Ive been thinking about cleaning up my engine bay on the si and the nastiest thing in there is the valve cover with paint chipping off everwhere and a stain where it used to leak oil around the gasket. The thing is i want to do it myself because im a poor ass college kid but dont exactly know what i should be doing. I just need to know what paint to use and what might look halfway decent on the motor of a 2000 civic Si. any feedback would be nice

12/14/2006 9:28:42 PM

go to autozone or home depot and get that (krylon i think) high heat shit that'll stick to plastics too.

take valve cover off, put on newspaper outside.

spray multiple light coats of your chosen color. avoid runs.

wait to dry completely and reinstall valve cover.

it's eventually going to get covered in shit again anyway though, so its not worth it really

12/14/2006 9:40:58 PM

make sure you get some color plastic guards (red and blue go well together) for your wires and a polished oil cap (make sure it is billet, you dont want it compromise the structural integrity of your engine, taht cap is under lots of pressure). Neon string all around too, they are not very expensive these days. As far as valve cover, i suggest High-temp red, blue, or yellow paint for sure will look good. I think Sherving williams is on sale at lowes, i heard they can even mix gliter in it for you. I think thats about it for now, possibly also a titanium heat shield for yor exhaust manifol, it is much lighter than your stock one, make the are faster and looks better. good luck holla if yo need any help or let optmusprimer know if you need to special order that billet cap and the shield

12/14/2006 9:41:56 PM

ok so im NOT trying to rice out the engine bay just clean it up a bit to sell it. i knew someone would post that but ill take that neon string idea. That shit gonna make me fasters

12/14/2006 9:54:25 PM

make sure to use high temp. primer first, paint will last alot longer, advance has a shit loada high temp paints

12/14/2006 10:01:25 PM

oh jesus christ, just take it off and clean the thing up with degreaser, then spray it down with brake cleaner, let it dry completely, then spray it with black BBQ grill paint and call it a day



you should try and do the acutal painting when its warmest part of the day, and maybe warm the paint can a little with some warm water in the sink before spraying it...

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 10:03 PM. Reason : you do not need high temp or any primer JUST USE THE BBQ GRILL PAINT you will thank me]

12/14/2006 10:02:12 PM

yes and the whistle tips too wh00 who0000

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 10:03 PM. Reason : ^we upsellin, negro. you fuckin up my program here.]

12/14/2006 10:02:53 PM

NOT ONE OF YOU FUCKSTICKS HAS MENTIONED PROPER PREPARATION.

You need to get the old shit off first. use a spray can of paint remover and hose that shit off with the garden hose after it's bubbled up real good. Yes, I'm being serious. Repeat if necessary. Oh. DO NOT DO THIS WITH THE VALVE COVER ON THE ENGINE. AND DON'T LEAVE THE FUCKING OIL CAP ON THE VALVE COVER WHEN YOU DO.

Then, scrub really well with solvent (mineral spirits works well) and a scotchbrite pad.

12/14/2006 10:04:17 PM

youre gonna need a new valve cover gasket of course, dont forget that

12/14/2006 10:04:32 PM

no he need s a new valve cover itself and a gasket yo cant paint them it will fuck up his warranty gots to replace it we also adjust the alves where m,y butterknife at

12/14/2006 10:05:36 PM

^ I helped a friend of mine polish his valve cover. We pulled the thing off and used a wire brush attachment for a dremel and another smaller one for a drill to get in tighter spaces, and in the competely unreachable places we used 320 grit sandpaper. That will definately get all the old shit off evenly so it doesn't look like shit, provided that you go over it enough times.. Then you can paint on top of that. Just like when we painted his interior we sanded every piece down progressively until 1500 grit.

Dan's right. Any paint job looks like shit if you don't meticulously prepare it.

12/14/2006 10:07:23 PM

ahh such deep bullshit in here. if its not wrinkling up, or lifting, then you dont need to strip shit when your goal is to clean up the appearance up enough for resale purposes. you goddamn sure dont need to wirebrush it and sand it with 320 grit and until he posts a pic that shows it as being extremely fucked up i bet he doesnt need to chemically strip it either.

