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Old May 9, 2005 | 09:11 AM
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Looking for someone out there with experience useing High heat black spray paint to coat there engine bay? How well did it work? cracking or chipping? did it look ok? does it hold up? need some imput before i actually do it?

of corse i will be sanding and primering before its laid down.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 09:41 AM
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blizump!
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Old May 9, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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i did mine it came out good but after a while started to faid so lay a couple of coats on you should be fine make sure you use high temp its easy to do by the way and looks good imo
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Old May 9, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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A friend of mine used regular krylon spraypaint and his came out good.
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Old May 9, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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anyone else with experience in this?
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Old May 9, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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did mine awhile back, turned out awesome....still looks good...
i degreased, cleaned well, primed, sprayed....
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Old May 9, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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just wondering, can you use that high temp wrinkle paint thats people use on valve covers and how many cans did u guys use?
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Old May 9, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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Spry painted engine bay....

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Old May 9, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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Yah that looks pimp. anyone else have picks of spray painted engine bays.

-wrinkle paint=goofy- IMO
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Old May 9, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Squallie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just wondering, can you use that high temp wrinkle paint thats people use on valve covers and how many cans did u guys use?</TD></TR></TABLE>

wrinkle painted engine bays...thats awful
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Old May 9, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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jus a thought ....lol i guess that thought went
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Old May 9, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deluzional &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

wrinkle painted engine bays...thats awful</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah...for some reason I want to puke when I think about it.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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pics sux but this is what it look like







Modified by redturbocivic at 11:52 AM 5/10/2005
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Old May 10, 2005 | 09:55 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdM DA InTeGrA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Spry painted engine bay....

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this one looks really good. got any more pics?

I am thinking about doing this as well, next time I have my motor out...
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Old May 10, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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i'll paint your bay and you can do our wire tucks...
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Old May 10, 2005 | 10:13 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. LoSt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'll paint your bay and you can do our wire tucks...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm down...
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Old May 10, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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just say when...
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Old May 10, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JdM DA InTeGrA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Spry painted engine bay....

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you painted the bay but it looks like you ran out of paint for the valve cover
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Old May 10, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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All u have to do is skotch brite the engine bay, paint it, then clear coat it. ill post more pics later of my DA.
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Old May 10, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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wow, my mans valve cover needs help...
anyways heres one more of mines....
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