Paint on my 2000 540i valve covers is flaking off in a big way. During my upcoming valve cover gasket replacement, I'm going to take the covers to a local powder coating shop and have them coated.
My question is: Does anyone have any pics of a nearly new 2000 4.4 liter engine showing the original color of the valve covers? The paint on mine is a silvery gold color. Some pics I've seen on the forum show covers that are more gold than mine.
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Here are some of my Ee38 oil change pictures.
2000 740iL
Pretty much the same color as the 2003 540i/6, though they do look like they have a little less gold color than the E38 ones.
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Paint on my 2000 540i valve covers is flaking off in a big way. During my upcoming valve cover gasket replacement, I'm going to take the covers to a local powder coating shop and have them coated.
Thanks
I'm pretty close to the same process- It evdently important that they know the valve covers contain magnesium. It is also my understanding that because of this, paint (nor powder coat) adheres particularly well and you (and I) will be doing this same thing again in about three years. Having had no real world experience with the phenom, I can not say if it's true. Hopefully we'll prove it wrong.
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im about to pul mine off as well since ive already pulled the engine out
I was actually thinking of a different color. I have a blk/blk and i saw someone had them coated red and it looked likeit had a little extra sport look to it in a way. Anyone have any sugestions??
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I did mine in Black and it came out nice. My car is also Black on Black.
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This place has powdercoated covers in stock for '97-'98 540s. I'm hoping they'll come out with a version for mine when the time comes.
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Original color on 2000 540i valve covers??
