Show me your valve cover!

[CrunchyAdams82]

Very nice Shiny. Loving the effect on the spark plug cover & strut bar. How did you achieve that?

That's the kind of thing I'm thinking for my valve cover.

[CrunchyAdams82]

And yeah, Shiny's design with the Cassis Red (or similar) & black to match my paintwork.

Think my paintwork is actually Peugeot Diablo Red. Like so..




That should look pretty trick I reckon.

[bennyboy]

Here's mine:

[CrunchyAdams82]

And here's a few I've found on google images that look quite interesting..

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I particularly like the first four designs..and just wondering;

Firstly, how do you get that kind of effect on image 1?

And what kind of paint is that on image 2? It looks awesome.

[NafemanNathan]

And what kind of paint is that on image 2? It looks awesome.

I highly doubt that's paint mate. It'll be chrome plated.

[CrunchyAdams82]

I take it that's quite expensive..

[Drax]

the wife would love this as she works for Irn Bru

[newkid]

the wife would love this as she works for Irn Bru

Guy named Sal had this done, cost him quite a bit if money and took weeks to be completed. Was stunning in the flesh.

[Shiny]

I bought the strut brace like that, it had been anodised with an electric current to make the effect apparently.

For the other bits, i sprayed them black then flicked red and black paint with a stick (i used engine paint, thinned slightly to get the right effect). Then applied a top coat of lacquer.

[NafemanNathan]

I take it that's quite expensive..

Yes