Thread: duplicolor shadow??

Been thinking about doing some cleaning up or painting under the hood supercharger, valve covers, etc.. I was going to paint the valve covers until I remembered that zzp sells those polished aluminum valve covers. Not a huge fan of chrome or polished metal so I thought about maybe using that duplicolor shadow paint to get a blacked out chrome look? I think that would look awesome but I wasnt sure if the paint would stay on them because of the heat or if it would even work. Any ideas?

I used Kyrlon wrinkle paint and it was fine.

Ya I saw that in another posting but I'd like it to be shiny still that's why I asked about the shadow paint... Any idea if the shadow will work or if it gets too hot for it?

I was trying to say..it didn't get too hot for regular krinkle... I think you'd be fine.

Sorry must have misunderstood ya. What's the temp rating for that krinkle stuff? I think shadows is like 200-250* also do you think the aluminum would get hotter or the same and the plastic stock covers? Just don't want to buy them and the stuff not work the way I'm thinking it will

Originally Posted by scotty455

do you think the aluminum would get hotter or the same and the plastic stock covers?

If I had to guess, I'd say that the aluminum gets hotter. But if it's by more than 10*, I'd be super surprised.

i used duplicolor dark gunmetal wheel paint on my valve covers and it heat range was 200-250 and still looks good. I think what you wanna do would look good!

Originally Posted by SlowNA06

If I had to guess, I'd say that the aluminum gets hotter. But if it's by more than 10*, I'd be super surprised.

thats what I was thinking.

Ive been looking all around and cant seem to find what temp that wrinkle paint is good for??? If its near what the shadow is rated for I think I may try this out just to see how it looks.

Originally Posted by pontiac4lifesc

i used duplicolor dark gunmetal wheel paint on my valve covers and it heat range was 200-250 and still looks good. I think what you wanna do would look good!

Really? Do you have any pictures of what it looks like? Also how long has it been on? Would love to see it.

Well... touch your valve covers when hot. Do they feel close to 200*?

dont really know what 200* feels like lol but I guess so

Well, coolant itself ought to get up to, what, ~220*? I'd say if your valve covers hit 250*, you've got bigger problems.

thats probably true. Id still like to see pontiacs picture of his covers before I make my decision

ive had it painted for couple months and ill try to post some pics, pic in the sig is an older one

ya cant really tell anything in your sig. Pics will be appreciated!

Found a guy willing to sell brand new ones for a bit cheaper. Most likely will be getting them and seeing how it looks. Any pics yet Pontiacs4life really curious to see how yours turned out