carbon fiber valve covers

mrspanky79 · Post by **mrspanky79** » October 22nd, 2005, 9:31 am

just seeing if there would be people interested in having there valve cover painted to look like real carbon fiber

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » October 23rd, 2005, 4:11 am

hmm.. just curious how do you paint something to look like carbon fiber? lol

GregoryChristian · Post by **GregoryChristian** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:07 am

I have seen Chip Fooose on OVERHAULIN paint a auto part gray and then lay thin string running vertical and horizontal over it and paint it over with black ....remove the strings and then you have painted look Carbon Fiber

nope-mx3 · Post by **nope-mx3** » October 23rd, 2005, 8:28 am

I`d be interested if it was a real carbonfibre valvecover

nope-mx3

mrspanky79 · Post by **mrspanky79** » October 23rd, 2005, 11:37 am

the same way they paint trim parts to look like carbon fiber or real wood

mrspanky79 · Post by **mrspanky79** » October 23rd, 2005, 11:38 am

so realy you could do any piece under the hood that dosnt qet to hot for paint.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » October 23rd, 2005, 3:54 pm

nope-mx3 wrote:I`d be interested if it was a real carbonfibre valvecover

nope-mx3

me too, but problem is that theyll probably make it fiberglass underneath...fiberglass and heat from engine wont work together

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » October 24th, 2005, 1:32 am

Actually fiberglass will take heat VERY well Mitmax. That is why they use it in almost any heat barrier situation. I know that it is usually without the resin, but that does not effect its heat handeling properties any.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » October 24th, 2005, 1:39 am

100% Carbon Fiber valve covers would be really cool, but they would probaly cost an arm and a leg.

Post by **Custommx3** » October 24th, 2005, 12:11 pm

Probably couldnt take the heat though.

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » October 24th, 2005, 6:37 pm

why couldnt real carbon fiber take the heat custommx3? they got real carbon fiber valve covers already for other cars. someone sholud try to mold real ones from a valve cover and show us how u did it and how it turned out cuz id be interested in that

Neil · Post by **Neil** » October 24th, 2005, 7:55 pm

fieromx3 wrote:why couldnt real carbon fiber take the heat custommx3? they got real carbon fiber valve covers already for other cars. someone sholud try to mold real ones from a valve cover and show us how u did it and how it turned out cuz id be interested in that

I agree, it could be done. But for our car the price would probaly be retarded, for example a while back somone tried to start a group buy for Carbon Fiber hatch covers made by Budyclub? And buddy club said something like $290US not including shipping. This is just an example of course. Maybe they wouldnt be to exspensive but i bet they wouldn't be very cheap.

Post by **Custommx3** » October 25th, 2005, 9:44 am

TRUE carbon fiber maybe, fiberglass with CF covering, most likley not (unless it was some expensive heat resistant FG/resin, and I'd assume it wasnt cheap).
But for the price fo true all CF VC, I wont be in that GB, it will be too expensive. I'd never spend more than $100 for a VC, and Im sure it would cost much more.

This is from a porsche site. Youd need some high temp resin.

"a highly heat-resistant resin has to be used in order to withstand heat dissipation, and the hardening process in the autoclave has to be modified to account for this. The engineers also aimed for a high quality appearance for the surface of the carbon fiber structure, which is left unpainted in several areas."

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » October 25th, 2005, 8:06 pm

ehh imo painted or stickered carbon fiber "look" just doesnt come close to the coolness of CF.

i've seen some CF "covers" on a few other cars.. that could be an idea

not a replacement valve cover, but engine covers like new cars have, but made of CF... so u pop the hood and all u see is carbon fiber

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » October 25th, 2005, 9:00 pm

yea like that big cover on the vq35 (350z,g35) u can get that in cf and thatd look sweet! if someone made those for r cars id definitely be in