No Ive been told from a place locally that does powercoating that our valve covers cant be powercoated and a guy of of srt forums told me also that does alot of powercoating . Go ask a powercoating place if you dont belive me.

 

calm down, Im just saying. I know you can't powder coat plastics. I know people who powdercoat personally, not businesss, but in their garages. Im not bashing, just saying.

 

I watch a lot of tv,(like how to shows) and ive seen them powdercoat plastic before. they coat the plastic in a metal coating before they actually powdercoat. that way the powder will adhear to the plastic. It has been done before and is a pretty common thing to do

 

Well Unless I powercoat my valve cover myself no shop will do it or noone will do it either . Ive tired a ton of places . So painting is the only way for me looks just as nice as powercoating if done right. I have had my other ride last yr powercoated valve cover and a few other stuff like rims and other engine mods.

 

Little quote I got from a random google search
"For the most part, powder coating is used for metal objects—appliances, garden tools, engine parts, and so on. But any object that can be given an electrostatic charge is a potential candidate for powder coating. This includes glass, wood, and many kinds of plastic (think of your charged comb). The only problem comes in the curing process—plastic melts at fairly low temperatures, and wood can burn. So special types of resin powder have been created that melt at much lower temperatures; still others can be cured using infrared radiation, with curing times as short as a fraction of a minute."

http://itotd.com/articles/300/powder-coating/

 

Exactly Im just saying powering coating is way better for metal not plastic meaning our valve covers unless your a srt4 or 2.4 crusier or a other nicer rides that have metal stuff for engine and not plastic. Only thing you can powercoat in our engine is the intake manifold and most rims.

 

you are wrong in so many ways... The intake manifold on anyting but an R/T or an ACR 2nd gen is plastic and cannot be powder coated. My 2003 SXT was not plastic. It has a plastic like coating, but when hit with a sand blaster you can get right down to the metal. you can powdercoat a valve cover, it is metal.

 

Ok nice to know I got them switched around alrighty. But still painting my valve cover and intake manifold alot cheaper than powercoating.

 

anybody have a picture of a painted intake manifold? am curious to see what it looks like. ive seen one chromed out, but he had his work cut out for him.

 

If you find someone willing to do it near cost for material, powdercoating can be relatively cheap (I would estimate cost + a six pack of beer at around $35 - $40). I work in the plastics industry and can tell you that regardless of the metal frame of our valve covers, the inherant nature of the plastic on our covers WILL hold a respectful charge, but obviously nothing like metal. And yes, a good powdercoating also requires baking for a good hard cure, usually anywhere from 180 to 400 degrees. The plastic on our valve covers can take 400 degrees without melting, it's just a question of heating it evenly and making sure that the entire valve cover does not warp from heat deflection during the cure (and then when it cools down, boom you get stress fracturesand/or warped hardened powdercoat). The only other things I see bad about it is the static charge... you may end up with a "rainbow" cure of the coat on the valve cover because I would guess that the edges and bends of the plastic would lose be nuetral compared to other areas... for these reasons, Im not saying it cant be done, just saying its a challenge. I would be curious myself to at least see someone try, just out of curiousity.