My E38 Restoration: Restoring BMW M62 V8 valve covers with LASER!!

This was supposed to be a final video on the engine, but my buddy bought an insane machine for christmas, so i decided to show off this process in a separate video, because i find it absolutely unbelievable, this technology is unreal :-O But first, i had to source a second set of valve covers, because mine had some small cracks, which would still work, but i wanted a set that is basically perfect. Which it wasnt in the end, because the casting quality of these valve covers (all of them) is shockingly bad, and you cant really do anything about it if you want to powder coat them, which i wanted, because that finish will last much longer than some regular paint. So, the imperfections are there, but the result is still amazing, and most of the covers will be covered up anyway, with the accessories and plastic covers.. i can't wait to put this together finally :-)
Once again huge thank you to my buddy Denis for his awesome equipment and for sorting this out for me, and letting me shoot it.
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[@4FMS..]

How much love and details, absolute Fantastic 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@supremegt]

I just had this done on my M62 covers too minus the laser but we did a pre bake before powder coating. These came out nice!

[@TheFuxxoWorksGarage]

thank you :-) i was reading about the pre-bake, but because the laser heated them up, the pre-bake wasnt needed at all

[@supremegt]

@@TheFuxxoWorksGarage my thoughts exactly. Ours looks real close! I will post soon.

[@David-bq2ks]

I'm actually replacing my valve covers with brand new ones I bought made from aluminium. I already did the driver's side but ran into an issue with the passenger side when I was removing and putting in brand new NGK spark plugs. The previous owner's shop stripped cylinder 2's threads and used a helicoil to put in the plug. Now I need to rethread it or put in a helicoil. I've been unlucky with my E38 numerous times.

[@TheFuxxoWorksGarage]

oh wow, i am sorry to hear that :-/ at least my threads are okay, i was actually thinking about the exact situation you had, because spark plugs should be torqued to 25nm i believe? i tried to torque them but it felt too much, so i just did them by feel..

[@David-bq2ks]

@@TheFuxxoWorksGarage Yeah, I do not use the factory torques either. I have read horror stories of people using factory torque specs on their valve covers and it stripped. I just made sure to use a good amount of Honda Bond 4 in the tight nooks and crannies. I'm waiting on the helicoil to arrive for my cylinder 2 since I can't rethread the hole as the previous owner's shop drilled a bigger hole to accommodate their helicoil.

[@TheFuxxoWorksGarage]

@@David-bq2ks man that is so bad! i'm with you on that, good luck :-/

[@David-bq2ks]

@@TheFuxxoWorksGarage I managed to fix it! I got rid of almost all of the oil leaks! I just have one left. And it is the oil line o-ring failure from the driver's side.

[@TheFuxxoWorksGarage]

@@David-bq2ks that is great news, you must be buzzing :-D congrats!