples of the colors they offer. Do you have a link? |
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I don't personally have a link. I guess you can assume half that.... or close to half at least.
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Just got a reply back from them.
$65 + s/h for the sterling silver finish...then $20 more for the other finishes. Doesn't look like a price break for a single valve cover????? |
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Well I am guessing they have a minimum charge of some sort. Still, it isn't that expensive I don't think.
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Well, if it's a min. charge, then I should be able to send in 2 covers for the same price :p
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Go for it! But maybe your one cover is bigger than one of mine.
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I just wish they had some pix of the different colors after being applied to a item.
The grey sounds interesting but I don't know if I'd like it until I saw it.....hard to believe they don't have example pictures on their site! How hard could that be to do?? |
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Well after I got 2 internet quotes, they sent me a huge packet in the mail with a video and a bunch of brochures and stuff. I guess you could either hope you get one, or I would say call them or email them and ask for a packet.
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