polished my valve cover!

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04-13-2009 | 07:24 AM

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for those who got a pc, how much was it?

04-13-2009 | 01:37 PM

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powdercoated? I paid 50 bucks to get mine done

04-13-2009 | 02:16 PM

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why is it bad for stainless steel? i thought just cast iron. Lots of cars use it on their down pipes and other exhaust pipping. Educate me please lol?

it will cause the headers to warp or crack, its due to heatbuild brought by those wraps..

so does that apply to the valve cover? for the cracking issue?
thanks

no valve covers arent that hot and nobody (i think lol) would want to wrap the valve covers..
and its true these wraps are used on some race cars to keep the hood temp down but as mentioned they have a budget of replacing parts in every few races since are more on performance rather than longevity

Thank You Ace83!

04-13-2009 | 02:37 PM

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Nice work on the valve cover!!

05-26-2009 | 08:04 PM

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so i got mine done yesterday....looks great!
but once you get really close you can see the very fine sandmarks of the 2000 grit.
im thinking of going over it again with some 3000. That should take care of it!

05-26-2009 | 11:01 PM

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Good luck finding 3000. You'll have to order it online.

05-26-2009 | 11:11 PM

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yeah, just go with some aluminum polish, that should work...

05-26-2009 | 11:14 PM

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Ha. Yeah. I guess that's just me being picky. But I did use the polish. I cann see myslef its so shiny...

05-27-2009 | 12:59 AM

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couldnt help it had to show mine off...well it used to look like this

05-27-2009 | 01:06 AM

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^^^^where did you get that spark plug cover from? its look way better then the other ones...

05-27-2009 | 04:05 AM

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^^^^where did you get that spark plug cover from? its look way better then the other ones...

:D ...pm me for details

05-27-2009 | 05:14 AM

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Good luck finding 3000. You'll have to order it online.

Tina goto Shucks,they may be called Crager in Cali,but they actually hvae 5000 in the paint aisle........I nearly fell over when I saw it.......lol.Saved me from going to autobody supply store to get some more.

But on aluminum 2000 is fine,net it needs hit with cutting polish and high speed buffer......that is how you make the scratches go away on aluminum.......5000 is fro if you do not have a buffer and cut polish.