looks great

 

very nice, can't wait to see the other one once it's finished too!

 

Looks nice man.

I just repainted my valve cover black with a primer to touch up the rough spots. The rubber seal that goes in between the valve cover was a little bit of a bitch in order for me to get everything lined up, but I was told if you take off the valve cover and put it back on and don't have an oil leak you should be golden (also the rubber gasket can get stuck to the valve cover and the engine).


The white looks nice! but unfortunately it's not what I'm looking for.

My engine them is blue and red, the tranny was repainted silver for the rebuild though.

What have others tried for colors? And what type of DI's did you use black or red?

 

I had this one for my 900 pc'd crinkle black.

edit-Only cost $50 including sandblasting

 

I had this one for my 900 pc'd crinkle black.

I like it. Gives it a strong look and isn't too flashy nice

 

Girlgoneboosted painted her valve cover white for the convention in CO last year. Her car is red and alot of white under the hood.

 

Powder coated my valve cover and charge pipe in silver vein last fall.

 

yep looks like mine only mine's white and red. love the look of it!

 

i crinkled mine too, this is from my c-900, did this a few years ago.

 

I might just have to crinkle the one on mine soon...looks sweet...what sort of prep are you guys doing?

 

since the original finish is powdercoat, sandblasting does basically nothing.. i'd say the best prep is to strip it with aircraft remover. best to scrape the large surface areas. then wash it down with dish soap to remove the stripper (cuz it burns like hell) then scrub off the excess paint with a wire brush. then a hot cycle in the dishwasher with no soap as it corrodes aluminum quite a bit. then i wipe it down with rubbing alcohol and lightly heat it with a propane torch before spraying on high temp paint.

substantially easier than going the route of polishing. i'm still trying to completely smooth all the surfaces of this other cover before i can even start the polishing. and after sandblasting it yesterday, i'm finding a good amount of corrosion in the bolt hole grooves. gonna take alot more time than expected.

 

figured i'd post some more pics of current updates and projects..

here's the other valvecover i'm working on. the dipstick mount is shaved, along with the lettering. just need to resurface it a little more, then i can start polishing it and hot tank it for install. btw, anyone know how to remove the chain guide inside these things?

and here's a shitty little pic of the new exhaust. got tired of the sidepipe, so i installed a 14" case 3" magnaflow with a very nice rolled stainless angle tip. it's 3" all the way back without a cat. spits some gnarly flames according to my VW friends i blasted by on the freeway. haha

and here's the 9-3 grille i dechromed, shaved, and color matched. along with the CSE front spoiler. i like how it has a bit more girth on the lip. it's not completely assembled and installed just yet. finished shaving the little saab emblem and paint this morning.

this is the 3" stainless suction pipe i did. it's kind of a temporary thing. i'm going to use the 4" aluminum suction pipe i made for a holset when i get around to fitting everything still need to weld a recirc fitting on it for the larger diverter valve. this includes an air-water IC setup which probably won't be done for a few months.

 

if you get a peice of sheet metal and cut it to that opening then put a 3" circle in the mid and surround the medal with a split vacuum line it holds the pipe excellently

best pic i could find and ya its bad lol

 

haven't posted in a while. thought i'd post a little eye candy. i snagged a spare valve cover from a 9000 in the pick-n-pull. i decided against powdercoating because all the chips i looked at seemed to have an uneven finish. i'm planning on painting my car Subaru 37J metallic white, so i sprayed this valve cover in a high temp white. painting the letters was a pain in the balls, but looking back i realized a skateboard wheel would have worked perfectly.

Skate Board wheel for what?

 

haven't posted in a while. thought i'd post a little eye candy. i snagged a spare valve cover from a 9000 in the pick-n-pull. i decided against powdercoating because all the chips i looked at seemed to have an uneven finish. i'm planning on painting my car Subaru 37J metallic white, so i sprayed this valve cover in a high temp white. painting the letters was a pain in the balls, but looking back i realized a skateboard wheel would have worked perfectly.

Skate Board wheel for what?

im guessing to role the paint on but i might be wrong

 

yes, skateboard wheel for applying paint to the lettering. i found a wide longboard wheel in the garage and it would have worked alot better then a shitty foam brush.

and i'm just using a bracket to hold the charge pipe up for now. but the plate idea is pretty good! i might go ahead and do that!

 

Nice!! keep up the good work.

 

i think this looks pretty cool and i have yet to see anyone do a white one.

Oh yes, it's been done:

link to the full set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dx2-photography/sets/72157622596784879/

 

bahhh.. i don't worry much about my filter getting wet seeing how i live in AZ. and it's a damn nice filter. in all the independent tests i've come across, it filters as good as a paper filter with very little restriction. it's pretty over engineered, despite looking like a simple cone filter. haha

and btw, the shiny, fancy, good looking suction pipe was probably cheaper than anything that looks like a piece of fencing!

two T-bolt clamps: $free
2.5-3" black silicone coupler: $5
22" of T304 3" stainless: $8.83
aluminum mounting bracket: $free

it looks good, sounds magnificent, reduces spiking (go figure), and frees up a bit of power! can't go wrong for less than $20!

 

When this topic was originally active, my valve cover was in the shop to be powder coated. Pickup it up last Thursday and put it on the car today. The color is called "Silver Vein", the lettering on the vc and the DIC was coated "Cirrus White", same color as car body. Thought I would share the results . . .

Closer view of the cover . . .

Took the time to install this today . . .

Another view . . .

Car is now about ready for Carlisle, just a final washing and detailing middle of next week.

 

Wow, that looks stunning. The gray is just enough to add some tasteful contrast while the DIC ties into the car's exterior color, very nice!

 

To my eye, all I saw when in the engine compartment was white fender covers, white front sheetmetal crossmember, grey metal engine pieces, black sound deadening material on firewall, black valve cover and the original red DIC. So I decided that I wanted to keep to a White / Grey / Black compartment theme. So I changed the color of the DIC, to Cirrus White and installed that. Then to change the appearance, just a bit, I went with the Silver Vein on the valve cover and decided that the contrast of the lettering in the white could be sharp looking. At this point, I really like the end result.

Currently, I am powder coating the charge pipe in Cirrus White. Hopefully it will give me the final appearance that I want. I think that will be about all that gets done to the engine compartment.

 

Sophie that is a great looking 9000. Love the look of your valve cover.

 

why thank you! i love it as well. gets dirty real fast though hah.

 

wow. very tasteful. might have to try that color on a few parts on my spg.

 

wow man it looks pretty cool, like the white

 

suggestion, wire brush/sand the shit out of your exhaust manifold, it will look much better under the hood, VC looks great w/the crinkle look