Cleaned my Valve cover - improvement?!

[e34.535i.sport]

As you probably know I'm in the process of adjusting my valve clearances and I got a bit sidetracked when about to take the cover off... I decided to take a wire brush to it because it was looking terrible! I think it looks a bit better now!

BEFORE:


DURING:




GETTING THERE... ... ...

[e34.535i.sport]

DONE!



I'm very pleased with how well it looks without using anything other than a wire brush and some elbow grease... Although I think that's the end of my wire brush:

[whiskychaser]

Wire brush? Victor Meldrew comes to mind

[repenttokyo]

did you block the throttle body with a cloth before you kicked up all that dust and grime?

[E34-520iSE]

Take it off, hit it with some engine degreaser, clean it again, warm it up then spray it with hi-temp paint - it'll look brand new & the crackle finish will last for many years. I did mine bright red 2 years ago and it still looks great now. Once that's done you can do the fan-shroud, the inlet manifold........

Cheers,

Shaun M

[e34.535i.sport]

did you block the throttle body with a cloth before you kicked up all that dust and grime?

No but it's pretty sh*tty as it is so a little bit more shouldn't hurt...

The butterfly circle thing was closed if that helps.

[M20Turbo]

Time for paint......

[Rus]

I wire-brushed, primed and painted mine in satin black. It came out quite nice and has stood up to the engine heat for nearly three years. Black is also easy to touch up with a sharpie if you happen to ding the paint :-p

[Paul in NZ]

i would do paint mine silver i think,or maybe even try a poish and clear!?

[e34.535i.sport]

I bought some black engine paint today but i'm trying to decide whether to use it or not... as it looks pretty good now!! Anyone with any pics 2 help me decide??? If ido paint it do I defo need primer and if so will it need to be a high temp one???