I MEAN, HE IS JUST GOING TO SELL THE CAR GUYS C'MON

12/14/2006 10:29:54 PM

you're not on fire Ricky Bobby

12/14/2006 11:06:42 PM

good point, fuck taking it off the car, fuck painting it, just take a propane torch and blacken it. although a big torch would soot it up faster.

12/14/2006 11:08:01 PM

^^^NIGGER, PLEASE. Where the hell did he say he's gonna sell the POS? Do it at least a little right so the shit stays on longer than a week.

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 11:08 PM. Reason : nignignig]

12/14/2006 11:08:20 PM

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"ok so im NOT trying to rice out the engine bay just clean it up a bit to sell it. i knew someone would post that but ill take that neon string idea. That shit gonna make me fasters"

put your bifocals on sometime

12/14/2006 11:11:27 PM

^^precisely. there's no point in doing something if ur gonna do it halfassed. Do it right the first time

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 11:14 PM. Reason : someone else posted]

12/14/2006 11:13:45 PM

betcha ten bux the clod keeps it...

12/14/2006 11:14:52 PM

why dont you paint that peice of shit truck the color it wants to be? and do the tires right while youre at it, cause it looks more queer than a football bat.

12/14/2006 11:17:21 PM

Oh snap. It's on. Dat Dodge got feelings, big boy, and you done HURT 'em.

Why don't you bring your nigger ass over to the house and help me sand THE WHOLE GODDAMN THING?

Yeah, that's right. You don't want to waste any more of your time doing such nonsense than I do.

It's a conversation piece, man.

12/14/2006 11:19:57 PM

as a matter of fucking fact, if you want to tell him the RIGHT way to do it the first time, he should get it beadblasted and fucking powdercoated. fuck chemical stripper, what a huge waste of time and money on a simple project. the kid is a beginner, who is selling his shitbox and he wants to make it look .001% nicer. keep it simple for fucks sake.

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 11:22 PM. Reason : ^ not your truck, dumbass. i mean the other guy, the one who wants to do the 4 speed swap ]

12/14/2006 11:21:22 PM

what a peice of shit.

12/14/2006 11:23:55 PM

Withdraw you underwear from your asscrack, man. Goddamn.

chem strip works really well if ya do it right, and it is dirt cheap. And you don't have to take it to a shop with a blasting cabinet. And it works in 15 minutes to an hour...while you're sitting in the den watching the goddamn basketball game.

I did my rudder gudgeon on my boat with it, and dat shit turned out CHOICE...

12/14/2006 11:25:16 PM

unless the paint is really really super fucked up there is no reason to strip it. you can degrease it, even scuff it up if you need to, but you dont have to fucking strip it! i have done this to many things and they looked great and after the BBQ paint (or the high temp VHT paint from autozone) cures properly the shit looks great.

before




after

12/14/2006 11:35:44 PM

I didn't catch the part about him trying to sell it. You can halfass it then...

12/15/2006 1:37:21 AM

ok. i just bought the fucking truck. i haven't had anytime to work on it. and in case u didn't notice. theres a set of 39s sitting in the bed waiting to go on it this summer when i go home. Theres a lot of work to be done on that truck- i know it. thats y i bought it, its a project. the interior needs work and so does the body. it runs solid as a rock though so fuck off.

12/15/2006 1:53:11 AM

not another one.

before much longer you will be posting how you are gonna put a chevy engine in a 944

fucking loser

12/15/2006 1:55:11 AM

and y the fuck would i want to do that? if i do anything with a chevy engine, it will be in a GM vehicle or maybe and old cJ jeep, but thats about the extent of it. dumbass. and i thought this tread was about painting a valve cover on a honda. not me and my truck.

12/15/2006 1:58:32 AM

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"the interior needs work and so does the body"

yet another street queen around campus huh...

12/15/2006 2:07:28 AM

^^ what kind of axles are you running?

12/15/2006 2:08:32 AM

10 bolts i'm sure

12/15/2006 2:09:38 AM

i was hoping at least a 12 bolt rear but i'm going to have to agree w/ u

[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:12 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:12:09 AM

push that truck in a lake and keep the tires

12/15/2006 2:12:11 AM

anyone that refers to their vehicle having a gender, especially a large truck as a female, has issues. that probably translates to his love of large, fat women.


