How To Paint Valley Cover

[luvpsi]

Hey guys I have searched but can only find how to on rb26 valley covers which I believe are not plastic correct me if I'm wrong but i have my valley cover off of my rb25 and I'm wanting to paint it red while it's off. Now I don't want to leave it off as it's only a street car but does anyone how to do it. Do I use plastic primer then use heat proof paint

[jjman]

yeah that would be the best bet as far as i could tell.

Gotta say tho- plastic aint the best thing to have paint stick too properly under those conditions. Keep us update on how you go..

[luvpsi]

Spoke to my mate who is a spray painter he told me to use fine wet and dry to ruff it up a bit then plastic primer then engine enamel will keep you posted

[ARTZ]

yeah plastic primer then paint, should be fine but that could all depend how hot your engine is getting..

for daily street duties and the occasional fang it should be ok, on a track it may not last but hey its only paint..can always rub it back and coat it again....I painted mine in wrinkle coat and its still ok..

i painted my airbox in 2$ not heat proof paint, its been on there for a while and its never peeled either..

[luvpsi]

Yeah that's it I'll give it ascot with plastic primer and engine enamel and see how I go

[luvpsi]

Yeah that's it I'll give it ascot with plastic primer and engine enamel and see how I go

[DaveO74]

That's all I did with mine, then hit it with metalcast and it held up fine. I'll post up some picks tomorrow for you.

[boiracer]

they are metal underneath. and the plastic more resembles a bakerlite type like what pot and pan handles are made of. very interested how you go, or some pics

[jjman]

they are metal underneath. and the plastic more resembles a bakerlite type like what pot and pan handles are made of. very interested how you go, or some pics

didnt know this. interesting.

[luvpsi]

Ah ok I'll give it a shot next week when I got some money to spend

[DaveO74]

Rb25 valley cover is all plastic, I have hacksawed 3 of them in half before.

No metal

[luvpsi]

Yeah I'll just try plastic primer and engine enamel

[ARTZ]

it will work fine..

why are you hacksawiin covers Dave??

[DaveO74]

It was ages ago when I was trying the same thing and couldn't get the metalcast to take. So to keep the little plug bracket thingy at the back of the cover I just hacksawed a length off the back of an old one so I could still mount the bracket.

Plus did it for a mate who wanted to get rid of a heat problem. And for another mate who wanted vents.

Still have the bits somewhere.

[boiracer]

Rb25 valley cover is all plastic, I have hacksawed 3 of them in half before.

No metal

true...my bad, was looking at my brothers 32 while he was doing his spark plugs the other day. the 32 is metal underneath

[luvpsi]

What is this metalcast every is talking about

[Got a Pulsar]

http://www.duplicolo...ucts/metalCast/

^^^This could be interesting.

I am going to do this soon myself but was going to use Gloss Red Caliper Paint. hmmmmm...options...

I even bought a spare cover incase I'm not happy with the end result. See how it goes.

Edited October 28, 2011 by Not a Pulsar

[DaveO74]

Metalcast looks good, but is does sometimes fade and go a little off colour over time.

I did a heap of stuff in the red and it held up for a few years quite well,

I'll post up some pics when I get on the computer.

It's a two stage process of a silver base coat then a candy colour on top. Gives whatever you are painting an anodized look.

[luvpsi]

Mmmmm where can I get this stuff from

[DaveO74]

Over here (nsw) supercheap auto, not too sure about wa