DIY: D-Series Valve Cover in Red

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Aim: Put EG5 Valve Cover on my EK3 with red paint.

Needed:
- 1 can of VHT Wrinkle Plus Spray Paint (in red for Rudi)
- 1 can of Molto universal Paint Stripper
- 1 can of Molto paint brush cleanser
- painting tape
- sharp knife
- oven

Disclaimer: This is what I did, turned out all right. You can't really mess up but it is messy and I am not responsible for environmental damage or your being kicked out by your landlord for smelly emissions or the like. So follow at your own risk and be prepared to do it over again, if you mess up.

Used paint: VHT Wrinkle Effect Spray Paint
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ckel/paint.jpg

Stripped cover with mit Molto Universal Abbeizer:
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...l/stripper.jpg

Put the stuff on the cover thickly. If you wanna keep simmerings, make sure to cover them properly. If not it doesn't matter.
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de.../stripping.jpg

Make sure to cover with seran wrap to keep from drying out prematurely.
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ckel/folie.jpg

It will loosen the paint (Fingertest -- if you can move paint with finger through wrap on most places it's been on long enough), use Spatula to remove loose paint. Use brush for lettering. Pour paint brush cleanser on cover, clean of rest, rinse with plenty of water if you are not environmentally consious otherwise wipe of and use steel wool to clean of rest. Then take brake cleaner and degrease (after taping off)
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...kel/remove.jpg

Stripped:
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...-stripped2.jpg

Tape off and cut out:
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...l/abkleben.jpg

Taped off:
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de.../abgeklebt.jpg

Create some sort of make-shift paint booth (you will need it if you work in your bathroom ... like I did and trust me the paint fog will creep out)
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...aint-booth.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...int-booth2.jpg

Do not spray thick coeats. Repeat. Push into oven and bake at 100°C. I left it in for a couple hours sitting at 50°. If wrinkle effect is not as desired let it dry out, sand down, add another thin coat, put back into oven.
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...eckel/oven.jpg

Ain't I a great homemaker?!
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...eckel/done.jpg

Remove take and sand wet.
http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ckel-done1.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ckel-done2.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ckel-done3.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...kel/detail.jpg

Hope it helps.

Looks pretty good actually..well done!

awesome man, love ur spray booth lol :thumbsup:

my mum would kill me spraying the bathroom!

very nice :D so when you gonna do mine for you seeing as you've converted your bathroom already :p

tee hee....DIY mini type R cover :)

Good stuff :)

Anyone willing to do this for me in Melbourne ?
I want to paint my cover yellow..

this looks great, when i saw the title i didnt think it would look any good but its a great result. 2 thumbs up!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
even looks better than some oem type r covers i have seen:)

well done. that came up really well. had a few dramas trying to mask mine off but didnt even think of your idea!
how high did you get in your 'spray booth' :P

very nice, but how come it turned out pink and not red ??

btw nice masking tape job on the "vtec" eheheh

awww.. i gotta do this.. looks kinda messy.. but hey.. came out.. A+

Kenny

hey, that looks really good. how much to do my valve cover? im serious.

what was the overall time your spent on this?? ie how long was the car off the road?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by h22a accord

hey, that looks really good. how much to do my valve cover? im serious.

---

shipping to the UK would be a bitch;)

dam that looks good, where are u from i hvent seen any of those products u mentioned...

Does the "wrinkle effect" happen when you stick the cover in the oven?

works well..just did it myself today...looks pretty damn good...my cover was unpainted to begin with, so it has made a lot of difference :thumbsup:

Takes one evening to do .... but I spread it out more .... Car wasnt off the road at all. exchanged valve covers when this was done.

kristin

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by fusion_VTi

dam that looks good, where are u from i hvent seen any of those products u mentioned...

---

try repco or burson they both stock VHT products;)

Other than that, VHT should be rather internationally available ... the other parts are German but equivalents should also be available all over the world.

The cover is not pink. It has a deep richt red not leaning towards orange. I like it. It looks nice.

