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The valve covers on most 82-85 Supras tend to look
a bit ragged after a while. They can be easily removed (by removing 4
phillips head screws) and re-painted the color of your choice. This is a
fairly simple procedure, and can be done in a few hours. Remove the large phillips screws and remove the valve covers. Use paint stripper or sandpaper to remove any remaining paint on them. If you like, you can remove any rough casting marks from them using a dremel tool. Using emery paper, polish the tops of the raised portions of the valve covers. Start with about 400 grit, then use 600, then 1000 grit paper. Finally, polish them with a good aluminum polish. Use masking tape to protect areas that you don't want to get painted, such as the undersides, the area where the oil cap threads onto, etc. Place pennies in the holes where the phillips screws were. Paint the entire valve cover with a high temperature paint in the colour of your choice. Use multiple light coats of spray paint. If you wish to get a low gloss finish with a slight wrinkle look to it (like the factory finish) try applying the very light final coat keeping the spray can about 2 to 3 feet above the parts. That way, the fine drops of paint are starting to dry before they hit the part and they give a lower gloss wrinkle look. After the parts are dry, use a rag dampened with mineral spirits to remove the paint from the polished areas, being careful not to touch the paint on the lower areas. Here is a picture of the valve covers, before and after re-finishing. In the bottom picture, the bottom of the two valve covers still needs to have the paint removed from the polished raised portions. The pennies still need to be removed from the screw holes in both valve covers.
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| *******On this website I am sharing the things I find out along the way. I do not guarantee that these modifications will work on your specific vehicle, any damages caused as part of the installation or use of these modifications are the the responsibility of the person who performed the installation. | ||||||
