DIY: D-Series Valve Cover in Red

[Sexc86]

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....

[kraiye]

lookin awesome man

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

[chartinael]

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

[Nikitaki]

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

[wildom69]

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! ....i'll prob do it again a couple shades darker next week!

[serpo]

man this looks way complicated

[~Sp33~]

lol^^^

[Pumped]

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

[serpo]

^^ that looks so nice man good work, anyone in Adelaide wana do myn I will pay

[chartinael]

crappy cans, I'll say ... I thought it were just mine ... but I reckon everyone I know had issues.

[kraiye]

just diy serpo, all you need is a lil patience and be happy with not soaking your valve cover all over with one coat of paint. read the instructions on the can then follow them.
take care and take your time, its not particulaly hard.
if you dont know anything about taking your valve cover off just mark anything you remove with a piece of masking tape and pen so you know where it goes back on
allow yourself a whole day for it, it'll really feel worth it when you've finished

[Pumped]

crappy cans, I'll say ... I thought it were just mine ... but I reckon everyone I know had issues.

ive tried both Brake caliper paint & the wrinkle paint

the caliper paint can completely stuffed up and ran itself out of paint so i couldnt use it at all and the wrinkle paint was a massive pain to use! wouldnt work, had to fiddle with the nozzle etc!