painted my valve cover today

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99 mazda protege lx
I decided today to paint my valve cover. It was pretty straight forward. Remove valve cover. Clean with carb cleaner and a wire brush. Use wax and grease remover. Primer. Then paint! I went with a matching color to my car and it turned out very well.... 20110201134730.webp20110201140219.webp20110201160834.webp. This is a before, primered, and installed. Tell me what you think
 
Thanks fellas. When you've got a 1.6 like me its all show no go. Until I can afford to turbo that is!
 
wow i thougt i did good work on my 1.6l looks awsome....and wat strut bar do u have? would u sell???
 
I built the strut tower bar myself in college lol. I've been thinking about altering the design a little and building a couple ill let you know if I sell. They'd be cheap. Thanks guys for the good input
 
I built the strut tower bar myself in college lol. I've been thinking about altering the design a little and building a couple ill let you know if I sell. They'd be cheap. Thanks guys for the good input

ok cool can u post more pics of the strut bar???
 
I will try to take some better pictures of the strut bar tomorrow. It works with all of the cruise control and nothing needs modified. I put that on before I lowered the car and the handling increase was huge. It holds grip instead of pushing through corners
 
I will try to take some better pictures of the strut bar tomorrow. It works with all of the cruise control and nothing needs modified. I put that on before I lowered the car and the handling increase was huge. It holds grip instead of pushing through corners

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I actually used the perfect match touch up paint. I was worried since its not high temp. I've driven about 500 miles and it looks perfect still
 
Could you please tell me what's the brand of the primer you've used.
could you tale a pic of the spray can?
 
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