I want to paint my engine bay black. Any advice on how to do this? What paint should I use? Do I need to primer or sand it?

I will not be able to remove my engine.......The painting will have to be done with everything covered up.

Thanks!

 

ever feel like sometimes you answer your own questions?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FlySi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ever feel like sometimes you answer your own questions?</TD></TR></TABLE>

good call...i think he's got all the elements right there...now he just needs to put them in the right order!

 

hes asking what kinda paint to use.....

i dont see that answered in the question.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xdjoynerx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hes asking what kinda paint to use.....

i dont see that answered in the question.</TD></TR></TABLE>

where's your answer to the ?

OK...i recommend a paint that is cheap because the blacks will be ok together, heat resistant to some extent, and fairly durable so it doesnt chip or crack if something gets dropped on it.

 

.............. i think the best option is to leave it alone... if you dont take every thing out, its gonna look like crap anyways. just leave it as it is.

 

cool, good advice also.

 

there has gotta be a way to do it without removing everything...

 

someone just posted on how they did a DIY engine bay paintjob w/o removing anything....they pretty much covered most of the **** in plastic....then sprayed.

i'd use any high temp paint

 

I did mine with high-temp flat black paint. Took me a total of 3 hours, and I left the motor in the car.


The motor's dirty, I haven't cleaned it since I got it.
Let me know if you need any help, if you haven't already done it.


Modified by SiRG EJ1 at 8:56 PM 11/8/2004

 

you forgot to spray your wipers black.

 

looks clean

 

wipers are black now. that was right when i de-riced my ride. lol

 

I dont understand why people would paint their engine bay black? Why?

 

^ whenever you **** it up when installing something...sand, paint again and its good as new...

 

my paint was fucked up in the bay... y not? let people do what they want.

 

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Man thats why you have a towel there to protect that from happening. Its all about being careful.

 

if you are prepared to do tons of prep work, i would take out all that i could, and the tape and bag the rest... thank god that my car was black from the factory

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BolivianFuego &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dont understand why people would paint their engine bay black? Why? </TD></TR></TABLE>

because some people have a couple Gs to spend on a paint job so the place thats doing it can completely rip all of your **** out and put it all back together for a color change. so you paint it flat black. I personally think its a good idea. hey to each his own.