paint white, polish, or leave them?
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Are you talking about the valve covers? If so, would be a toss up between leaving them alone and polishing them. Would not paint them white.
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In my opinion the valve covers looks like doo, You would be better off sending them to me....
I like the way they are..
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I like the way they are..
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They currently appear to be "as cast". I woud either leave them that way, or paint them black, and remove the paint from the letters.
Do you have ANY idea how hard and time consuming it would be to polish them?? I believe the manufacturer does a "tumble polish" on them, if you buy the polished version. That's where they put the covers in a large rotary tumbler, filled with abrasive beads, and tumble them for several hours....
Do you have ANY idea how hard and time consuming it would be to polish them?? I believe the manufacturer does a "tumble polish" on them, if you buy the polished version. That's where they put the covers in a large rotary tumbler, filled with abrasive beads, and tumble them for several hours....
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They would look ok polished, but too much shiny stuff IMO.
If it were mine, I would go black. Paint the coolant and washer fluid tops gloss and everything would flow.
If it were mine, I would go black. Paint the coolant and washer fluid tops gloss and everything would flow.