DIY Painting Rocket Cover: D-series

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

Aim: Renew look of old or plain looking Valve Cover

Needed:
1 can Primer
1 can VHT Wrinkle Plus Spray Paint
1 800 sand paper
1 400 sand paper
masking tape
Razor
Pilers
10mm spaner
Blow Dryer

Step 1: Removing Valve Cover
Remove all the Blue circled area
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/1.jpg

Step 2: Sand down metal
Use the 400 sand paper first then 800 sand paper

Step 3: Seal Holes
Use masking tape and cover all holes
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/2.jpg

i covered the honda sign and letters but u can leave it and sand the paint of later. Up to you

Step 4: Spray Primer
Spray a few times
Wait few minutes after each layer
Try not to over spray it maybe run.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/3.jpg

and let it dry for a bit before spraying wrinkle plus

Step 5: Spray VHT Wrinkle Plus
Spray a few times
First vertical then horizontal then diagonal
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/4.jpg

Step 6: Waiting for paint to dry
You can leave the paint to dry by it self
or use a blow dryer to increase the speed
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/5.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/6.jpg

Step 7: Reinstalling Valve cover
once done u can install the rocket cover back on the engine
just remove all the masking tape and bolt everything back on
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...inalgutz/7.jpg

If you did put masking tape on the sign and letter you should remove it later.
If you didnt use masking tape you can file it down later.

Then Your done.

Hope DIY help ppl.
Thanks

Came out ok mate.
Looks very wrinkly,did you spray too heavy or thats how it is?
Also where's the rocket?

lol your right did abit or research and its Valve Cover hehehe
sorry

hehehe or rocker cover.
Great job! Well done!

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Originally Posted by beeza

hehehe or rocker cover.
Great job! Well done!

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lol, not actually a rocker cover.
it's just a term that people have used for years.
rockers used to be at the top of the head when the cams used to be lower, and the rockers rockers at the top. hence the name rocker cover
but times have changed now the cam is at the top with the valves.
lol.

i know by people it means shit all, but just thought people would like to know
lol.

True.But people still use it all the time in the US...

lol, everyone uses, i'm not saying don't use it.
lol.
i use it all the time.
just sometiems people may get misinformed.

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Originally Posted by destrukshn

lol, everyone uses, i'm not saying don't use it.
lol.
i use it all the time.
just sometiems people may get misinformed.

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Like me valve cover is more correct
and it turned out pretty good might spray brake calipers next

BTW feel free to pm questions or rep me :)

Haha Sweet.

looking nice man!
it seems a little more wrinkly than others ive seen, or maybe thats the photos? anyways...
go the D!

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Originally Posted by dahon

looking nice man!
it seems a little more wrinkly than others ive seen, or maybe thats the photos? anyways...
go the D!

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Maybe because it's fresh from painting thats y its seems more wrinkly
and doesnt look so wrinkly one others because it's old.

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Originally Posted by beeza

True.But people still use it all the time in the US...

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what about 'mileage'? no one in australia ever says 'kilometerage' LOL

good DIY! shame it came out all bumpy tho, was expecting smooth n flat coz you sanded it down and primed it too :thumbsup:

You can sand down the letters when your done + polish them to get a shinier 'VTEC' Word lmao

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Originally Posted by Vu_civic

what about 'mileage'? no one in australia ever says 'kilometerage' LOL

good DIY! shame it came out all bumpy tho, was expecting smooth n flat coz you sanded it down and primed it too :thumbsup:

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Bumpy?
it is wrinkle effect that is wat i was goin for

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Originally Posted by GTKING

Bumpy?
it is wrinkle effect that is wat i was goin for

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ahh sorry, my bad. must have read over that part :o

wow good to see someone finally do this on a D-series!! good write up mate!!

doin 2 rocker covers i found that if u spray too much it tends to get abit too wrinkly + it could be either ur heating it too quickly or the pattern u sprayed it. top stuff mate it came out heaps good

expand on this 'stud pattern' theory... i dont no wat u mean

wen spraying it, there are actual suggested directions u should spray . eg first spray horizontally, then vertically, diagonally and the opposite etc. each layer repeats until ur satisfied. then let it dry for 48hours. for me i assumed that because i sprayed abit too much and dried it abit too quick with a blow dry, it actually gave me abit too much wrinkle then i acutally wanted. hope this helps explain.

nice job.
Not my cup of tea though.
Looks like its been sandblasted and spraypainted red. Im more a gloss finish kind of guy.
Still a good effort.

gloss finish is good tho might not fit some engines

Welldone, it looks very to me!!
Thanks for sharing!

visversa with the B series VALVE cover :)

I did this on my b16 engine turn out to be nice... nearly the same as a type R cover hehe

pics please

clear instructions :)

but i don't know why you guys bother sanding the paint off... i bought a paint stripper from bunnings and tried it on a pretty large patch and it wrinkled and flaked off the cover within hours

lol probly coz people cbf waiting hours for their paint to come off........

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Originally Posted by kazam

lol probly coz people cbf waiting hours for their paint to come off........

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bought a heavy duty one from supercheap today, mine came off in 5mins and washed away very easily, beats hours of sanding with elbow grease to get it all perfect :)

look at t3h wrinkle paint :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...6/DSC03540.jpg

:thumbsup: paint stripper and high pressure water blaster

nice write up. what do you suggest to use to remove the oil and grease and all that crap from the cover?

is it 100% neccesary to mask up the spark plug holes?

I just scrunch up a small amount of newspaper and stuff it tightly in the spark plug holes.

Peter

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Originally Posted by delsol9000rpms

is it 100% neccesary to mask up the spark plug holes?

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yeah... just do as posted above by jdm_b16a.

not overly detrimental as my oil seems to dissolve the paint used but it gets into the threads and if you keep doing/undoing your oil cap it flakes the paint off and it goes into the engine.

did you bother changing your rocker cover gasket?

You realise this thread is over 2 years old ?

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Originally Posted by tiksie

You realise this thread is over 2 years old ?

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doesnt matter? he can still be a member and already done it anyway..can i ask why u ALWAYS comment on everything i do?

u dont have to change the gasket - mine has lasted forever - just take extra care when taking it off and storing it for re-installation

the paint looks nice but the engine bay is filthy lol

needs a really good clean, cable tuck and i would paint the exhaust manifold heat-shield as well - satin/matt black looks good =D

so if ya want it wrinkly ya go wrinkle paint and if ya want a gloss finish, engine paint?

Just any high-temperature paint, as long as it's not labelled as wrinkle I think

Man who stocks VHT wrinkle plus?! Repco want $12 shipping on top of $13 for the paint to order it in! FML!

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Originally Posted by EG52NV

Man who stocks VHT wrinkle plus?! Repco want $12 shipping on top of $13 for the paint to order it in! FML!

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Autobarn got it. prob the best place for car paint's