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ok, im trying to get my car ready for a car show in a week and a half, and in thinking of making my engine bay look nicer, i came across the idea of painting my spark plug cover thingy that says HONDA and VTEC, battery tie down, fuse box, and ebay intake RED and paint my header cover and the valve cover chrome

with that i have 3 questions

do you think it will look nice and anything else i should paint or shouldnt paint?
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what temperature paint should i get for everything?
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should i sand everything down and prime it before paint?


thanks
02blackcivic

 
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yeah that is a really good question. I hadn't seen anything on it unless I'm searching wrong

 
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yea, i want to see some people that have done it

 
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imo don't do it. i did and pretty much regreat doing it, looks cheap. if your going to paint anything paint you actual valve cover to match your car's color.

 
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here's mine. painted vtec and wire loom

 
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i did mine but heat got too the spark cover and warped the paint a bit. make sure u use high heat. and yes sand first damnit!

i couldnt get my vtec or honda painted a different color. not thats killed lol

 
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Don't paint it I think that changing the battery tie down + strutbars to DC sports will make the enginebay look much better
P.S. this is a picture of my friend's engine bay, DC battery tie down + strutbars + Top Fuel intake + CF valve cover

 
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Nice setup. Is the grounding set up a custom kit or did your friend buy a kit already made?

 
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Custom setup

 
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I like the setup also. Do you know where he got the cf valve cover?

 
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yea, well im gonna paint it and if i **** up the valve cover il jus buy that carbon fiber one

 
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Custom made here in Thailand

 
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hight temp dogg

 
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i did my valve cover and CAI. wish i didnt do it....im going to change everything around. blue is just too showy for me. im thinking black. we'll see though. good luck w/ your decisions. oh and i used duplicolor metalcast...paint has done real well in high heat. no bubbling or anything. now to answer your other questions. you should sand it down w/ fine grain sandpaper and yes....use a primer base and let it dry. i messed up on that part. haha here's the link. http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

 
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yea, well your style is JDM, im going more for show and looks, i got another idea that popped into my head, paint valve cover red, leave everything but the honda and vtec black on the spark plug cover and paint them red, and paint my ebay intake, fuse cover, and battery tie down red, we will see how it turns out, i also got an xenon body kit already painted NHBP for $300 off ebay, picking it up tommorw and putting it on either tommorow night or sunday and i got my megan racing cat-back on, all of this is getting done in preparation for a show with my team( www.teamexileonline.com ) and im going to see if the local rim shop can get the enkei evo 5 rims in stock that i want before the car show next weekend, if they can il take pics at the car show and put them up, its gonna b nice when i get everything together, and il post pics of local cars up on here, got some nice rides on my team, teh team leader has a 2003 mazda protege with $25,000 going into it, lambo doors, suicide doors, 4 racing seats in the fiberglass interior, and a completley rebuilt turbo eninge and this SI blue colored twin turbo 96 eclipse GSX, il hook you guys up with pics