my yoter is geting a timing chain job, but i thought i could paint my valve cover?
but i had a spare valve cover with the 22r stiker so i thought they were diffrent, becuse the one on the truck has 22re stiker so i put them side by side and their the same. all i could think is that 22r ar carb, and 22re are fuel injected, and i came to dis conclusion because i remembered my dad got the engine from scrap yard but it was carb. and the mechanic said it works. to make story short it worked from carb to feul injected. hes the picks

 

looks good man! I gota do my engine bay, it looks like hammered ****....lol

that metal speck stuff is awesome!

 

Looks good!

 

thank u thank u

 

Spraying paint indoors huh?!

Lol, looking very good, I need to do mine something. I will eventually pick up a rag, some denatured alcohol, and get to work!

Good luck with w/e you have next!

 

valve cover looks great!

 

nice man........ for anyone looking to do more.... here was one i did for my 87 4runner 22RE.


Shot with X400,D580Z,C460Z at 2009-05-14


Shot with X400,D580Z,C460Z at 2009-05-14


Shot with X400,D580Z,C460Z at 2009-05-14


Shot with X400,D580Z,C460Z at 2009-05-14


Shot with X400,D580Z,C460Z at 2009-05-14

 

SD, what type of paint did you utilize?

 

to be honest, i dont really remember but i want to say it was a rust-o-leum appliance paint? its an epoxy based paint so its pretty tough and durable. it never faded, and didnt scratch very easy.... it still looked like new just as in the pictures 1 year after i did it.

i think i will be doing the same with my 22R valve cover also. but giving the top parts of the cover a nice deep polish unlike the brushed polish i did with the one in the 4Runner.

 

That looks great man!

 

The blue looks sweet man, hey SD, how did u paint it, by this i mean how u keep the black around the toyota and so forth. Thnks in advance!

 

finelly got my yoter back , this is how engine looks know but still going to paint other parts of engine!! looks dark night pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

wow that blue really makes a difference!

 

i have a valve cover exactly like yours SD i found it when i was going threw my dads bone yard of 22r parts when i built my motor.. lol

 

looks good! i have an extra in the garage, guess i'll need to paint it up now.

 

so that looks awsome man it really stands out

and sd what did you use to polish the valve cover and intake manifold?

 

thanks, i also have an extra one i think am going jdm paint, wait and see. every one that has painted their valve cover post pics.

 

looks real good and like that color would match my truck..wish i would've did mine when i had it off...what kind of prep work did you do..just wash with soap/alcohol any sanding?

 

i spent like 6 dollars wasing it. i used the carwash engine cleaner u know with high pressure. and then i sanded the entire coner with 3M p320 sand paper, got i at oreily and paint to. so pluged all the holes with raggs then wiped the entire cover with another ragg make sure the covers is clean before u paint!!! look at the page 1 of this page and ull see the cans i used/ good luck

 

did some more painting