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Engine bay paint opinions

Defiant

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I'm about to start working on my engine bay and I'm looking for some options.

I want to paint the bay black (white car) with something that will hold up good and won't scratch easy. I've been thinking about bed liner in a spray can.
I had a buddy who pulled all the heat/sound barrier up from under the carpet and spray it with the rustoleum bed liner and it looked good. But if I don't like it, it's gonna be a bitch to remove it.

What do you guys thing about using that in the engine bay?

What have y'all used?
 

rdomeck

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Indianapolis, In.
Very bad idea......You will never keep it clean because it is textured. Plus it's a heavy product. Find an automotive paint store and buy a quart for single stage paint in your color. Paint code should be W09 for Summit white. Go buy a cheap paint gun from Lowes or Harbour Freight and spray some good product on there.

I prefer PPG products and the Concept single stage is a very good product. The Shop Line isn't to bad either, but if you can afford it go with the Concept line. You could expect to pay under a $100 for the paint and hardener. You could use reducer in it, but in an engine bay I wouldn't worry about it. You will end up with a little bit more orange peel, but less likely that you will put any runs in it! If you can find a cheap gun with a 1.5 or larger tip would be better.

Good luck!
 

EHmotorsports

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Painting with a spray gun will defenitly get you the best results. but if you don't have a compressor or gun. The paint store can mix and put them into cans for an added cost.
 

EMX5636

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I've only seen a few cars that I think look good with a colored body and a black bay. Most of them, only the firewall was painted a semi-gloss black, and the sides/rad supports/strut towers etc were fresh painted body color. When I had my engine bay done, it was all removed and sprayed white. I love it, makes it look so clean even though I still have a lot of stuff bolted in there.
 

wildman24

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Nov 26, 2010
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Benton city, wa
When i did mine, I went to an automotive paint store and had them mix up a pint of factory paint and had it put into 3 aerosol cans. It was only 70 bucks. I cleaned and prepped the engine bay and it turned out great!
 

Vr4junkie

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Im Planning on doing the same thing to my engine bay if any thing i might go with Dupli-Color there usually about 6-7 bucks a can at your parts store. But black should look good I wanna go with a black metallic high temp if they sell it.
 
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