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Old 03-14-2010, 03:30 PM
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Smile Paint color for valve covers & intake

I'm in the process of cleaning up the engine bay of my 1993 SSP. I want to repaint the valve covers and intake. What color is that? Where can I get that color? Duplicolor?
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Old 03-27-2010, 08:46 PM
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This is a good question... I am curious about this since I am restoring mine..
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Old 03-27-2010, 10:47 PM
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ford gray on the valve covers. I bead blast the upper and lower intake and then spray them with high heat engine enamel in "CLEAR". The intakes were not painted when new.
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Old 03-28-2010, 06:52 AM
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Thats great... I still have alot of work to do and I want to do all of the inside stuff first.. So now I can ad this to my list.... Thanks!
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Old 03-28-2010, 09:37 AM
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I've decided not to touch the valve covers or intake with any paint. As a buddy of mine pointed out, there is a decal on the passenger side valve cover against the firewall, which you could purchase again and reapply. But on the drivers valve cover, there is a paint pen marking in white that would be hard pressed to duplicate. And it's only original once. So, that being said, I just cleaned them up with some Simple Green and am leaving them at that. Same with the upper intake, even though it has the wear mark from the A/C line.
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