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1. Spark plug cover and timing belt cover

I want to paint my spark plug cover and timing belt cover, as they are getting really dirty and gay.

My initial thoughts was to use the vht caliper, flameproof, or high temp paint, however, from reading the can, it appears to only be for spraying on metal.

I believe that normal paint is good for up to 70 degrees celsius.

What should I spray the plug and timing belt covers with?

2. cam covers

Some of you may call them rocker covers, but skylines don't have rockers, so they're cam covers. anyways, what I was wondering was, can I just unbolt them, spray them, then bolt them back on? Is there anything I need to know? like how tight to put the bolts back on? is the torque specific and very important?

I just used normal car paint for the centre cover. You do have to add wax drops to the paint though as the paint doesn't adhere to the plastic too well, and you also get a build up of oil etc on it.

For the cam/ tappet cover I polished the outside and the inside bits (which are mostly covered by the centre piece) just used heat proof black paint. The screws were not overly tight. IE: They were easily undone by a screwdriver, but you do have to take a lot of pieces off to get to them, like throttle body etc.

1.) I used Engine enamel paint.

2.) I polished these..

taking them off is a BASTARD and putting them back on is even worse.

there is a rubber seal in there to seal it against the block and this will be pretty hard and brittle, so you will have to use some of that gasket sealing stuff.

bolt tightening is not an issue..

doesn't require a certain torque setting or anything..

Good luck.

Ifound getting them in/out not too bad apart from the one in the very back on the drivers side. The loom for all the injectors runs right over it so it's really difficult to get into there. Found the easiest way was to use long nose pliers to drop the screw into the hole, and then use the driver to tighten it. This was only after dropping the screw about 4 times and having to pick it up off the top of the gearbox.

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