Painted engine bay

[99slverZ]

Well, I've wanted to paint my engine bay for some time now. I was talking with Smooth to have him do it, and his prices were extremely fair. However I had to have some work done on my shortblock, and its not gonig to be cheap. So I decided to try and keep this as "budget" oriented as possible.

This was done using Duplicolor rattle can paint, clear, 250-1200 wet/dry sanding, AND minimum paint experience. :scared: I think it came out OK, around 4-5 hours of labor. I'm sure it would be much better if I had someone who knew what they were doing paint it, but this saved me a lot of money. Cost around $28 total, and if you know what the stock Fbody towers look like, you can see its a major improvement. :1syellow1

Those hoses are getting new sleeves, so I wasn't worried about overspray on those. The actual metal is very uneven, with lots of ridges. Really rough to work with. A lot of guys use bondo to smooth everything out. I just didn't have the time frame, or skill to do all that.

Not the best but you get the idea.

These pictures are about 20 minutes after the final clearcoat, its a bit more glossy now. Should look really good once its waxed, just didn't have time before the work week started.

 

[Im2slow]

looks good

 

[00sonolow]

Looks pretty good Chad!!

 

[stevemilz]

Looks real good!

 

[99slverZ]

Thanks guys! I'm happy it came out okay with a rattle can and negative painting skills. :lol:

 

[greentrunk]

that looks real good man.......good job

 

[Teef racing]

man you need to work on things to make the car go faster you ricer haha

 

[greentrunk]

dont listen to queef, he called me a ricer when i was gonna clean up my engine bay

 

[99slverZ]

man you need to work on things to make the car go faster you ricer haha

Don't worry buddy, I've got that covered too. Just for you though. :1syellow1

I've really wanted to get this done since the last time I had the K-member out. It was really dull and not that clean under the hood. I didn't have the time or money to do little projects like this last time so I'm glad to get it done, won't be perfect but its one step forward.

 

[Teef racing]

dont listen to queef, he called me a ricer when i was gonna clean up my engine bay

lmao im gonna do mine as soon as i get some where to work on it..

 

[Teef racing]

Don't worry buddy, I've got that covered too. Just for you though. :1syellow1

lol looks good man, but you can do it for who ever you want. you will never get passed the teef mobile

 

[99slverZ]

lol looks good man, but you can do it for who ever you want. you will never get passed the teef mobile

Ahh maybe I will, maybe not. Either way my engine bay looks better. :hugegrin:

 

[Teef racing]

Don't worry buddy, I've got that covered too. Just for you though. :1syellow1

I've really wanted to get this done since the last time I had the K-member out. It was really dull and not that clean under the hood. I didn't have the time or money to do little projects like this last time so I'm glad to get it done, won't be perfect but its one step forward.

dont listen to queef, he called me a ricer when i was gonna clean up my engine bay

Ahh maybe I will, maybe not. Either way my engine bay looks better. :hugegrin:

lmao yea you got me there..but my engine bay got me a better et lol

 

[detroitbadboy]

Looks very nice. I just hope after all your work the tail lights dont look that nice. All in fun keep up the good work Chad.

 

[black88coupe]

Looks nice.

 

[webleedorange619]

Nice, I want to get the underside of my hood painted.

 

[MystryGuy]

bad part about spray can is its durability sucks, anything that hits it chemical wise lifts/softens it. Looks nice though, cant go wrong for 28 bux!

 

[99slverZ]

cool. i couldnt stand the dullness either. I did mine a few years ago. never did get around to painting the underside of the hood though
csasek981 did mine

That looks really good! I might do the front support bar once I get some stuff out of here. I'm going to have a member powdercoat a lot of the little brackets, just didn't wanna risk overspray for the time being. Garage is already full of shit so I didn't have room to take it off either lol.

bad part about spray can is its durability sucks, anything that hits it chemical wise lifts/softens it. Looks nice though, cant go wrong for 28 bux!

Yep, I agree with durability. I hope since its under the hood it should be okay. I'm going to try and keep my breathers on my valve covers really clean this year to avoid any oil residue. There was plenty of it when I tore it down.

Thanks again for the comments. I'll get some more pictures once I get everything back together.

 

[NOSBigShot]

holy shit with the huge shock towers where does the motor go?thats why you chevy guys are so slow,no room for the motor,haha looks good,i guess.

 

[Rickety]

Looks good Chad....


Way to Hijack ANOTHER thread Larry!!!!

:handshake:

cool. i couldnt stand the dullness either. I did mine a few years ago. never did get around to painting the underside of the hood though
csasek981 did mine