View Full Version : Anyway to fix this?


Night Wolf
06-11-03, 03:51 PM
I noticed this when I first opened the hood, and I wouldn't really care unless the rest of the car/engine is in such great shape, but I noticed the pait where it says V8 PFI bublled up, and even when cool, stayed like that.

Does Caddy sell a sticker to put on it, or what can I do to fix this? the bubbles are very britle and looks like crap:

Night Wolf
06-11-03, 03:52 PM
And this.

Thanks guys

AKPsiMC03
06-11-03, 05:16 PM
you prob need ot get a new sticker thing... or is it engraved on the plastic? you could always pullt he cover off then spend a few hours paining it too.

Night Wolf
06-11-03, 08:12 PM
It is not plastic, it is the valve cover, it is some sort of a heat paint.....

I dunno what to do, if I was to pull it off and pait it, it might not come out nice (proablly wont) but then maybe I could customize it alittle (add a classic Cadillac script to the left)

Anyone know what else I could do?

Chuck C
06-11-03, 08:57 PM
sand it off and paint a V16 logo on it? ;)

elwesso
06-11-03, 11:15 PM
I would take it off and get creative..... I would do it to mine, but my engine isnt in sideways, and there isnt any more room anyway :(

DeVillish
06-11-03, 11:29 PM
my valve cover isnt looking that great either, iam thinking about taking it off and painting it too, seems like the best way.

Night Wolf
06-12-03, 04:19 PM
ok, IF I did paint it, what paint should I use?

AFA taking the valve cover off...is it pretty stright forward, or are there alot of extra things to do....is there a gasket that I would have to replace?

Night Wolf
06-12-03, 11:49 PM
hmmm, as I was thinking about this, doing a custom design on the cover would be cool, but because my artistic skills are pretty much 0, I can not do anything free hand, I would have to make up some sort of stencil, I would want something like the traditional Cadillac script writing to the left, with V8 PFI to the right, and maybe something else about the engine (HO just for looks or something :D) but how would I get a stencil with Cadillac in letters ande V8 PFI etc.... because like I said, if I was to do it freehand, it would look like a 4th grader did it.

Also my question before, is there any special thing I would need to do to take the cover off? would I have to replace a gasket? anything else I should check in there with the cover off? what would I tourqe the bolts down to when putting it back on?