Reply With QuoteSM Polishing has contact info, photos and pricing. I think I said quality rather than cheap, but I doubt they're expensive.
Powder coating
I think it was Tailchaser, but at the tech day a few weeks ago, someone mentioned knowing someone in Carolina or somewhere that powder coats valve covers cheaply. I was wondering if I could get a phone number and chat with them. THanks.
SM Polishing has contact info, photos and pricing. I think I said quality rather than cheap, but I doubt they're expensive.
there work looks good. i emailed them to see if they ceramic coat also. there prices arent bad either.Originally Posted by tailchaser
SM Polishing has contact info, photos and pricing. I think I said quality rather than cheap, but I doubt they're expensive.
2012 VW GTI
4 Door White
there's several places here in town that do a good job of powder coating too without messing with that whoel shipping thing..
I dunno about valve covers, but lots of the 7 guys have had wheels done...
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Thats funny why dont the 7 guys get valve covers done???
It looks like they only want $60.00 to powder coat a valve cover... is that expensive? Doesn't sound too bad to me for something that is basically permanent and won't chip, flake, peel, etc. and looks very good.SM Polishing has contact info, photos and pricing. I think I said quality rather than cheap, but I doubt they're expensive.
On the other hand, what do you do with your car while your valve cover is being shipped, powder coated, and shipped back?
"That which does not kill us, just makes us madder"
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Funny (unrelated) story - I once had a dealer technician tell me that my '88 RX7 needed a valve adjustment. Needless to say, I had my car out of there ASAP, and I've never visited that dealer again.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Park it? They don't tend to run very well for very long without valve covers... :POn the other hand, what do you do with your car while your valve cover is being shipped, powder coated, and shipped back?
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
It looks like they only want $60.00 to powder coat a valve cover... is that expensive? Doesn't sound too bad to me for something that is basically permanent and won't chip, flake, peel, etc. and looks very good.SM Polishing has contact info, photos and pricing. I think I said quality rather than cheap, but I doubt they're expensive.
On the other hand, what do you do with your car while your valve cover is being shipped, powder coated, and shipped back?
they charge a $50 core deposit that you get back when you send your to them.
2012 VW GTI
4 Door White
Automotive Machine in FW did a great job ceramic coating my turbo manifold. Give em a call, they also powdercoat.
Plus they are in Downtown FW.
Chris
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Oh me like! But wouldn't it clash with my blue spark plug wires??
uhhhhh... get it powder coated in blue? :oOh me like! But wouldn't it clash with my blue spark plug wires??
"That which does not kill us, just makes us madder"
Cletus Nietzsche (Friedrich's half-brother on his sister's side)
But the blue would clash with the black car! Decisions, Decisions! :ouhhhhh... get it powder coated in blue? :oOh me like! But wouldn't it clash with my blue spark plug wires??
Maybe yellow to match your hardtop? That wouldn't clash too badly with your blue wires...
"That which does not kill us, just makes us madder"
Cletus Nietzsche (Friedrich's half-brother on his sister's side)
As a member of cheap bastard racing, wouldn't you just...But the blue would clash with the black car! Decisions, Decisions! :ouhhhhh... get it powder coated in blue? :oOh me like! But wouldn't it clash with my blue spark plug wires??
A. See what color of Krylon Walmart had on clearance and paint your valve color Lemon Yellow or Appliance Biege.
or
B. See what colors of spray paint you have left over in the garage and use that (ie. Gold from the time your wife made the home made Christmas ornaments) only to run out of paint mid-coat and just leave it like that.
Hmm... $60 sounds like a pretty good deal. I might have to get a black one to match my wheels.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I'm actually quite fond of
Notice that it even has RED brake fluid...
I think I'd like it better in black, but it's cool.
You blow your motor up like I did, so that you have a spare valve cover...
On the other hand, what do you do with your car while your valve cover is being shipped, powder coated, and shipped back?
Also, what I am thinking about doing, since I also have blue plug wires, is a red crinkle coat on the valve cover and a carbon fiber plug wire cover from aerodramatics or what ever it is called.
All that bling, and the throttle body looks like crap. You'd think he would have had that polished as well. It's like looking at a beautiful woman... then she smiles, and she's got buck teeth, or something.I'm actually quite fond of
Notice that it even has RED brake fluid...
I think I'd like it better in black, but it's cool.
Iain
Iain
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