Re: painting the valve cover

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

I think it all depends on your taste, dude! There is no "right" answer to this
question. Depends on the exterior color of your car, too. I recently painted
the valve cover on my QSW blue (much more of a pain in the ass than on a
'rocco).
Definitely makes one feel good every time you open the hood.
    -Josiah
    '83 Scirocco
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah


Daniel A. Nowlan wrote:

> I was bored last night, so I picked up a can of Chevy Orange #200 (I think
> that's what it's called) engine block paint.  I was gonna clean up an extra
> valve cover I picked up at the junkyard and see how it looked that color.
> (I picked that particular color cuz it's about as close as I can get to the
> Martian Red of my car.)  Probably be a pretty good match
>
> Has anyone out there painted a valve cover on a 'Rocco?  How'd it look?  I
> was gonna paint many of the brackets, the timing belt cover, and the
> radiator shroud, too.  But not orange, though.  What color would look best
> on them?  Black?  High-gloss?  If I paint my car white later, what all
> should be white under the hood?  Anything?  Thanks for the opinions.
>
> Dan
> '86 8v red martian (for now)
>
>   mailto:nowlan@flash.net
>   http://www.flash.net/~nowlan/
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