!!!!!operation Valve Cover Makeover!!!!!! B14 se-R
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Let me ask ya, what kind of tape did you use to mask of the lettering? I've tried this personally in the past and have had no luck.
thanks guy..........ya the letter took around 40 mins to get right but i knew the time would pay off...........i was VERY careful when i put it back on...........went on smoothly, polished it up with mothters today and the finish is immaculate..........and the finish will last very long......Just gotta take care of it. The vc has been heat treated and ive worked with this stuff b4 and u gotta kinda just take care of it like u do with regular paint......Ive learned this over time............Ive already got like 5 ppl that want me to do theres for them.........I cant wait to grad from highschool so i can go to uti and really get my hands on this stuff
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Driven Concepts, LLC
1101A East Hillsborough Ave.
Tampa, Florida 33604
813-236-4500
Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm
WE ARE DIRECT
Tein, GReddy, Buddy Club, Bride, Tanabe, K-Sport, Power Enterprise, etc......
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i just did mine and ian's right about the careful part...i already put some gouges in...but its my first time...so i'm just gonna buy another VC and carefully paint that one so i dont have to rush it back into my car for work/school
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waiting a week to take the paint off the letters asnd recoat....then i'm gonna paint the letters chrome with a brush...
yes its a KA...yes its old...yes i'm poor
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^^^that's a pretty cool color. i'd like to dress my engine bay up a bit but i'm not really into color themes for mechanical parts. if anything i'd get a satin aluminum type finish or possibly polished.
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Both covers look hot.
It's funny. I got started with cars in high school by detailing and then polishing valve covers. Now, years later, I'm all about function. If you've seen the jeep, you know what I mean.
Keep up the nice work,
Matt
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not gonna sand gonna scrape...very very carefully...its not shiny underneath...trust me i degreased, stripped, and sanded it for an hour... its not very shiny...and it would be a very small brush using the shiny silver basecoat not chrome... ...tottemo chisai...
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the base coat is a aluminum ish color...and its easier to apply than the overcoat...you could be done in an hour...
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