MemphiS2k

The paint on my valve cover is coming off. I'm about to pull the cover to check my exhaust valves, and can't decide if I should stick to the OEM red or change to wrinkle black. I don't plan of selling my car, but you never know. Would black hurt my resale?

exV8

I think red, especially for resale.

just like Ferrari's Rossa Corsa paint is referred to as "resale red"

B serious

I'd go with red. Black may or may not hurt resale...but it certainly won't HELP resale.

What is the cost of powder coating compared to the cost of buying a new cover?

Or...wrinkle paint it black. That's cheap. If you dislike...then you've spent almost nothing. Remove the old stuff with aircraft remover (or similar). Idk how I feel about bead blasting a valve cover.

MemphiS2k

Cost is $50 to powder coat. A new cover is around $175.

freq

Forget resale.

Unless your car is in the top 5% of excellent condition S2000s, make it "your car" and do something different.

JamesD89

Red looks better.

And just buy a new valve cover and gaskets from Honda so you can immediately put everything back together once you're done with the valves. No down time while you're prepping the cover for paint, painting it, and waiting for the paint to dry/cure. You'll have your old as a spare to repaint and sell if you choose.

B serious

For a $125 difference, I'd buy the new cover and sell the old one to make up some more of the difference. I doubt the powder coat will be the same colour/texture as stock (if that's what you're going for).

And...again...I'm guessing they're planning on prepping by media blasting. sand blasting a valve cover....ehhhhhh nah.

I agree that resale value shouldn't be your motivation. It's your car.

IMO, red looks better....and if we ARE taking resale into account, if I looked at 2 similar S2000's, I'd buy the one with thr red cover.

Manga_Spawn

What color is your car? What else is done to the engine and engine bay? Would black be matching other things in the engine bay? Is the OEM still nice or looking scratched up and discolored?

MemphiS2k

Car is black. Just a FIPK for now. I will be going boost if I keep it. The OEM is flaking pretty bad. Just hit 106k miles. That's why it's going to powder regardless.

Car Analogy

CAUTION! More than one motor has been totaled after left over blast material hidden in the recesses of the cover made their way into the motor.

I would strongly caution any attempt to refresh a cover take this into serious consideration.

Use chemical stripper on the cover, then conventional paint. Make sure nothing gets inside cover.