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Old Jan 19, 2021 | 08:16 PM
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Wonder if anyone installed black tappet covers while keeping rest of the engine in stock colors?

would love to see how this looks like. If you upgraded any covers on your stock m8 feel free to post. Curious to see different combinations of chrome and black covers.
 
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I switched mine up to black when I did my cams. Is this the type of pic you're looking for? Didn't realize how much I loved it until I parked it next to my buddies bike with the stock chrome pushrods and covers. Looks way better all black in my opinion. Maybe if the motor way more chrome I'd keep it chrome.


 
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Nice. I have chrome exhaust and I wonder how this will look with chrome pushrod covers and black tappet covers
 
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Had the black ones installed during the stage 2 upgrade.
 
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while cam installation...
 
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Go with the black bases too.

 
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Originally Posted by Guglielmo Marconi

while cam installation...
i am actually thinking about reversed combination of that. Meaning pushrod covers in chrome And tappet covers black since my engine is blacked out. Wonder if I am only one that consider this combination. I would like to keep pushrod tube highlighted while tone down bottom part with cam cover.
 
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Originally Posted by Burbur2
i am actually thinking about reversed combination of that. Meaning pushrod covers in chrome And tappet covers black since my engine is blacked out. Wonder if I am only one that consider this combination. I would like to keep pushrod tube highlighted while tone down bottom part with cam cover.
It should be looking nice...combo always looks nice!
 
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