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the salt is to much to bear

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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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Ok so I bought my car from a guy thag owned it forever and came from boston, so naturally you have snow, harsh weather and that fn road salt. The cars perfect minus the engine bay it just has salt build up everywhere on the block. Using salt away I got most of it off minus the extremely tough build up spots. So I wanna paint my block and head like we do onnour muscle cars so I got the heat resistant paint up to 500 degrees. Question I had is, what color should i paint the block and head, and could I spray the exhaust header too?
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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Just comes down to your opinon. You could pay it green if you want.

Personaly, I would go for a somewhat bright silver.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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Default Re: the salt is to much to bear

Seriously...Duplicolor's Bright Green looks great. It is like Monster Green (I hate those stupid drinks)

What color is your car? Just spray the engine to match or to compliment it, but aluminum or silver will look nice no matter what.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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no no no...I take all of that back....pull the engine out and polish the WHOLE Block...haha
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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My vote goes to silver.

Black is a no no as you won't be able to see oil leaks.

If you paint the header, just make sure you get the extreme high heat stuff. I painted a DC ceramic header black with the 1500°F paint and it held up just fine.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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Black is nice thats what i would do or if your rice go bright colors lol
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