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Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
So around Christmas advance auto parts Was having free shipping on orders over $100 and 15 dollars off orders with their Christmas special promo code.
So I decided to pull the trigger on a set of these- http://m.advanceautoparts.com/mt/sho...110944&ci_sku= I got them in the mail about 5 days later via fed-ex ( bastards still beat up my packages) and pulled them out and this is how they looked[IMG] ![]() ![]() I was kinda peeved cause everywhere they are described as natural finish. Horrible quality powder coating. My plan revolves around having natural finish aluminum to Sand and polish So I bought some talstrip and took them to an actual natural finish [IMG] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
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![]() I then masked off the polished part and painted the sides with some engine enamel satin black and topped it off with a couple of coats of engine enamel clear. Btw these are duplicolor paints and work real well for me. [IMG] ![]() I the. Pinstriped by hand And let them dry out and installed and enjoyed my work well done [IMG] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On a side note. If you wondering how I got my wire looms to mount still I drilled the side of the covers an bolted them to it with star washers and a dab of ultra grey. Never leaks on anything I do it to. Also here is a before pic to show what spurred the change [IMG] ![]() Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
And if it's not to much to ask from a moderator. Maybe you can pretty please fix my title to " fabbed" and not "dabbed" lol thanks
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
allow me to be the first to say they look awesome... great work!
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
looks killer
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
Thanks. They seal great and should last a long time
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
At first I was like "What's dabbed" lol. Anyways, they look great on there!
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Re: Custom dabbed valves covers for cheap
Yah sometimes the iPhone auto correct is uselesesses
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
edited as per your request... they look great.. lol i went and bought your old covers at advanced the ones you made are alot nicer tho
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
I like it
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
You think I should do a run of ten of these to sell on the forum?
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Nice work i really i liked the before but the new ones look good too
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Well the before ones were hazy and not nice anymore. But I'm going to redo them and off them to a lucky buyer on the forum as soon as I pay up for a membership
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Nice!!!
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Sorry,,I'm a NOOB when it comes to swapping valve covers, but I've noticed that when you swap from the stock ones, the aftermarket ones never really have an "oil fill" cap, so where do you pour the oil in from? Im sorry,,but I've always wondered this.
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Pull the filter off the valve cover (the chrome moroso piece in insidious' pics), fill using a funnel then just pop the filter back on.
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Re: Custom fabbed valves covers for cheap
Usually most aftermarket valve covers have fill spots on both covers
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