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Hi SAU peeps,

Just thought I would share my freshly painted 33 GTR valve covers! It was a freezing day here in Melbourne, so had a few heat lamps going off in the shed keeping me warm and the paint.

3 coats of base (colour)

5 coats of clear

I stuffed up on the timing belt cover (minor run), I will blame the cold weather, not the fact that I tripped on the compressor hose and got a little to close :blush:. Will lightly rub the timing belt cover back next weekend and splash another few coats of colour and clear.

Jason

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Even tho' this deserves to be in the "Cosmetic" section, you've done a really great job on these Jason.

Well Done :P !

Wrong section, I see! Excuse me as I am new to SAU. Thanks mate, took me ages in this cold weather, but very happy with the result.

A few minor specs of dust particles, nothing major though!

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That looks sweet as!

I wanted to paint my covers that same color too!

So I assumed you paint stripped the black paint off then went ahead with the spray paint?

What type of paint did you use and what's the colour name?

Yeah I paint stripped them back to bare alloy, thoroughly cleaned them inside and out.

The paint is called Chrysler 'PHZ' Pearl Candy Apple Red. I do not have the paint code though. Quote this name and they should be able to make this up for you. Cost me $50 per 500ml and I didn't even use 250ml.

I wanted to acheive the R34 GTR cover colour, but could not find a paint code for this anywhere, so just went off my sight and this was the outcome. Think I guessed quite well.

Also the paint brand was HiChem.

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Yeah I paint stripped them back to bare alloy, thoroughly cleaned them inside and out.

The paint is called Chrysler 'PHZ' Pearl Candy Apple Red. I do not have the paint code though. Quote this name and they should be able to make this up for you. Cost me $50 per 500ml and I didn't even use 250ml.

I wanted to acheive the R34 GTR cover colour, but could not find a paint code for this anywhere, so just went off my sight and this was the outcome. Think I guessed quite well.

Also the paint brand was HiChem.

Yeah awesome man!

Thanks for that.

The colour looks pretty close to the R34 GTR covers, which is what I like.

Welldone!

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