Painting Rocker Cover

[monsport]

Want to paint the rocker cover and intake plenum on my M3. Just wondering does anyone know of a good heat resistant paint for the job?

[Kos]

there are loads on the market up to the job, but any engine enamel is pretty tough. even the crap from halfords, but you can never get the original looking crackle finish

[E30BeemerLad]

I used black VHT paint, but there are plenty of lads on here who have just used a matt black spray and got good results, it doesn't get too hot on the rocker cover or inlet manifold so heat resistant paint is not a pre-requesite.

[DaveD]

just done it with ht paint peice of p*ss

you need to clean it all THOROUGHLY i used nitromors and you need a flap sander attatchment for your drill to polish up the stripes and the BMW bit, I took my rocker cover off as it took a couple of days..you can also then heat treat the paint if you have a large oven,i put mine on top of the gas and heated it up.

[monsport]

So a form of spray should do the trick then. I have them off the car was thinking of getting them sand blasted to a clean finish then painting. I want to spray the letters White. any tips on how to go about it or is it just a DIY tape up job?

[smithy318i]

It depends on what finish you want.

shiny
wrinkly
matt

[smithy318i]

I used black VHT paint, but there are plenty of lads on here who have just used a matt black spray and got good results, it doesn't get too hot on the rocker cover or inlet manifold so heat resistant paint is not a pre-requesite.

Erm... mine gets burn your hand hot !

[Andy335Touring]

This is the VHT wrinkle paint with the letters sanded back

[TouringMatt]

Where did you get that paint from Andy?

Matt

[Andy335Touring]

https://www.usautomotive.co.uk/scripts/ ... ategory=55

[TouringMatt]

Nice one fella

Did you polish the raised bit on a wheel to finish it off or was it purely all elbow grease?

Matt

[Andy335Touring]

Did you polish the raised bit on a wheel to finish it off or was it purely all elbow grease?

Matt

Just sanded it back with fine(ish) sand paper

[buster]

thats the same stuff i did mine in.I have one already done for a m20 engine,was going to put on my old engine but its gone now.
Its forsale if anyone wants one.

cheers
andy

[AnnaSlut]

Is it easy / safe to take off the rocker cover?

Any links to this sort of thing?

Cheers

[JOSEMI]

AnnaSlut... that sounds tasty or what ??

[DaveD]

you only need a small socket set. It takes no time at all and is easy but it takes quite a time to clean it up properly and polish the raised bits

[buster]

Its forsale if anyone wants one.

cheers
andy

cough !!

save you the effort

[Jimbob]

The key is in the prep work!

[Ratfink]

Dont buy it from USautomotive!!!
I work for John woolfe i'll do E30 zone members a 10% discount on VHT paint.
How does that sound?
Email me at Tom@woolfe.com if interested

[gcorky]

buster yhpm

[buster]

buster yhpm

No i dont

[gcorky]

how much 4 cover?