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the covers are attached by phillips head screws, any auto paint place will give you the cleaners and paint/ sandpaper that you need. preparation is the key to a great result (ie, remove all traces of oil, sand with decent paper, use good paint (high temp is best) and apply light coats and allow to dry between recoats.

yeah - the cam covers are held in with the phillips head screws, I think the plug cover (the one that runs down the middle) requires allen keys (I done have one - so can't confirm!). the timing cover also uses the allen keys bolts (don't know the size), but you will need to remove the CAS (the thing that has the wires and is sitting on the front right of the timing cover). Note, if you do remove this, be careful to mark adn take note of excatly where it was installed.

the covers are attached by phillips head screws, any auto paint place will give you the cleaners and paint/ sandpaper that you need.  preparation is the key to a great result (ie, remove all traces of oil, sand with decent paper, use good paint (high temp is best) and apply light coats and allow to dry between recoats.

this is right!

i actually went to my local hobby shop, i bought the TAMIYA remoite control car paint, it sprays out finer than any other paints i have used, & the colour choice is massive! then get a clear gloss from the tamiya range, spray it about 7 times or until your happy with the glossy shine, & let it dry about 1/2hr between coats for an unreal finish!

tamiya paint will strip right off with any solvent... carefull cleaning it...try powder coating

My paint job hasnt changed since the day i sprayed it....like 3 months ago!

The heat under the bonnet hasnt affected it what so- ever, & how often do you use metho or some other type of harsh solvent in the engine bay anyways for it to come off?

Take it to a panel beater and get it sprayed in 2pak paint.  Looks great and you can colour code it to whatever you like!

mate not many people have the money to spend 2pak paints on cam covers..

just want a simple DIY process that wont cost that much money that's all

I have seen the Nismo R-Tune covers are done in red crackle paint. The benefits of a crackle paint are two fold:

1. generally are high temp, so no issues there

2. as they are a crackle, don't have to prepare the surface to a mirror finish to end up with a good result

I'm sure most automotive paint suppliers can get crackle high temp in a variety of colours :rant:

HI ALL

i got my covers on my rb20det hand polished and it looks cool :wassup: :kick: , but i need to put some kind of laquer on it to protect it(the t.belt cover it steel :rant: so it has to be done, anyhow i was wondering will normal car laquer work on this or will it flake????

K

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