Custom D Series Valve Covers

D15, D16, D17 and Mini-Me swaps
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By Eg6H2D
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:58 pm #139265
teal_dx wrote:Image
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here's a couple pics of one I made... wish I had kept that one!


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here it is just after self etching primer... actually looks perfect for my car there :hehe:


Teal How did you get the "VTEC" lettering to comne out silver with out scratching the paint off the valve cover?.. lol.

By sqsi
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:29 pm #139266 I masked mine off with blue painters tape and used a sanding block

By bucopandan
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:41 am #139331 @flyinryan122, i love the granite man! it gives a unique but clean look.
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By flyinryan122
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:27 am #139342
bucopandan wrote:@flyinryan122, i love the granite man! it gives a unique but clean look.

Thanks! :thumb:

By dawg316
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:08 pm #139370 Image

is that strut tower bar actualy drilled into the strut tower ? and not bolted to the shock?
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By matt is (eg6)
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:59 pm #139423 yeah mine is that way also.... the gsr's and 00 si's have strut bars like that
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By teal_dx
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:57 am #139439
EG6b20R wrote:Teal How did you get the "VTEC" lettering to comne out silver with out scratching the paint off the valve cover?.. lol.


Carefully block sanded the paint off the letters
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By matt is (eg6)
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:59 am #139440
teal_dx wrote:
EG6b20R wrote:Teal How did you get the "VTEC" lettering to comne out silver with out scratching the paint off the valve cover?.. lol.


Carefully block sanded the paint off the letters


really why not just tape them off
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By teal_dx
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:11 am #139450 block sanding is a fraction of the time and good luck getting the tape done perfectly... there's some tiny detailed areas. But I guess you could try tape too.
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By matt is (eg6)
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:56 am #139458 ok lol i was jw because im going to do mine.... did you just use a hardblock or what??
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