a small addition of fun!!

[Orange...]

I just got my cam covers painted...
They are the same color as my car (bright tangerine).. I was thinking chrome, but I think this suits the car better...
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I was going to wait until I got my 2nd set of heads to be p/p but... I think I might just put the new cams and cam covers on this weekend.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

that's sweetness, im come steal em and paint em red

 

[97stang4.6L]

lol

 

[d98gt]

Did you pay to get them painted or DIY? What did it end up running you in the end?

 

[Orange...]

$20 for a shop to do them. (friend did them)

 

[bakos24]

Them look real good. get some pics when you have them back in the car also.

 

[d98gt]

Not a bad price to pay Any idea what type of paint he used and how he did the process?

I would have left the PCV black, but other than that, I think it will look good

 

[Orange...]

thanks,

and I have not idea of the process other then I sanded them myself to save him some trouble... but he did use house of kolor paint.

 

[d98gt]

There are lots of things under my hood which have faded and I have considered painting them, though am afraid of making it look even worse.

My covers just aren't as black as they once were, my oilcap is grayish and im sure there are other problems. I guess i'll live with it

 

[bluextc]

I like them!

How's the progress on that race wing coming?

 

[forum155pl]

those look sick.. i bet they would look a tad better if you had the raised parts of the covers painted black(the little rib things)... i wanna see a pic of em under your hood when you get em on!

 

[Stangsgrl]

I bet that'll look awesome when they're installed!


Curious...will you change how you clean/detail your engine? Most of that stuff isn't paint friendly.

 

[CENTENNIALSTANG]

Thats almost as good as my candy coated black ones

sweet

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

I bet that'll look awesome when they're installed!


Curious...will you change how you clean/detail your engine? Most of that stuff isn't paint friendly.

simple green, friendly to even leather

 

[DropTopPony]

thats gonna look sweet when done!

 

[DCjuggalo]

them covers are bad to the bone you should paint tiger stripes on them

 

[Orange...]

well I don't think I will change any thing to the way I clean the engine... all I ever do is pressure-wash it... it works fine. It actually looks brand new...

I was also thinking of leaving the heat-sink-type things black... but I decided not to and to just keep it simple... but I think I might do a fwe other tasteful things in the future like the strut tower brace cai piping and maybe t/b and plenum... but I don't know...

and I think I will do the cams and covers on saturday (day off) so I should have some pics on sunday or something... AFM cam retention tool is starting to get lonely... and I need to get the new cams in before I decide to wait until the heads get p/p and new valves...

But next coming up is going to be another PI intake (BTW anyone have one cheap?? with the under intake coolant tube...)my fix to the cracked part is starting to bug me... long story... pm me if you have one...

(then maybe I'll do the race wing for you xtc... )

 

[Orange...]

Two pics... one of the finished product
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And guess what these are....
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Other then the obvious two vicegrips and afm cam tool... (I think this is a pic of the new ones....)

I am happy with the final result... now on to better things... paying off visa to buy new parts...

 

[d98gt]

Pi cams

Did you go with new chains/guides?

 

[Orange...]

I already have pi cams... and the chains and guides are still from before... but good try.
And it looks like those are the old cams before I took them out... might be kind of hard to guess now... but guess anyways...