Powdercoating valve covers

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anyone know of a good place to do it? I heard it will run me about $100 which is a lot better than the $250 they want for a set of already powdercoated ones

And if anyone has taken their valve covers off before for this or something similar, can you reuse the gasket or do you recommend getting a new one?

[Stangman Jonathan]

i 2nd this! I have parts I'd like to be powdercoated as well for a good price, some parts of my engine....maybe my heads?; 2 set of wheels as well, a grille guard, maybe a few other things...they'd definitely make some money from us

Maybe find a good local shop and get a group deal by getting a bunch of parts done at once

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i have never seen a local shop that has the capacity to do this so i am expecting i'll have to drive a good long distance to get this done

[Stangman Jonathan]

But it would be worth it....we could load the pickup with a bunch of stuff to be done and have it done all at once, would be cheaper.

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Originally Posted by Stangman Jonathan

But it would be worth it....we could load the pickup with a bunch of stuff to be done and have it done all at once, would be cheaper.

probably. only prob is i'd need it done quickly since my stang is my DD and can't exactly drive it without the valve covers

[Stangman Jonathan]

lol yeah true...we may be able to find another gt to borrow them from

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Originally Posted by Stangman Jonathan

lol yeah true...we may be able to find another gt to borrow them from

i just need to get a few more mods done before show season opens again, this is one i'd like to do

[Stangman Jonathan]

hell I'm with you on that...I'd definitely see if I can do a few engine parts including my headers in black powder coat as well rather than swapping my headers (I'll be posting a thread about shorties later with my options, even though i wish i could do longtubes but too much money lol)

[Stangman Jonathan]

Here we go man, found a few places...now just need to figure which one is good and get estimates...maybe group estimates:

http://www.customcoaters.com/html/new_jersey.html

http://www.thetntshop.com/

http://www.johnsonspowdercoating.com/

http://www.trgcoating.com/

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.htm...s=30&zip=07960

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555 has a thread going about shorties right now. everyone is trying to get him to go to LT's. but see, aesthetically, the shorties are a good option cause the rusted OEm manifolds are ugly