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    Valve cover - making it pretty

    Folks,

    The clearcoat on my valve cover was shot - I soda blasted the cover down to bare aluminum and it looks great, but I am debating painting it with Dupli-Color or VHT aluminum.

    What have you folks done with yours? Paint? Polish? Powdercoat? Just curious...
    Cogito ergo sum - "I think, therefore I am"
    René Descartes

    #2
    Polished mine. Looks best if you have polished your sidecovers and don't have a black engine.

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      #3
      VHT part number SP-127 is a dead on match for the original engine color.
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        #4
        polish it till it is a mirror.

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          #5
          Originally posted by philosopheriam View Post
          Folks,

          The clearcoat on my valve cover was shot - I soda blasted the cover down to bare aluminum and it looks great, but I am debating painting it with Dupli-Color or VHT aluminum.

          What have you folks done with yours? Paint? Polish? Powdercoat? Just curious...
          Mine came chromed! Easy to clean.

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            #6
            Originally posted by eddie21 View Post
            Mine came chromed! Easy to clean.
            Looks beautiful, awright!!

            I was going to repaint mine, but decided to do a valve adj. so I decided to send it out to get powdercoated.

            1979 GS1000

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              #7
              Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
              VHT part number SP-127 is a dead on match for the original engine color.
              Thanks Chuck - I'm leaning towards the paint right now...

              Polishing sounds interesting, but the cover has lots of nooks and crannies that might make polishing very difficult.
              Cogito ergo sum - "I think, therefore I am"
              René Descartes

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                #8
                I would have used VHT universal aluminum, but I couldn't get it locally. I went with the Dupli-color and have been satisfied.

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                  #9
                  Most of it's hidden under the tank anyway. A lot of effort in polishing for not a lot of bling I reckon.
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                  79 GS1000S (another one)
                  80 GSX750
                  80 GS550
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                    #10
                    I used the VHT SP735 on a peeling chrome cover and it looks good enough.
                    It matches the factory engine paint almost exactly and is rated to 900 degrees.

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                      #11
                      Every little bit if cooling is worth striving for especially in a climate like where i live,chroming would be the worst next worst powdercoating and/or polishing prob the best is a flat black etch primer straight after blasting which is the best finish for radiating energy

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                        #12
                        Cooling is not an issue.


                        Life is too short to ride an L.

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                          #13
                          Just did mine, will post a pic later. Looks great!
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by tkent02 View Post
                            Cooling is not an issue.
                            cooling is always an issue

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                              #15
                              Never has been.


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