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Old Aug 30, 2021 | 02:36 PM
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I pulled my valve cover to see if I had yellow valve springs and they were not but I have heard the paint wears off. Upon further inspection the springs do not look like they are Beehive either. Has anyone not used beehive on their replacement?

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Old Aug 30, 2021 | 02:39 PM
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From my experience those are not beehive
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Yes I agree they are not Beehive but it does make me feel better they have been replaced. No I am just trying to uncover what I have in there. The previous owner was not cheap on upgrades or maintaining the car, I bought this from a dealer with 77K miles and they just wanted it gone due to no cats, headers, lowered a touch. She runs extremely well and again everything I have looked at seems like it was done well.
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If you enlarge the picture it looks like you have dual springs.

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Well I tore it back off and your correct. Thanks for looking so close!!!

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