head cover

[shurman]

hey. one quick very noobish question for a mate. he wants to change the black head cover top on his b16a to red. he doesnt want to paint it at the fear it will look ***t. will the ITR from the b18c fit or only the b16b from a civic.
thanks and sorry ;-)

[jackosimm]

Na won't fit, usually done the other way around

[Zdster]

He can paint it - try looking in the diy forum on how to do it .

[wynode]

Na won't fit, usually done the other way around

Errr are you sure Jacko?

The b18b/c rocker covers are interchangable. (I'm assuming he's talking about the rocker cover here).

[z3lda]

the ITR b18c red rocker cover will fit the b16a

[FR33K]

Errr are you sure Jacko?

The b18b/c rocker covers are interchangable. (I'm assuming he's talking about the rocker cover here).

not b18b..
only b16a/b and b18c..

it wont turn out shit if u paint it right.. check out my car specs where i painted mine

[Zdster]

it wont turn out shit if u paint it right.. check out my car specs where i painted mine

He shouldnt mess it up painting it. Quite a few members have tried this.

[Chi]

B18c(R) , B16a and B16b Rocker Covers are interchangeable

[ekslut]

B18c(R) , B16a and B16b Rocker Covers are interchangeable

Correct

[shurman]

thanks for everyones replies. i will pass on the message that the covers are intercahngeable.
cheers

[jackosimm]

ah, Im thinkin the whole head of a b18 to go onto a b16, settled!

[yourfather]

Or you could just go down to Lincraft and make one yourself




NAH seriously. The reason why the B18B head cannot fit a B18C valve cover on top, is because of the bolts because of VTEC.

Whilst they are the same dimensions and stuff, a B18B valve cover as shown here



Does not have four bolts near the spark plug leads. The B18C / B16A / B16B valve covers are all identical, except for their colour. And they look like this.



note the four bolts in the middle. That's why the B18B cover cannot be replaced by B18C and other variants.

You should go here http://www.team-integra.net/sections...?ArticleID=515

That will give you a DIY guide to painting your B16A valve cover / head cover.

OH YEAH, and this guy did it with a flat red paint. BUT you can get wrinkle paint that will give it a textured feel