[RedeyeGrandpa]

I had my valve covers painted to match the color of my redeye.
I have a son in law that sells paint finishes and he matched and painted
them for me.
This is the only mod made so far.... I have been to several car shows and nobody
has made a comment.
Maybe this was not a good idea.
Anyone else thought of doing this.

 

[Dennis H]

Lookin good.

 

[bigdaddycasey]

One of my first mods

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[SRTCVO]

Did you do it for you or for others? Most people probably don’t even realize it’s not OEM, or don’t care enough about the small change to say anything.

 

[RedeyeGrandpa]

One of my first mods

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That looks great.
I will have to paint some more
Looks like you did the same preserving the silver and black between lettering

 

[RedeyeGrandpa]

That looks great.
I will have to paint some more
Looks like you did the same preserving the silver and black between lettering

 

[baabootoo]

Matches well, so it looks good.

 

[RedeyeGrandpa]

Did you do it for you or for others? Most people probably don’t even realize it’s not OEM, or don’t care enough about the small change to say anything.

I did it for me.
But I thought anyone looking at these would notice a difference

 

[jakelind707]

I think they look great. I wanted to get the carbon fuel rail covers but didnt have any other carbon under the hood so it didnt make sense, just did as much in white as I could. As far as the valve covers themselves, I think that's a great look and would do it if I ever had the engine out, cant see myself doing it for just a visual mod. Maybe if those blower spacers ever got tossed on.

 

[jakelind707]

One of my first mods

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See any changes to blow by with the valve cover breather? And can you post a better pic of your blower badge? I was trying to find some mod for that little spot but failed
Also, did you just have someone paint the fuel rail covers or is that the aftermarket ones you order already painted?

 

[bigdaddycasey]

Badge is oem really dont drive her much to notice only got it cause they had a limited run in plum crazy purple at the time

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[jakelind707]

Badge is oem really dont drive her much to notice only got it cause they had a limited run in plum crazy purple at the time

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Ah didn't realize redeyes had a raised badge. Super clean man! You've got some serious money into that engine bay, now all you need is the moroso stainless reservoir's and you're set.

 

[OldMoparGuy]

I picked these up from another member:

 

[JRod310]

I'm a fan! Looks great!

 

[Jkannich]

I like it color matched too!

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[Xylander]

I had my valve covers painted to match the color of my redeye.
I have a son in law that sells paint finishes and he matched and painted
them for me.
This is the only mod made so far.... I have been to several car shows and nobody
has made a comment.
Maybe this was not a good idea.
Anyone else thought of doing this.

I am personally not a huge fan of monochromatic styling (all one color). A little extra pop here and there works wonders. With PCP, silver, Hemi orange, black, yellow/gold, all work well. In the end, styling is your call. If you like monochromatic styling, then go for it. On its own, it look nice. The problem is though that this is a very common Mopar trend. Most people at a car show are going to have similar looks, so it's something people have seen many times before... and the chances are very good that color matched parts all come from one of a few manufacturers, so not only do they look the same... they mostly are the same. If you want comments, you have to stand out more and do something more unique.

I'm not quite done with mine yet. Hellraisin is still an oddball color and folks don't make much for me (and I'm not going to put PCP parts on a Hellraisin car). For now, I'm playing with the Hemi orange. The HEMI on my valve covers is the same color as the engine block. I'd like to get the blower coated in Hellraisin at some point. I'm looking for an airbrush artist to do me a hood liner. Everything else is just polished or either converted to black (tank covers, hose covers). It's not really designed to be in your face, but rather "clean." I also need to figure out how to cover up the washer tank.

I wouldn't worry too much about comments at car shows with a new car (or new-ish within the past 5 years at least). A ratty classic with a leaking rear main seal and finger hole sized rusty quarter panels will likely get triple the attention than our cars will. I can show up to a local car meet and quite literally have one of, if not THE fastest and nicest (to me) cars there... and the only people who want to talk to me about the car are 10 year old kids... which I really don't mind. I love sharing car stuff with kids. It's how we end up with new hot rodders down the road.

 

[sleepingweasal]

I had my valve covers painted to match the color of my redeye.
I have a son in law that sells paint finishes and he matched and painted
them for me.
This is the only mod made so far.... I have been to several car shows and nobody
has made a comment.
Maybe this was not a good idea.
Anyone else thought of doing this.

They look good bro don't worry about it.

 

[sleepingweasal]

I picked these up from another member:
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How's that strut brace feeling? Been wanting to do that, probably wait til I order a new one though.

 

[OldMoparGuy]

@sleepingweasal I can tell you that the installation was pretty straight forward. The Petty brace you see causes the loss of about a pint of coolant due to the included reservoir. No ill effects however. The welds are beautiful and the paint match is right on. I bought myself the brace for Christmas a few years back the car was already put up for a month or two and I didn’t get it back on the street until the spring. Because of this I can’t make an accurate comparison as it was so many months between driving the car. I’m certain it doesn’t hurt handling though.

 

[SRTCVO]

@sleepingweasal I did a Speedlogix front brace a couple years ago. Definitely firms the car up. I have had front braces on other cars and not noticed one bit of difference before or after, but with the Hellcat it seems like it took a couple hundred pounds off the car. Steering is quicker and more precise. The best way I can describe it is it basically feels like it is in Sport suspension mode when it is in Street.

There was so much difference between how the suspension felt from front to rear after I did the front one that I did one of their rear braces this past winter. I feel the car has its balance back now.

Edit: Also, have you done a search on “strut brace?” Lololol