I found a 1 piece "SHELBY" valve cover and am looking for opinions on if I should polish it like my current valve cover or powdercoat it and sand the lettering and fins down to match my intake. Here's a couple shots of my engine bay:
I found a 1 piece "SHELBY" valve cover and am looking for opinions on if I should polish it like my current valve cover or powdercoat it and sand the lettering and fins down to match my intake. Here's a couple shots of my engine bay:
Polish it.
Everybody does the black wrinkle thing to Shelby V/C's. Boring.
Mike Marra
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What you could do is keep the black wrinkle finish and then polish the fins and Shelby and polish the fins on the 2 piece as well, if you haven't already.
id say polished vc AND intake the intake will be easier to remove with the vc off i think. wonder how it would look polished with painted letters and stripes though... you could also polish that alt braket while your at it.
you have a very clean looking car and engine bay, you might as well show it off with polished parts, instead of the motor just blending in.
polish it !
Keep your polished TURBO valve cover and sell me the crudy Shelby one......
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Added a poll for ya
Hard choice.. like we talked yesterday... with everything else nicely polished in your engine compartment a polished one would fit right in, but if it's already in good shape, I'd probably just bolt it on...
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