a paint striper and paint costs less
ive had my valve cover painted for almost a year now and it still looks just like it did when i painted it!

did ya sand it enough or primer it?

 

high heat paint will work good

 

I don't half *** ****.Sanded the hell out of it and used two coats of primer

 

hum..... dont see why it would be flaking off already.......

ya use any engine bay cleaners?

 

i used basecoat/clear coat and mine is over two years old (not daily driven) but driven alot and mine isn't flaking or cracking.

forty do u think the engine ran warmer with the turbo maybe (has no freakin clue what im talkin about)

 

Absolutely, under certain conditions (doing 8psi rips afterbeing on the highway for a couple hours). However, that pic you see was taken during my turbo install, and I dont even think the car was running yet.

Maybe I just had ****ty paint, I dunno

 

prep work is 90% of any paint job. paint is probably 8% and then operator error makes up the other 2%

 

Like I said, I prepped it well, and I know how to paint just fine

My point is that powdercoating owns

 

true dat

 

Here's mine, not as shinny as Nick's but still looks cool... i think[&:]


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