Valve Covers, Before/After (pics)
May 26, 2003 | 10:01 PM
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May 26, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
REALLY COOL! :thumbs:
May 26, 2003 | 10:11 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
How did you get them so nice? Especially in and around the fins. They look GREAT!!!! Fred.
May 26, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
Man, those look GREAT! :cool: :thumbs:
May 26, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (arrio76)
:cool: :thumbs:
May 26, 2003 | 10:22 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (frC3)
For around the the fins, I cut a piece of wood that fit in between and used it as my sanding block. I sanded with 220, then 400, then 600, then 000 steel wool. Then used black, brown, and white rouge on their respective buffing wheels. Man do my hands hurt.
May 26, 2003 | 10:24 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
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For around the the fins, I cut a piece of wood that fit in between and used it as my sanding block. I sanded with 220, then 400, then 600, then 000 steel wool. Then used black, brown, and white rouge on their respective buffing wheels. Man do my hands hurt.
im sure they do,good job :thumbs:
May 26, 2003 | 10:31 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
Those look great. :cool:
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May 26, 2003 | 11:18 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (74 vert)
That's a helluva transformation! Nice job :thumbs:
May 27, 2003 | 06:52 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
:cool: :thumbs:
May 27, 2003 | 06:53 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
I enjoy such projects very much. You did a very fine job!
May 27, 2003 | 07:09 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
You're making me want to switch back to my original valve covers now. AWESOME work, they look gorgeous.
May 27, 2003 | 08:06 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
Great job! :thumbs:
May 27, 2003 | 08:08 AM
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That's a helluva transformation! Nice job :thumbs:
:iagree: :cool: :thumbs:
May 27, 2003 | 09:53 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (groovyjay)
Geeeeez......... that certainly was worthwhile :eek:
May 27, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
Great work!
May 27, 2003 | 12:02 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
I just did mine last week, and am going to go over them one more time. Your look great, good job!
May 27, 2003 | 12:13 PM
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They look beautiful! :) Can you clearcoat them or something so they don't go back to looking like the "before" pictures too soon? MJ
May 27, 2003 | 12:24 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
Damn... I wish I could get mine to look that good :cool:
May 27, 2003 | 04:38 PM
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Re: Valve Covers, Before/After (schrecke)
They turned out great! Here's what mine looked like.....
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