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Old 13-Aug-2005, 12:14 AM
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Talking DIY Paint tell me what you think
Tell me what you think, did it last weakend

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Old 13-Aug-2005, 12:30 AM
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looks good
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Old 13-Aug-2005, 12:35 AM
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looks like it came out good. did u use hi-temp paint and clear?
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Old 13-Aug-2005, 01:35 AM
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very nice....
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haha, better be high heat lol, looks awsome man.
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Old 13-Aug-2005, 04:17 AM
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Great job.
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looks good, i went with black and silver on my valve cover, 3 coats of clear coat make it reallly shine!
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great job bro
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Old 14-Aug-2005, 01:33 PM
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you did a good job...loooks awesome!
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Old 14-Aug-2005, 01:38 PM
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Looks good, now clean up the rest of the engine bay! Like mine:

 
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Looks good.
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Old 14-Aug-2005, 07:31 PM
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^^^ what did you use to gloss it? tire shine?
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WOW looks real good i used VHT caliper paint about ten coats then one hour at in the oven at 300... gives it the gloss
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Old 14-Aug-2005, 09:31 PM
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Originally posted by SteveZ
^^^ what did you use to gloss it? tire shine?
that would work too

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haha, better be high heat lol, looks awsome man.
it better be, or he's fuked
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Old 15-Aug-2005, 01:37 AM
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that looks mint! i have a question, i have a black coating over my valve cover on my 92 civic si how do i get it off
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sand paper
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Old 15-Aug-2005, 09:21 AM
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use the paint stripper spray they sell at Canadian tire, works way better then sanding
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Old 15-Aug-2005, 10:02 AM
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one more pic

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very nice work
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Old 15-Aug-2005, 02:25 PM
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I like.

One stupid question, when you take the valve cover off, you obviously remove the spark plug cover (which I think you can just slowly pulled it off right?), but do you have to remove the spark plugs?

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