I painted my fins...
 

On my valve cover and Intake
here is a pic. Tell me what you think.

Looks good.

I like how that looks on the intake manifold. Get a better pic for us. :)

i like it too!

Looks very clean!! Did you use a brush or can?

It's different. Subtle. I like it.

I like that, it's a nice accent.

here's how I did it... I used high temp paint, satin finish and rooled it on with a small diameter foam roller.
First I loaded the paint onto the roller.
Then I rolled it onto a piece of cardboard to get it even on the roller.
Then I "lightly" rolled it on.
I put masking tape between the fins on the valve cover, but I didn't need it. So I did the intake without it.
My valve cover and intake were very clean and I did it off the car.

That looks awesome. looks nice and clean.

Good idea. It's a cheap way of making it look a little better under the hood

Now I just need to do my valve cover like yours for a complete copy! lol j/k

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/DSC00612.jpg

Meh, I think it'll look way better if you did the whole valve cover in wrinkle black paint, then sanded just the stripes with a rubber sanding block to expose the aluminum. Basically the opposite of what you're doing. I've seen it done before, can't remember where, but it looks much cleaner and almost factory. Otherwise full polish!

Like this:


http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11172
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showpost....9&postcount=14

Geez Jess... I'm not feeling the love :smile:

Actually, I did the painted fin job a while ago. I thought it looked clean and I liked the way the engine looked from the front. Because the valve cover and chain cover were both aluminum color.

Since then I was bitten by the wrinkle paint bug.
After this picture was taken, I have painted the spark plug cover. I did not sand off the fins because I thought the edge of the paint would not be durable.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...r/S6302997.jpg

If I were to do it again, I would sand the fins prior to painting. Then mask them using 6mm wide masking tape. Then I'd paint, removing the masking tape before the paint dried.

^^^Much love for ya Dave. I knew I seen it somewhere on this site. +1 on sanding the lines first and masking them off, makes better sense and should net better results.