Valve cover proof of concept

"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris) 03/22/2014 at 13:04 • Filed to: BMW 2002TII TOURING

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Being busy with the entire car (body, suspension, brakes, engine, transmission) is taking way too much time but has one advantage: It makes it possible for me to do things I've been willing to do for a long time anyway. Yesterday I got a valve cover which I'm going to use as a 'proof of concept':

First I'm going to blast it and then I'm not clear yet what to do with it: Make it black with the BMW-characters and lines (and all other characters like the 'zündfolge' and related cylinder numbers) just cleared and done with a transparent varnish / clearcoated. It should then be looking somewhat like this (found this one on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! though this is not a E30 valve cover (those had the BMW-roundel instead of the BMW-characters if I remember correct):

That never was an original option neither was it something that has an authentic look but hey: I think it looks great.

Other option could be just blasting it and clearcoating it to keep that authentic look, should be something like this (taken from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ):

What's your opinion and does anybody have a clue what paints / how many layers to use as the temperature can pretty high up there?

Destructive Tester > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 13:09

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Wildly prefer option A. That looks really sharp!

GoliathRex > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 13:31

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Are you good at painting this sort of this? If not, leave it bare.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 13:33

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Option A, but with a flat black crinkle coat and a brushed letters and fins.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 13:39

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Option A all day

6cyl > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 14:13

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If you are good a painting it is a good diy but if you want it to come out looking really amazing send it off to Renewed Finishes they do really incredible work on BMW valve covers and wheels

Jobjoris > Destructive Tester 03/22/2014 at 14:27

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I think it looks better as well so I'll probably go that way. Not sure about the glossy finish though.

Jobjoris > GoliathRex 03/22/2014 at 14:32

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Not yet done it but someone's got to learn. And as I said: the first one will just be a try-out. I've got the tooling, theoretical knowledge and lots of experience nearby. And lots of confidence, of course.

Jobjoris > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/22/2014 at 14:36

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I think I'm going that way. 'flat black crinkle' coat, will that have a glossy or a matte finish?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 14:39

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Flat is another word for matte.

Jobjoris > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 03/22/2014 at 14:42

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I think I will, is getting my favourite as well, I realised when typing my post.

Jobjoris > 6cyl 03/22/2014 at 14:44

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Wow, those look great. Yet somewhat too modern. And Pennsylvania is a bit off as I'm in Europe. But thanks!

Jobjoris > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/22/2014 at 14:48

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Okay, thanks, English is not my native language. I think I prefer the flat finish.

dmcspeedy > Jobjoris 03/22/2014 at 20:58

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You could look into getting it powder coated. If you paint it make sure that you use high-temp engine paint.