Powder Coating Rocker Covers

[Lady G]

Hey there,

Im currently doing a RB25 conversion with my R32... I just took off the rocker covers and tried to give them a bit of a polish before I put the 25 in but it's proving to be waaayy too much of a pain in the ass lol. Im thinking of now getting them powder coated silver and try get them looking chrome (Is this possible?).. Im in the Northern Brisbane area but no one is open till the 4th or later. Really want to get it done as soon as I can but if I have to wait then I will! It would be great if someone could point me in the right direction of someone who might be able to get this done for me sooner? And opinions on whether silver would look good? Or even a pinky/purple colour? I want to try get it looking like chrome if do the silver and I dont really know too much about paint so thought I'd ask the experts! Also how much would I be looking at to get this done. Sorry for my ignorance.

Cheers

Georgie

Edited December 31, 2009 by Lady G

[skins]

Aren't they alloy ? Couldn't you get them polished? If they are alloy they will polish up nice and shiny then you just clear coat them. I did it to my rims on my motorcycle came up a treat.

[Lady G]

They're all oxydised and yukky and its taking me forever! And Im scared Im gonna do a shitty job. I took them to a repair shop and they told me to get them powder coated. Im starting to lean towards a nice candy pinky-purple or purple colour but my bf says that it'll look like shit What ya think? Look bad? And how much to get them done in chrome?

[skins]

They're all oxydised and yukky and its taking me forever! And Im scared Im gonna do a shitty job. I took them to a repair shop and they told me to get them powder coated. Im starting to lean towards a nice candy pinky-purple or purple colour but my bf says that it'll look like shit What ya think? Look bad? And how much to get them done in chrome?

If they are alloy they won't chrome very well. Your best option ( from my experience ) is to get them polished. Just look in the yellow pages for one. Usually only takes a day to polish them and they come up great. Then clear coat them and your away.

I might be wrong with the chroming alloy but that's what I have been told that it doesn't work well at all.

Edit : I just googled metal polisher brisbane and it came up with about eight businesses.

[Lady G]

Thanks Skins! Will have a look now

[skins]

Edit : they should come up like this

http://media.photobucket.com/image/rb25%20polished%20rocker%20covers/Drifftin/12032009903.jpg

[astrotristan]

you just want my rocker cover

yes they are diamonties on the nissan twin cam script

[boostn0199]

If you polish them yourself dw they cant come up shit the longer you go the better it gets just keep sanding and increasing the sandpaper grit up to atleast 1500 then use metal polish took me bout 6 hrs for both ahaha and doing while the covers on the engine I had a sore back but looks good lol

[Lady G]

Yeah Ive decided to polish them up.... TAKING FOREVER ! ! So given up for tonight and go again tomorrow... *Deep breaths* Will post up pics once done! Fingers crossed, it looks good! and I want diamontes!!!

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Paint it red!

Nothing beats a red coloured Rocker Cover.

[NYTSKY]

Get a drill, metal buffing attachment and some good quality metal polish.

Wont take that long.

[75coupe]

And thenhow do you keep them shiny?? I found they need alot of work to keep them that way, any advice?

[skins]

And thenhow do you keep them shiny?? I found they need alot of work to keep them that way, any advice?

I clear coated mine and they lasted for ages.

Or you could use some Autosol on them that works great too.

[Craig SLO33]

Aren't they alloy ? Couldn't you get them polished? If they are alloy they will polish up nice and shiny then you just clear coat them. I did it to my rims on my motorcycle came up a treat.

if you want them to come up really good , u got 2 sand them back so theyre smooth as first bro

[NYTSKY]

OR get CRAVED here on the forums to powdercoat them for you. Paint chips, polished scratches easily, powdercoat last forever.

Great work at great prices

Ill post up pics next week when i have my engine together.

[Lady G]

Hey!

I ended up getting Craved from on here painting my covers for me! I wanted to get it close to a HKS purple colour and he nailed it! Here's some pics.. They arent very good quality photos but it gives you an idea. And It's even BETTER in person. Im so happy! yay!

[NA_Goodness]

Wow, that looks good! Yet more quality work from CRAVED.

Make sure you post a picture with it all installed, I'd love

to see it in the engine bay.

[errno]

im in the process of doing mine now, ive taken the coil pack cover off and sprayed it, however i tried to move the "twin cam 2500" decal" - turns out its stuck on real good and its aluminium or something so now its completley munted.. anyone know where to get a new one of these?

furthermore the seals that run along the edge of the coilpack cover were very brittle and just cracked and fell apart - anything suitable to replace this or is it not necessary?

[OMGGTR]

ive herd alot about high temperatures under that coilpack cover... if its bullshit meh if its true... well ima go outside n rip mine off LOL i wana get my cam covers chromed... duno much about what metals u can chrome... can u chrome cam covers off an rb20 ?

[Lady G]

Wow, that looks good! Yet more quality work from CRAVED.

Make sure you post a picture with it all installed, I'd love

to see it in the engine bay.

Will take some photo's tomorrow and show you