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Offline Michael Cummings

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« on: December 13, 2003, 02:09:00 pm »
after talkin to a few people who polished their valve covers and hearing about their troubles i think i have changed my mind on polishing it
i was originaly going to polish the whole cover......scott girvin told me about how ugly his looked and how much time he put in it even with the proper tools....so i dont think i want to mess up..so now i think i'm going to paint the cover a really high gloss enamel black and then polish the tops of all the letters....then pick up a bc dsm wire cover and polish that...i think that will look equally if not better than a polished cover with the polished wire cover
i almost think it will look better entirely
opinions?

ohyea i posted this thread here instead of the lounge cause the island section seems to not have much action
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Offline Wade Carlson

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2003, 04:33:48 pm »
damn man and i had my heart set on a polished one


hmm all black with polished lettering would be nice though

i'll take one!
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2003, 04:59:14 pm »
i can still try the polished one on your cover if you want wade...its just that i'm not sure how it will look...i've heard some say it looks awesome and some say its shit...so i dunno..its a gamble..kinda no goin back on it either....
with the black painted one i think theres less chance of it lookin shitty...plus i think it would look sweet with the polished letters and cover....polished cover with the polished valve cover would almost be too much i think
it'll be a really shinny high gloss black
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2003, 04:59:29 pm »
just get that die grinder
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Offline Wade Carlson

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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2003, 05:07:37 pm »
he he no worries i will

all in due time
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2003, 08:08:55 pm »
i'm gunna do a little write up thing in the specs tech section of all the steps to doin the valve cover with pictures and shit
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Offline Wade Carlson

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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2003, 09:34:35 pm »
atta boy
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Offline Andrew Scott

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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2003, 11:24:59 pm »
I'm doin mine around the 23rd, painting it metallic blue and i'm polishing the tops of the letters too... blue to match my couplers
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2003, 11:53:45 pm »
i was gunna do blue but then i realized that i dont really have any blue..and my car is silver and black..so i think black with polished letters will be good
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Offline Andrew Scott

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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2003, 11:55:58 pm »
Quote from: "Michael Cummings"
i was gunna do blue but then i realized that i dont really have any blue..and my car is silver and black..so i think black with polished letters will be good


Yeah, I've seen another cover in the pics department with a black paintjob, and it looked pretty slick.

I think white and blue go together pretty good

well white and any colour would go together good, but Ryan didn't have any red couplers for me!!! heheh
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2003, 04:14:16 pm »
yea i'm thinkin black with polished letters would look good on my gun metal car
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Offline Eric McIntyre

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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2003, 06:36:18 pm »
damn it  i was thinkin of doin the valve cover blue when my car gets off the road.......don't wanna have the same engine bay as someone else tho!
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Offline Michael Cummings

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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2003, 07:54:17 pm »
you wont though cause he doesn't have a big hole in his bay  :laugh:
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Offline Eric McIntyre

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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2003, 07:03:44 pm »
just you wait man and there will no hole!
if only i could find a decent cheap ass truck!
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Offline Wade Carlson

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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2003, 07:21:21 pm »
just buy a beater car and get to weork on the swap!

you can even save some money on it so u can put more into the conversion!

u can get a tempo to go offroad :D
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