Valve cover material

[808BMW]

What kind of metal is it made of?

[Jordan]

Cast Aluminum

[808BMW]

What kind of material can hold up to sulfuric acid? Or can the inside be anodized while doing no harm?

[Jordan]

What does sulfuric acid have to do with anything? Why on earth would you anodize it?

[boom-monkey]

Sulferic acid is needed to anodize aluminum, that's what eh is referring to I assume.

As far as anodizing it, I know that if you scratch the aluminium the metal can flake, which you wouldn't want in your engine. I also don't know how well it would hold up to heat.

Besides, a super shiny valve cover would just look tacky IMO.

[SlammedE30]

My valve cover is anodized. I think it looks good, it also won't chip off like paint or powdercoating.
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-Ted

[808BMW]

I was reading up about DIY anodizing, and was trying to thing of some parts I could bling out to make ma ryde mad tyte yo!

[rward325]

I had mine powdercoated and love the way it turned out and it only cost like $40.00 to have it done.