Well to start off, when I bought my car the engine bay was filthy dirty. I don't even know how it got so dirty. I tried to clean up the bay several times but the dirt and everything was literally in the paint. The car had a y7 when I bought it, so I didn't care to do anything with the bay really.

I recently swapped a b18a1 a few weeks ago so today I decided to freshen up the bay. I don't have the funds to pay for a legit paint job in my engine bay, nor do I care enough to pay someone, so I bough some sandpaper and paint and went to work this morning.

I masked things off fairly well, but didn't spend tons of time doing it. The only overspray really is in the back where it was difficult to mask things off.

Anyways here's a before, during, and after picture. Don't mind the filter, I didn't have an intake tube when I swapped the car.

 

doesn't look too bad in the last shot. any closeups?

 

Look so much better.

 

I'll get more next time I go outside. It's freaking hot out there today lol.

 

looks good. i need to find the motivation to paint mine.

 

holy crap shortest intake in the world..does your engine stay cool?

I might try that..LOL

 

looks like 95.5x better

 

Definitely better than before but the color choice makes it look ummmm "dirty" still.

 

nice

 

I see where you're coming from. Could've went with another shade of grey but oh well. I didn't want anything flashy, just something neutral.

 

looks good i did my bay same color rustoleum smoke grey..yours looks clean i had everything out when i did mine..keep off brake fluid it will screw it up quick

 

looks way better

 

i may work at a different pace than others, but i i probably could have pulled that motor/trans faster than it took you to mask all that ****, which is what i would have done.

 

Very nice. What about painting the bottom side of the hood to match? That would probably look pretty good.

 

looks good from what i can see in the pics. but like what said i would have pulled the motor and stuff out too. different strokes for different folks though. but it still looks good.l

 

looks good...but couldn't you have just cleaned it up before and kept it white to match the car??? unless the paint was that f'ed up or you're planning to respray the entire car...but none-the-less it looks good from the pics

 

I tried several times to clean it. None of it would come out with anything I tried. Only after I started sanding on it did it come off and by then it looked like crap. Thanks!

 

Yeah i would of sprayed it white to amtch the car. White looks so clean

 

Looks good. I'm digging the grey. Never seen a grey engine bay actually until now.

 

came out great!

 

Get a header on that thing!!!