If I get around to it, I will take a picture of my engine bay today.

Kristin

as promised:

Und so sieht das Ganze installiert aus:

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay1.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay2.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay3.jpg

Mir gefällts.

kristin

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by chartinael

as promised:

Und so sieht das Ganze installiert aus:

Mir gefällts.

kristin

---

:thumbsup:

Das ist fantastisch....rott ist der lieblinskolor vor Honda. Du hat eninen (spl) foto vor "camcover" EK auto ? Und ,"twincam camcover" EG ober DC ?

Bite' ...


tut mir lied , meine deustsche ist nicht so gut :(

u got that right ben ur german is sht but u can wright better than me :d and i can read what u said

BTW: the cover doesn't NEED to be inserted into an oven, at normal 20-25 degress it will wrinkle on its own.. :)

ive only seen Black wrinkle paint here in WA, surprised you got a red one! Sweet!

That is a mad job!
Looks absolutely awsome!!!!

Turned out heaps better than i thought it would!

well done

nice job dude~

that is an absolutely sweet job mate and the red looks nearly as good as a type R cover. I am so giving this a crack. Thanks for the inspiration. A lot of other people i know have done this but the colour never looks that good!!!!

Keep it up :thumbsup:

Sh*T that looks hot.

I aso quite like the rocker cover stripped back. maybe i will just polish mine off.

yes, the plain aluminum looks good too .... i was also considering for a minute there to leave it like that ... but then ... I wanted some red in my engine bay ;-)

nice job. :)

looks sweet mate!
give it a try one day when im feeling crafty haha

good job! :thumbsup:

That looks awesome, im gonna take the cover off my brothers car and paint it now.

top job

is the paint still perfect now thats it worn in or have you noticed blistering, or flaking? Im quite curious about how hard wearing this paint is due to the fact that i like the crinkle effect but im concerned about the temp that the paint works up to

Valve cover has been on for about 3 months and 5000 km. So far no flaking. No blistering. Looks fine. Will let you know when first signs of deterioration occur.

kristin

Beauty.. nice work. Oh also.. is it a red red or more a pinkish red?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by crispy

Beauty.. nice work. Oh also.. is it a red red or more a pinkish red?

---

I would classify that red as a reddish red without an orange touch to it. Doesn't look pinkish at all, It's just the flash and insufficient white reduction or whatever that is called. Don't have a RAL code to supply but it is a nice red. Most off the reds I've seen were leaning too much towards orange and I was looking specifically for a color that wouldn't do that. VHT red works for me. The color btw is very close to the color the EP3 emblems are.

I noticed I didn't post an installed pic. So here it is:

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay1.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay2.jpg

http://eurostylez.watt-is-dingens.de...ngine-bay3.jpg

any1 knows whether the f22b1 cover is sealed with rubber gasket or sealant?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by viperx

any1 knows whether the f22b1 cover is sealed with rubber gasket or sealant?

---

Possibly both?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by viperx

any1 knows whether the f22b1 cover is sealed with rubber gasket or sealant?

---

Im almost positive that it has a rubber gasket. it may also have glue in the corners just to hold it in place, but that would be it id imagine.

Oh and Chartinael that valve cover looks great, thanks for answering my questions... once i get around to it i think ill be using the VHT!!

bought the stuff needed today, im going to try it in a few days when i have the whole day off, in case i stuff up.

very nice work.. looks really good!

Had a go at this with an d16a cover and normal paint - came out very nice - initally, going to try with wrinkle paint. I painted mine white and like i said initially was very good - didn't take long to become very dirty. Serves me right for colour choice. Your average paint stripper from supercheap etc. works very well, takes a few coats and about half a day if the cover is older, well that's what i found. Good luck pax!!

what will happen if I paint over the stock cam cover ?? will it stick??? coz i like the wrinkle effect but cant find any vht wrinkle paint other than black...

thats gorjuz man! i will PAY you do 2 mine dude! seriously LOL u up for it? :D

This is mine, did it a couple of months back using the VHT wrinkle paint.

