[Brian 90]

Looks nice,but it appears to me that the duplicolor clear cast aluminum paint has more of a silver to it than the original finsh color on the 90-92 covers.

 

[CMcCarthy]

Its definately not the stock color. Stock was about the color of primer, but with a glossy finish. I posted a very similar thread when working on my '86 LX 5.0 and the general concensus was that the valve covers were bare aluminum until about 1990, and then they were painted the same shade of medium gray as the oil pans.

http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=747027&highlight=valve+covers

Here's the same thread on foureyedpride.com

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=30085&highlight=valve+covers

 

[Kato Engineering]

anything other than natural or grey or black makes them and YOU GHEY and like a FHAG.....

 

[NO MANRZ]

I guess I'm gay then... Here's an in-progress shot of my 383W / YSi setup... Intake and vc's are a Corvette color... it's a very dark gray / charcoal...

BTW, I think the silver stock vc's pictured in this thread look sweet.

 

[richs347]

I first painted them black about a year ago to match the color of the car, but it made the engine bay too dark. So, I guess I took the paint out the closet last month, stripped them down, and changed them to the silver / aluminum they are now.... I do prefer them this color.

 

[rednotch]

The cast coat aluminum isn't anywhere near as dark silver as chippers pics show on the valve cover, the shadowing of the pic almost makes it look like the cast coat iron color they also sell. which is almost like gunmetal in color.... In daylight they would look much closer to the factory 91 up painted covers even has a slight green tint to it like the factory paint. It lays pretty good to and will handle a light sanding if you want to dull the shine.


I've been using both to paint my non polished parts the past couple days. Steel / iron parts - Block, a/c brackets ect..got the cast coat iron and the aluminum parts get the cast coat aluminum..... Take your time and sand most of the heavy pitting/ casting flash off, they will come out looking 100 times better, plus it saves yeah from polishing all those parts with the hard to get to areas. I'll snap some pics of the things off the car that are all ready done when I get a chance.

 

[Chipster7777]

Hahahaha. I guess lots of folks have used the Cast Coat Ghey....... Good to see I aint the only one. Seriously tho, it was an easy fix as my back is jacked up with 2 herniated discs and I just cant spend the time in there pulling and polishing every componant nor do I have the coin available to me right now to start replacing them with the expensive, shiney ones. This was kind of a last minute thing I decided to do while Chad and I were changing out the intake. I just shot the valve covers and some of the other stuff in there to match the GT-40. It looks MUCH better now than it did in there before....trust me

FWIW, I did take those pics at night so that is prolly why the shine is definately exaggerated and the shading is a bit more silver cuz of the flash. Just dont use the strait-up Aluminum Dupli-color as it looks like a Ghetto spray-chrome but this shade, although not OEM exact, is respectable alternative and not too shabby for a parts house spray bomb.....l8r

 

[richs347]

I hope you're not talking trash about my valve cover....:shakehead

They do look silver / "aluminish" but it's more dull in person. That picture was taken right after being painted and you can plainly see the flash area and how it's brighter than the rest. It doesn't look like chrome at all.

 

[Chipster7777]

Naw bro, not at all. It was a sarcastic comment directed at another sarcastic comment previously posted. No flame intended.

 

[richs347]

Good to hear....

I tried the chrome thing 12 yrs ago - ...and ripped it all out about a year later. Way too much work to up keep on a daily driver....

 

[Brian 90]

Get a can of Dupli-Color ceramic engine paint called Cast Coat Aluminum. I think you will be happy with the color. I bought a new 3G alternator and wanted something to paint my idler pulley with and it matched almost exact. Looked so good I painted my GT-40 intake with it and my valve covers.

I just tried to post a pic of it here from Photobucket but it says I havent been here long enough to post links to other sites so WTF ever....its a good color tho.

Chipster 7777 So Did you use the De1650 duplicolor Cast Coat Aluminum or something else.

 

[rednotch]

heres some pics of cast coat aluminum paint doing a quick google search... I'll post mine when I find the damn digi cam its duplicolor DE 1650 Cast Coat aluminum

 

[Chipster7777]

Hey Brian90,
It was the Cast Coat Aluminum. I dont know the number on the can off hand cuz I am currently out of town this week and away from my garage...... Its the only one that I saw on the shelf at the parts house called Cast Coat Aluminum so I dont know if there is more than one or not. There is a Cast Coat Iron, which is considerably darker and looks more like a gunmetal color.

 

[Brian 90]

Chipster 7777 Thanks Alot .I prefer the lighter color so I got a can of the Duplicolor DE1650 cast coat aluminum and I am going to experiment with it.

 

[95cobraguy]

i just did my alternator, timing cover, lower intake and t-stat housing, blower bracket, tensioner, with that dupli-color cast coat aluminum paint and i think the color is great. take a look for yourself fellas:

 

[Chipster7777]

Looks guud bro! There really isnt much difference in the CCA and the color of your upper plenum. Thats a really close match. Looks damn good! I dont care who ya are!.......

 

[derrick36]

I just wanted to add my results too.
These VC's are off a '92 as well. They'll be going on my '91 bronco when the motor is finished being built.

Here's what I started with.

I cleaned them up with some easy-off.

Then I sprayed a couple coats of the duplicolor DE1650.

They're not perfect, but I think they look a hell of alot better than they did.


I wanted to use the same paint, on my TFS intake, but I ran into a problem with the powder coat, that was on there from the previous owner.
I was told not to use Easy-Off, b/c it was too harsh for aluminum. I was pointed in the direction of aircraft stripper. I gave that a shot, and it did lift the powder coat, but it turned it into a gummy mess. Basically it made things worse.

Is there another off the shelf product I can use, or am I better off getting it sand blasted?


Sorry for the hijack.

 

[Chads93GT]

mocked up my engine tonight. Been repainting parts for the past 3 days on it. here's what I have done so far.

 

[TENGRAM]

bbq grill&stove paint...autozone:

 

[stroker351]

:drool:

Posted by Chads93GT
mocked up my engine tonight. Been repainting parts for the past 3 days on it. here's what I have done so far.

Man that looks great what color is that?? A part number would be great too!!! Where did you pick up the paint???


Color is perfect!!!

Thanks


John