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2012InfernoSS · 03-17-2013, 08:49 AM

Those look damn good..

I feel you pain on the lots and lots of sanding.. Polished my jugs a-arms and nerf bars on my yamaha banshee

oh dont mind all that dog hair and what ever else is in the carpet lmao

Did side case cover and block to but it was dirty after I rebuilt it

Fiftydriver · 03-17-2013, 04:26 PM

All that work and then you cover them up!!! LOL

Why not relocate your coil packs so you can see your good work?

POS Dakota · 03-17-2013, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fiftydriver

All that work and then you cover them up!!! LOL

Why not relocate your coil packs so you can see your good work?

No...paint them red. Don't relocate them. Use them for contrast. They look really good over the polished covers.

I froze my ass off doing this today in 28 degree weather. LOL
Installed my holley covers and put my painted coils on there with some red wires.

Whattya' think? I'm really happy with it.

Next week I can get my kooks on and my carbon fiber hood.

2010SSRSM6 · 03-18-2013, 07:41 AM

Looks much better.

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Fiftydriver · 03-18-2013, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS Dakota

No...paint them red. Don't relocate them. Use them for contrast. They look really good over the polished covers.

I froze my ass off doing this today in 28 degree weather. LOL
Installed my holley covers and put my painted coils on there with some red wires.

Whattya' think? I'm really happy with it.

Next week I can get my kooks on and my carbon fiber hood.

That does look much better getting rid of the mounting brackets for the coil packs. Looks good.

CAP'N B · 03-19-2013, 12:02 AM

Pretty soon I'm gonna change all the bolts holding the coil packs and brackets to Stainless Steel Bolts, I really like the way those were done.

chevyboy01438 · 04-30-2015, 10:56 PM

Just curious has anyone tried plasti dipping the valve covers???

hkent · 02-13-2019, 12:04 AM

Wow

SSEssence · 02-13-2019, 09:14 AM

Those look great but all that work to cover them with those clunky coil brackets, I would look into getting the ones from CFD or other to clean that up!

PepeLePew · 02-13-2019, 09:34 AM

nice touch Paul!!! I like the coil pack brackets in red too. That really stands out.

SynergyGreenSS · 02-13-2019, 09:38 AM

Does anyone know what park number I would use when looking for a MSD kit to build my own spark plug wires? This will be the first time I’ve done this so I have no idea what I’m looking for

Edit: just pieced one together

gunchamp · 02-13-2019, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS Dakota

No...paint them red. Don't relocate them. Use them for contrast. They look really good over the polished covers.

I froze my ass off doing this today in 28 degree weather. LOL
Installed my holley covers and put my painted coils on there with some red wires.

Whattya' think? I'm really happy with it.

Next week I can get my kooks on and my carbon fiber hood.

Looks awesome IMO

gunchamp · 02-13-2019, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by PAUL SS

The factory valve covers are cast aluminum with some awful silver paint on them. I thought I would try to make them better.

They have a nasty casting flash around the perimeter of the bottom edge which is easy enough to remove with a file or dremel tool.

Here is one I started next one untouched.

The more you sand and the finer the sandpaper, you can begin to see a shine emerging. After some sanding with a mouse sander and 180 grit I went to hand sanding with 220, 400, 600 and 1500 grit with soapy water.

After some buffing it really starts to look good.

They are far from perfect and there some tight spots to get into, but it looks miles better than before.

Here it is on the motor, looks pretty good with the Jet Hot ceramic coated headers.

One side all together, one more to go. I hope with what I learned on the first one makes the next one go much faster.

Also looks great. You for sure have more patience than me lol

03-17-2013, 04:26 PM	#16
Fiftydriver Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS RJT L99 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Fort Shaw, Montana Posts: 1,242	All that work and then you cover them up!!! LOL Why not relocate your coil packs so you can see your good work? __________________ Fiftydriver 2010 SSRS, RJTC, L99, Maggie 2300 SC, 3.4" pulley, Roto-Fab CAI, Dynatech Supermaxx LT headers, Dynatech High Flow cats, Corsa Cat back exhaust, Dual Elite Engineering catch can, MSD wires and Jannetty custom tune, JRE custom diff w/ posi mod, 3.91 LPE gears, Pfaht trailing arms, Pfaht trailing arm and Diff bushings, drop springs and sport sway bars front and back, Fesler dual guage pillar pod w/ AM Cobalt Boost and A/F guages. More to come!!

03-18-2013, 07:41 AM	#18
2010SSRSM6 Drives: My wife crazy with my C5 usage. Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 6,558 View My Garage	Looks much better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ UNDER CONSTRUCTION......again......

03-19-2013, 12:02 AM	#20
CAP'N B Cajun Mariner Drives: 10 Camaro SS/RS 15 Camaro Z/82 AGM Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Real Cajun,Golden Meadow, LA. Posts: 673 View My Garage	Pretty soon I'm gonna change all the bolts holding the coil packs and brackets to Stainless Steel Bolts, I really like the way those were done. __________________ '10 Camaro 2SS/RS Red Jewel VVTLS3/A6 '15Camaro Z/28* Ashen Gray*

04-30-2015, 10:56 PM	#21
chevyboy01438 Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Iowa Posts: 536	Just curious has anyone tried plasti dipping the valve covers??? __________________ Mod List: Perma-Grin, Darkened tail lights, ZL1 3rd break light, JW Motorsports LED side markers, American Authorities Window Louver, American Authority ZL1 bumper, 11/30/17 \| Club F1FTY

02-13-2019, 09:14 AM	#23
SSEssence Instagram: Sangstah Drives: 2019 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Buena Park, CA. Posts: 2,802 View My Garage	Those look great but all that work to cover them with those clunky coil brackets, I would look into getting the ones from CFD or other to clean that up! __________________ 2019 SS 1LE - "CaSSandra" 2014 SS - "AleSSandra - Sold" 94 Z28 - Sold Follow the build https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=612717

03-17-2013, 08:49 AM	#15
2012InfernoSS Drives: 93GMC sierra stepside/ ctsv3 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 914	Those look damn good.. I feel you pain on the lots and lots of sanding.. Polished my jugs a-arms and nerf bars on my yamaha banshee oh dont mind all that dog hair and what ever else is in the carpet lmao Did side case cover and block to but it was dirty after I rebuilt it

02-13-2019, 12:04 AM	#22
hkent Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Mobile Alabama Posts: 3	Wow

02-13-2019, 09:34 AM	#24
PepeLePew Drives: 2010 2SS Coupe; 2011 2LT Vert Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Prosper, TX Posts: 458	nice touch Paul!!! I like the coil pack brackets in red too. That really stands out.

02-13-2019, 09:38 AM	#25
SynergyGreenSS Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 1,333	V8'ers, you like the factory valve covers? Check this out! Does anyone know what park number I would use when looking for a MSD kit to build my own spark plug wires? This will be the first time I’ve done this so I have no idea what I’m looking for Edit: just pieced one together __________________ 2011 SS L99 LSA Supercharger, BTR Stage 3 PDS Cam, Yank 3200SS, Weapon X Stage 2 intake, LSA Heads, Flex Fuel, Ported throttle body, Speed Engineering Headers, NOWEEDS, ZL1 fuel pump, DSX AUX Pump, ID-1050X injectors, 3” pipe to NPP mufflers, 3.91 gears Last edited by SynergyGreenSS; 02-13-2019 at 10:27 AM.