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

Looks good Pillow :thumbsup:

where did you buy the red VHT wrinkle paint?

Cheer's Luke

Got the paint from Autopro here in Canberra, they had to order it in as they only had black in stock.

it looks very nice...

sum1 do mine haha ill pay u :p

Pillow - did you remove the cover to paint it or just cover everything up and paint with it in the engine bay? How difficult was it to do?

You pretty much have to take it off to get the wrinkle effect. If you want the wrinkle effect you have to put it in the oven or heat it in some way. Besides that it's way easier to remove than to mask everything up (spray paint will go everywhere, and masking everything so that nothing seeps through is almost impossible)

do i need to use the red stuff to seal the cover when i put the cover back on?
and is it essential to put it in oven??

and also what is 'Seran Wrap' is it like glad wrap?

nice nice nice gj with the DIY

thanks i painted my cover today turned out great thanks again for the guide

Can more people post up the after pics? I wanted to paint my D16a8 valve cover, but things i do never turn out how they're usually intended, lol.

From what ive seen thats the best looking DIY Valve Cover paintjob ive ever seen :).

This looks really good! im deffinately gonna do it to mine! Did you have to use any sort of metal primer? after you used the paint stripped and before you painted with the VHT?

Also What grad sand paper were you useing and how many times did you sand back and repaint?

damn thats good...proper job looks sick..:thumbsup:

Man dat lookz sick!!!

heres some i done recently

k20a
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/761...arockerhe9.jpg
on a black dc5r
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/352...rocker1ku4.jpg

b-series
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8...rocker1pf4.jpg
on a red em1 .... looking sweet ass
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/407...erinem1qr9.jpg

how bad does the paint smell in the oven?
looks awesome but might go with something you dont have to bake if its gonna stink me out :p

leave your windows open for the day, you'll be fine.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kraiye

how bad does the paint smell in the oven?
looks awesome but might go with something you dont have to bake if its gonna stink me out :p

---

u dont have to bake it ... but its easier and quicker baking it ..

i put on the air fan thingy on top of the stove ...

it doesnt smeel at all ..... i only have it in there for abt 15 mins and its done

sweet =)
i'll hav to look in to this when i get back from holls while i do the minime

Hey guys this is the valve cover i recently did turned out great!

love the red crinkle look!

http://i9.tinypic.com/3z08bip.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/2wg7lg7.jpg

Yeah that looks hot man :thumbsup:

do ppl mask off the lettering, or sand it off once its dry?

i used grease on the letters.

looks like u may get a better result from taping off tho .?

taping the letters off is better imo, but takes more time

hey champ, yeh tapeing seems to be the best but you need patience and a good stanley.... the paint takes so dam long to dry though! my mum caught me trying to fit it in the oven..... wasnt impressed ! haha

cant u just sand the paint off the letters ??

u can sand it .. but taping it turns out much better

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by EG5[KRT]

cant u just sand the paint off the letters ??

---

i asked that 3 posts b4 u did:confused::confused::confused:

hey guys, doing my 2nd valve cover, i make up a make shift heat booth heehhe, my mother freaked last time she found me putting a valve cover in the over so i thought this was the next best thing....

http://i3.tinypic.com/4c2p0cp.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/2hquuwz.jpg
http://i5.tinypic.com/2hn7xhz.jpg

lookin awesome man

so you bake it with the masking tape still on? then remove tape when paint is dry?

I did ... I like the paint box idea :-)

I am looking forward to doing my cover tommorow, i hope all goes well. Will post pictures up soon with my progress.

I just did mine over the weekend....its looks pretty good. But when it cured, the colour turned bright red and now its almost orange!! Arghh! :eek: ....i'll prob do it again a couple shades darker next week!

man this looks way complicated

lol^^^

i did mine :) came out good!

has anyone had troubles with VHT cans before? all cans ive tried from them have had issues!

also i think they've stopped making the red

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/2...ecover1ia7.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9...ecover2wn1.jpg