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Old 03-20-2004, 02:11 PM
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Question Need help dressing up the engine bay and painting some parts

Well since my motor is out of the car I might as well start cleaning and painting the engine bay, clean up the wires (wire mod)

I am still not sure though what would look better

I have painted my ls6 manifold and valve covers steel gray pearl like the color of my car


and was thinking of painting my engine bay steel gray also or a silver?

The reason why I was thinking silver is because all the chrome on the outside of the car and I have all my suspension parts powdercoated in a chrome like color
heres messed up picture of my engine bay and I now have a black 85mm lid that I was going to paint steel gray

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should I powdercoat my radiator support, high flow fuel rails and throttle body chome like and paint the rest of the engine bay, Lid, steel gray?

Or paint the engine bay a silver color to match my chrome like suspension parts and throttle body?
heres a picture of the chrome like color of my STB and TB



Any other ideas?

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Personally, I would keep the engine bay the Steel Pearl color like the exterior and continue to use the silver color as an accent...I think the silver throughout the entire bay (firewall, etc. ) would be too much...my .02
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Personally, I would keep the engine bay the Steel Pearl color like the exterior and continue to use the silver color as an accent...I think the silver throughout the entire bay (firewall, etc. ) would be too much...my .02
thats what I was thinking, just trying to think what other parts I can powdercoat silver?
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I'd keep the engine bay the same color as the exterior. You could paint your airlid silver and possibly the covers on your fuse boxes and traction control?




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