How hot do our coil covers get???

[TrueBlueGT]

I am thinking about doing a little painting. Just bored and have some sonic blue paint and clearcoat left over from painting my interior pieces. Thought I might mask off the center sections and paint the surrounding area sonic blue w/ a nice clear coat. Am I wasting my time? I don't know how hot they get and would really rather not do it if it is just going to burn/flake off and make a mess.

 

[TrueBlueGT]

anybody?

 

[RickSvt]

On average they get to 180-190. With that being said, if you are going to paint them, use HIGH Temp paint.....or powder coat..

rick

 

[mattz03svt]

I powder coated mine. I went to the best body shop and he told me paint will flake no matter what. He didn't even want to waste my time or money. I paid $60 for the powder and $35 for the process. pics are here http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mattz...=&.done=http://photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

 

[sambandit]

There are people that have used regular paint + clear on their valve covers with no problems. Those get alot hotter than the coild covers, if it were me, I wouldn't worry about the heat too much.

 

[RickSvt]

The coil covers you wont have to worry about, its the Valve covers that absorb alot of the heat....

rick

 

[LCCOBRA]

The coil covers you wont have to worry about, its the Valve covers that absorb alot of the heat....

rick

:thumbsup: Looking to have my valve covers powder coated. mattz03svt those coil covers look great!

 

[RickSvt]

Here are some pics of my Valve covers as well as the Coilcovers....Coilcovers still need to be polished out.

rick

http://svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167150&highlight=valve

 

[TrueBlueGT]

Hey Matt, those coil covers are exactly what I want to do only in sonic blue for obvious reasons. For now, I was just going to spray the stock coil covers to see how it worked.
Rick, I bet your valve covers look awesome in person. Pictures don't do stuff like that justice.....it's like trying to show the mystichrome in a picture.

 

[RickSvt]

Yeah, I am going to take them off and redo them though........the clear didnt set well, so I think that I will powder coat instead

rick