Should I paint the engine bay or not?

cdixon311 · Post by **cdixon311** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:52 pm

Just like the title says, I can't decide how lazy I want to be. If I do paint it, how does black sound? I'm thinking of doing black on the bottom half of the car, and some shade of grey on the top. Has anyone every done this? How long did it take you?

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:47 pm

:weapons13: it white.

cdixon311 · Post by **cdixon311** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:23 pm

mooreofit wrote::weapons13: it white.

A white engine bay on a black and grey car?

Post by **dr.occa** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:24 am

Rattle canned my coupe engine bay white.

GamblerZ · Post by **GamblerZ** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:10 pm

White is murder to keep clean.

Rattle canned the S13/CA18DET with Rustoleum hammered charcoal gray.

It turned out pretty good and conceals any minor imperfections you might have.

16vHachi · Post by **16vHachi** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:46 pm

Should do a gunmetal grey

Post by **dr.occa** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:06 pm

GamblerZ wrote:White is murder to keep clean.

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I agree but when it's clean IT LOOKS CLEAN.

cdixon311 · Post by **cdixon311** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:19 pm

Did you guys sand down to bare metal or just clean it and paint over? I'm not too concerned wit owh the engine bay looks

GamblerZ · Post by **GamblerZ** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:53 pm

16vHachi wrote:Should do a gunmetal grey

It actually was a pretty dark gray. The Hammer paint by Rustoleum cured with a pebbled look (best I can describe) with some tiny dark specs. It actually turned out much better than I thought it would.

GamblerZ · Post by **GamblerZ** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:56 pm

cdixon311 wrote:Did you guys sand down to bare metal or just clean it and paint over? I'm not too concerned wit owh the engine bay looks

Just gave it a thorough cleaning with degreaser and Simple Green. Afterwards hit it with some steel wool to scuff up the paint, clean off the excess, and allow to dry fully before painting.

16vHachi · Post by **16vHachi** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:34 pm

This is my friends 1.5 JZ Swapped 77 celica that he is currently building
I think he used that rustoleum paint as well
But this grey is what i think you should do

GamblerZ · Post by **GamblerZ** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:53 pm

Yes. That is the same color I used. Here is a better shot (not much better since it was with a phone camera):

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:35 am

i wanted to do my cage that effect.

cdixon311 · Post by **cdixon311** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:39 am

That textured stuff is a good idea I think ill go that route

AznTKDmstr · Post by **AznTKDmstr** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:01 am

yeah, i just did mine flat black and it doesn't look tooo bad

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