Hey everyone, I'm removing my valve cover tomorrow for powdercoat. Well I wanna know what everyone feels about store bought high temp paint. I was just thinking that it would be alot cheaper and if it really doesnt matter then go the cheaper route. My powdercoat guy quoted me about 100 buck to powdercoat the valve cover.

Please let me know what you guys think


powdercoat vs. high temp store paint.

thanks for any input!

 

Paint will work but the powdercoat will be more durable.

If you go for paint are you doing it yourself? There's going to be a decent ammount of prep work if you want the paint to adhere well.

 

I think the paint from Duplicolor is pretty good. I also think theres a guy that powder coats for $50... heres the link:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...054&highlight=

let me know if this helps

 

I'd do p.c. , $100 is bad at all. He charges $150. And he buyer is in Detriot ( I assume that M.C.), but the p.c. guy is in Florida.

 

what kind of prep work should i do if I go that route?

 

powdercoat is indestructible..not really but its very nice...i have experience painting and need or want to save money go that route its all preference if u want to be able to say you powercoated it or you just paint..will you be showing your car or what

 

I'll be showing it a few times starting in march

 

lol 5 posts in 2 minutes i wish i got replies that fast on my topics..ROFL...anyways which ever way you go good luck

 

I vote powdercoat. Once and done.

 

poweder coat it. itll look better IMO

 

Yeah I'm leaning towards powdercoat right now.


Now to pick the color....hehe

Its either going to be black or red for sure. Nothing too out there. Prolly just fire engine red.

 

Baby **** Brown always looks nice...

 

Clean it really well, sand it, primer it and BAM! Paint.

 

I'll leave that up to you. You're 22 so you have to make grown-up decisions now.

 

I didn't sand or primer mine and it still came out nice! 8 months and no problems. Just be sure to clear coat after you paint it. Check my "profile" for a picture. Of course mine is aluminum and that's a pretty easy color to work with. If you go red, definitely PC it!

 

I think that red would complement the red "Turbonetics" typeface on the turbo.

 

fine then RED it is

 

I would have to lean towards Powder Coating, it would be a much more durable finish. You could do a nice Wrinkle Red, that was my second choice when I did mine.

 

It's powdercoat all the way chief.... It's tough, perfect nearly every time, and looks fantastic.

 

Came out great, gotta love that plug cover cnc'd goodness