Apparently they come from Taiwan and are right under that plastic engine cover of the VVT-i

Here is what I used to polish the valve cover
400 grit and steel wire bit with the Dremel - 800 grit - 1000 grit - 2000 grit and then the polishing kit for the drill


Here is dirty diamond


And blammo, or err blingo


Here are some other pics


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Nicely done. How long did you work on that?

 

Let's see, 8:30 - 12:00 and one LARGE pot of coffee. I tryed to be pretty timid with the dremel bit, sos not to scratch the shiznit out of it. I'm happy. I went to wash the car and had the hood up, just cleaning a bit and the people from the other wash stalls were peaking over droolin. Hehehe

 

woa that looks really good i didn't know it can get that shiny

 

I want to give props to Agent47 for posting this little scion-secret first
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ed+valve+cover

 

nice! wax t weekly and keep it dry so doesn't rust!

 

its aluminum - it wont rust

 

If you like shiny things then go here https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=247885

 

thats a shiny engine bay! nice

 

woah nice find

 

damn that looks good.

 

Wow... Looks clean! I started doing this a while back and for some reason never finished it. I think I may finish it this weekend

 

Once you have it on and drive a week or so you will need to go back and clean it again with neverdull.......and then the endless cycle of polishing will go on and on........I do mine about once a month and it cleans up in about 30 minutes good as new.

 

I would just use some high heat clear coat and see if that would keep it looking shiny.

Good work though, get that header next

 

high heat clear will just crack in about a week.......been there done that...then you gotta sand it all back off and start over....really it is easy to maintain,I do it about every other car wash

 

Yep, once a month keeps a decent shine.