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03-15-2013, 06:18 PM
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The Mark of Excellence
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V8'ers, you like the factory valve covers? Check this out!
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.  
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03-15-2013, 06:23 PM
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Drives: '16 Camaro 2SS, '20 Equinox Redline Join Date: Jul 2009
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Very nice! Those things really shine up nice with some buffing!
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03-15-2013, 06:26 PM
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Looks Nice! Did you seal them with a high temp clear coat? If not, they'll likely dull and oxidize over time, but they really look sweet at this point ....
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03-15-2013, 06:29 PM
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 Drives: 2018 camaro ss 1LE Join Date: Aug 2011
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very nice!!!
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03-15-2013, 06:34 PM
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Drives: 2012 Triple Black ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2010
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I have ceramic coated headers too, they look awesome with your polished valve covers. Very nice work
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03-15-2013, 06:34 PM
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03-15-2013, 06:35 PM
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Drives: 2001 Ws6 Join Date: Sep 2009
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+1 on the coating
Looks good!! Now get some coil relocators to show them off!!
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03-15-2013, 06:42 PM
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I was going to polish mine, took one look at the surface, then bought Holleys. Figured it would spare my OCD a lot of sleepless nights trying to get them perfect. I did spend time with a buffing wheel on them to get them even brighter.
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03-15-2013, 09:09 PM
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03-15-2013, 09:21 PM
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pretty nice job polishing them looks good
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Ported intake manifold and throttle body kooks 2" headers no cats
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03-16-2013, 12:49 AM
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weird maybe its the tired or the beverage talking but i think mine are black from factory
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03-16-2013, 02:34 PM
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Drives: too many to say! Join Date: Nov 2010
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Cool. Are the headers the ones from OTTP? How did the install go with them?
Edit:nevermind... found your other thread Last edited by Fish-man; 03-16-2013 at 02:48 PM. |
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03-16-2013, 03:38 PM
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03-17-2013, 07:28 AM
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looks great man
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