I was cleaning my motor tonight (not like it was that dirty) and I decided to try and paint my wire cover. I prepped it with a warm wash in soapy water, gave it a prime and a coat or two and now it looks like shit. So I took the paint off and fine sanded it. Now the paint over it looks hairy. So i ****ed up I gues you could say. So I am looking for a new wire cover now, but the cost so damn much and why? How complicated is it really? Anyone know where I can get one for cheap?

 

i found alot of tight ones on ebay

 

i'd try a junk yard or dealer with oem products would be best
ebay covers........= junk

 

I checked ebay, I only found 1 for DOHC. Are they called something else? For keyword I put in "spark plug wire cover" should I try something else?

 

thats the correct name for it. i've been looking for one forever now for a decent price. guess i'll finally have to give in and fork out close to $100

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33627

Any color you want.........

 

h: Lesson learned: leave teh goddamn thing alone. :chuckles:

Seriously, though... if your paint coat isn't laying flat, then strip it off and make sure all the solvents are washed out. Then lay down a few light coats of hi-temp primer and a half-dozen light coats of high temp engine enamel.

I'd try to salvage the stock part before dropping $100 on a cast aluminium plate. h:

 

sand it very well using a ulra-fine grit too...

 

Yes, but very lightly wet-sand.
Doing so will prevent the carbide from contaminating the primer coat.

 

GSRRacer95 i tried out those ebay spark plug covers (my car didnt have one for some reason)..the plastic is flexible as hell and will curve down where the holes are at when u tighten the nuts. if you dont tighten them enough, the nuts loosen themselves and will eventually come off.. if you tighten them as tight as they should be tightened, the spark plug cover breaks. i think mine started to crack even before my nuts got lost. ....... ha yeah i replaced it with an aluminum one and i havent had any problems with it so far but it cost alot more than the ebay one.....