Hey I finally got a VTEC valve cover. I stripped the paint and painted it over the last couple of days. Hereā€™s what she looks like now. Iā€™ll be posting my other valve cover for sale after I take it off and clean it. Itā€™s a VTEC valve cover but it doesnā€™t say VTEC on the top. Right now itā€™s painted red with flaws in the paint. To sell it do you think I should leave it be, strip the paint to the bare metal, or strip it and repaint it blue like my new one? Thanks!!

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just strip it to metal. then let the customer choose so they can paint it themself, or charge them extra to paint it

 

looks like how my old one use to look like

 

I would repaint the one you are trying to sell from red to black.Looks good the one with Vtec on it.I have painted my d15 valve cover I need to paint my b18 black again.

 

The Valve cover I painted blue is a much darker blue than in the first picture. Here's a different on, but still, the picture is lighter than it actually is. Darn cheapo Polaroid cameras.

So you think I should paint the one I'm selling black instead on leaving it bare metal? Hmm, any other suggestions? I don't have any paint other than blue right now, so I'd have to buy some more.

Thanks!!


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i would have painted white with black lettering

 

Has anyone thought about powdercoating their valve cover? My cousin powdercoated the valve cover on his Neon and it looked great.

 

I would have done that but I'm cheap and I can paint it myself with similar but NOT equal results.

 

millions of people have thought about it, and then those millions of people prefer a $5 can of spray paint over the cost of powdercoating.

plus it's cheaper to change colors if needed.

 

Plus if the power coating ever chips off you're screwed. With paint you can touch it up whenever.