[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:17 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:15:47 AM

wait, i think it has hydraulics on it... yeah that must be it


needs some whitewalls

12/15/2006 2:17:33 AM

okay- number one, how does fixing up the interior and the body make me a street queen. second- to Jeepman (who by the way is the only one whos been polite about the truck (thank you for that)) as far as I know theyre just stock right now. like i said, i literally just bought the truck, its still got temporary tags on it. i found it over Thanxgiving break and my mom picked it up for me the following weekend. its back home in ohio, and i can't wait to get back on tuesday and start workin on it. though i prolly wont do too much over christmas break b/c it doesnt fit in my garage to well. (it clears the door by about a half an inch, and the tires are completely bald, im putting a set of 225s off of my moms car on it for the break b/c i don't feel like drivin 39s on the ice, and im hoping i can still get it in with those on it). im gonna build a small pole barn for it in the spring. i gotta see what i wanna do about changing the gear ratio and axels all of that.

12/15/2006 2:18:36 AM

ohhhhhhhhhhh shit, i think the tires is his truck are mickey thompson baja belted's. sweet choice man

are you gonna actually wheel it?

[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:19 AM. Reason : pavement pounder?]

[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:20 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:19:28 AM

you definitely want to swap to dana 30s, those are the shit

12/15/2006 2:20:46 AM

do i look like a fucking spic that would put hydrolics in my truck. fuck no u retarded fuck. go jack off to some gay porn and talk to me when ur boyfriend pulls his cock out of ur ass

12/15/2006 2:20:52 AM

^^ i think rover axles would be an ever better swap i hear gears and spare shafts and whatnot are dirt cheap

12/15/2006 2:21:41 AM

not sure if theyre baja belted's or not. the guy threw em in with the truck. i havent had a chance to look at em at all. i know 2 of em have sidewall damage, but im just gonna put a tube in em and they'll be fine.

not gonna do a whole lot of wheelin with it. mostly just the mudpits at truck nite and shit. and takin it campin in the PA mountains and doin a lil 4x4in up there. im thinkin about addin a 6 inch lift kit later in the summer.

[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:26 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:23:35 AM

youre the one with a ugly ass peice of shit scotsdale on honda accord tires. look at that shit, looks like a fucking accident waiting to happen.

12/15/2006 2:24:00 AM

are you gonna drive it on the street w/ tubes in the tires?

12/15/2006 2:24:41 AM

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"ohhhhhhhhhhh shit, i think the tires is his truck are mickey thompson baja belted's"

ahaha, yeah they are. he is from ohio though... i think they pretty much invented the fairground 4wd jamboree

Quote :

"i know 2 of em have sidewall damage, but im just gonna put a tube in em and they'll be fine"

please keep that deathtrap in ohio.


[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:26 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:25:23 AM

^and wat is that supposed to mean?

12/15/2006 2:26:54 AM

hey pedro, what happened, they sold out of basket case el caminos in ohio???

12/15/2006 2:27:41 AM

i'm failing to see what's hard to understand about that?

12/15/2006 2:27:58 AM

Quote :

"^and wat is that supposed to mean?"

he means that unless you're trailering it to the trail and back, this is assuming it's a trail rig. tubes in a daily driver or a vehicle that will see street time is a bad idea.



[Edited on December 15, 2006 at 2:30 AM. Reason : .]

12/15/2006 2:29:07 AM

^^^gonna have to. its gonna be my daily driver for at least the first part of summer probably. thats y im not goin any bigger than 39s. if i didn't already have the 39s, i wouldnt go bigger than 35s, but i got the 39s for free. and optimus, those are 235s on it right now, i dont think those would even fit in the wheel wells for an accord.

12/15/2006 2:29:15 AM

Quote :

"^^precisely. there's no point in doing something if ur gonna do it halfassed. Do it right the first time"

Quote :

"i know 2 of em have sidewall damage, but im just gonna put a tube in em and they'll be fine. "

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

12/15/2006 2:30:28 AM