Another good tip is to make sure you've got ALL your piping mocked up, cut, and ready to install before painting. You don't want to have to do any cutting or forcing the pipes once they've been painted, cause they'll get scratched really easy.

 

That looks so GAY! lol just kidding man, looks really good, any pics of it on the car or did i miss them?

 

Thats a really nice job, itturned out well...+1 on wanting to seeit installed in the engine...Im still working on cleaning out my engine bay, I only have before pics and they really look bad...

 

i have a b7 in the car right now, the valve cover wont go on until the new motor is built. sorry for the teasers, lol

 

looks decent tho looks like ya missed afew endents on it.... mine was a HUGE PITA to get smooth and then i ended up using wrinkle paint on it.
good luck polishing the lettering. i didnt take a chance when i did mine i sanded and polished the letters before painting. the chap stick tricked worked great! and i just finger nailed off the paint and it was done.


might look OK on the car but im just not a fan of that color changing paint.... but it depends on how the whole engine bay looks i guess....


what other ideas ya got for the engine bay?

 

Nothing too crazy..i'm gonna replace all the visible hardware with stainless, have the IC piping match the valve cover, a mild wire tuck, maybe put stainless braided covers on the radiator/heater/vacuum hoses hoses, and have a polished intake maifold with the fuel rail I already did. Nothing too complicated

 

ahh i love the job!.. take a pic of it in your car with good lighting! =D

 

Here she is after polishing the letters, some rubbing compound, and a nice coat of wax. I almost dont want to put it on the engine.

 

dude, thats an art piece... You should just donate it to the smithsonian

 

pull that thing out in some good light
pictures not that great.... looks good tho.


might i make a small sugestion???????
how about some bolt caps that you sand the chrome and then paint them to match....


tho i had 2 of them fall off already. next time im gonna use HOT GLUE to hold them on the bolt alittle better.... but i think they would look great if ya painted them to match, tho you would still have to paint the bolts large washer parts and the other bolts.
i totaly forgot when i painted mine valve covers! dirty and plain valve cover, but ya get the gist of it with the bolt covers or caps what ever you want to call them.....