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I installed my RSX-S valve cover today! I think I'm one of the few, if not the only, person on ECM who decided to go with an all-black look on the engine. I think it looks pretty nice!

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I painted both the valve cover and oil dipstick flat black. I used the engine primer and engine enamel, both by Rustoleum. The next step is to fix the scratches on the spark plug and IM covers, so I'll probably have to repaint those.

The part that took the most amount of time was reconnecting the PCV breather hose or whatever that goes to the intake. On the old valve cover, the port was 1/2", while the RSX-S valve cover had a 3/4" port. So I had to go to a local auto parts store and buy some 3/4" hose and a coupler. Well, when I went to install the stuff, there wasn't enough room, and the hose would kink. After 30 minutes of bullshitting around trying to get it to work, I finally said fuck it, and took out that ugly contraption that hooks up to the intake, and this was the end result:

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The car ran fine with no CELs, so I'm pretty certain that it's going to work. I ran out of clamps, so that's why there isn't one on the 3/4" side of the coupler. It's a bitch to get the hose off anyways without any clamps.

Thanks to Jeremy for selling me his RSX-S valve cover!

Looks Pretty good man.

Looks good. Except for those bright orange mounts on your STB.

+1 great job on the painting! Since your so good now take them orange mounts off and hit em' with some black!

Looks good Jeff...+1 Z...is there any way to get rid of the Acura emblem and replace it with a honda, or maybe just take it off, and fill the holes?

Thanks. I think I'll paint the STB mounts black sometime like you guys said. As far as the emblem goes, I've been looking around on eBay for a Honda emblem that'll fit. So far though, nothing. Or I could just leave it and be a fake poser of Tim's car. Haha.

you should be able to use your oem spark plug cover

I could... I may swap it in real quick to see how it looks. I personally like the RSX cover more because it extends over more. Swapping out the emblem is on my to-do list though.

looks great nice work on it

Looks good Jeff...but they say once you go black you dont go back!!

Hey Z, do you think I should try sanding down the STB mounts before I paint them, or did you just paint away? They feel pretty smooth...

You should do a wire tuck next.  Looks good though.  Too bad you're faking the funk with the hacura emblem.

Jeff, you have PM.

Wow, a K24a2 swap. Nice Jeff!!

Srsly?

Hahaha Im not that big of a noob. I though that might catch your attention.

Hellz yeah dawg! I've also got a Comptech supercharger coming in, plus a special custom made carbon fiber Comptech intake manifold cover!!! :lol:

Hahaha.  The CF cover comes with all k series comptech superchargers.  The new one looks better.

Dude, you think the sc comes with stickers?? If so mail them to me and I will use them!

The only way he'll let you have them is if you put them all over the exterior of your car so that the rest of us can laugh our asses off.

DEAL! Thats where I was going to put them any way, duh.

Each sticker adds 10hp though so that'll make you have somewhere in the 400hp range! Supa fast yo!

No stickers.

Damn't, I really needed that extra bump in hp. Maybe I will get an AEM license plate frame.

If you complete a survey on K&N's website, they'll mail you a K&N sticker FOR FREE! And you know K&N's reputations.... GUARANTEED HORSEPOWER!

Sweet! I'll get that and put my Eibach stickers on and I'll be set.