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Lol speed my valve cover is the exact same color yours is.

 
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i had mine painted by a freind that owns a paint and body shop. colored and cleared and it has been that way for years. best way to match it to car color.

 
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def an interesting color....looking good

 
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On ephatch.com the guys does it for like $50-$60 in any color combo you can think of. Black, White, Wrinkle Red, Gold, you name it. $125+ would be a little much.

Boilermaker, very nice man, i like it alot, it's original and that's what i like. Kinda looks like Freddy Cruger had a part in painting it. lol

 
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My thoughts exactly!

 
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Definitely different. I always liked cinnamon flavored candy canes, lol. Lets see the completed bay.

 
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im thinking of checkering mine with ford blue(lil lighter then navy) and silver

 
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who?

 
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Check out this guy on Ebay...pretty good looking valve covers...

http://motors.search.ebay.com/search...e=search&fgtp=

If that doesn't pull it up, go to google, type D17A2 in quotes and the words "powder coated"....go to the first Ebay listing you find...this guy has the red, powder blue, silver....several great looking VC's....Good luck....

 
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$100 for the cheapest powdercoating plus $15 shippin and $85 for core charge (gotta ship your old one back or they keep the $85). yeah, if you got a show car it might be worth it, but i can think of a bunch of things i'd rather spend $115+ on when a $18 paint job will do the trick.

good job boiler! can't wait to see the finished bay.

 
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it's still a good option...and a lot of times an 18 dollar paint job can wind up costing more than $18.... go check out this forum...

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/4...essssssss.html

wouldn't want to wind up there. But yeah, if you can do it yourself, go to it. Otherwise, getting one that's going to look professional, have all the threads cleaned out correctly and all the proper spots polished, it could be worth it. Especially to stay off that forum for biggest mistakes....

 
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I like mine. I paid $125 for it. I think its worth it, but notice the 'I' in each statement. To each his own, boilermaker did a helluva job painting his VC, and if I was back in the states I would have done the same. Unfortunately England has like two colors (black and silver) of high temp paint and they're both 15 quid ($30) a can - and they don't have clear. So paint em up folks, do whatever blows you hair back. As long as you're happy with the method and the results, the only person who should care about how you got there is you (and in my case, my wife, since I'm not allowed to use the checkbook unsupervised...)

 
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Wow, someone else answers to a higher power too huh???

 
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LOL - yeah, I don't own pants I just rent them for when I'm allowed outside.

 
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poof... I said it was all gonna make sense...


The slight shade difference is because the block hasnt been cured yet... I was kinda iffy about sticking it in the oven and heating it up without a head on it, didnt want it to warp. So I'm gonna let the water jacket cure the paint.

 
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Dude.

That is 100% sick! Fanfrippintastic man!

 
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That's interesting....Looks good.

So what's the story behind those colors you like?

 
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Looking good. Man, I wish my head and block were that clean. One of these days. Can't wait to see what it'll do once we get it in!