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Finally had time to get the engine bay painted...

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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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Default Finally had time to get the engine bay painted...
What do you guys think? The car is stripped out for my new build and I figured it was the perfect time to get that tired old engine bay fixed up and lookin right again! Anyways, here's the pics!

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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Looks good man! Keep up the good work!
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Nice, what did you use to paint it?
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Actually I used Rustoleum high gloss protective enamel. I'd never even really had any experience with it till I had to use it at work to paint something and damn it's durable... and has a great shine to it, so I figured hmm... wonder if it'll work in the engine bay. Guess we'll see!
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Paint and clear or just the paint?
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Paint and clear or just the paint?
Amazingly enough that was just the paint. I'm not even sure if I'll actually clear it or not yet. It looks very good as it sits.
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Cool, so that picture is the paint dried? If so, I'll be doing the same!
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nice, cant wait to see it all together.
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Amazing job, you did everything by yourself?
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Cool, so that picture is the paint dried? If so, I'll be doing the same!
Yep, paint fully dried and cured man!
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Amazing job, you did everything by yourself?
Yep, the g/f and I! She taped everything off and did most of the prep work lol.
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good work, looks great!
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I would have removed the fenders instead of masking them off
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Looks good man. That future boosted set-up will look at home in a nice glossy bay.
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nice job, should look great all put back together
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looks alot better nice job.
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looks real nice for a rattle can job.
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Thanks guys!
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Yep, the g/f and I! She taped everything off and did most of the prep work lol.
You might want to hold on to that girl...I can just imagine what my wife would say if I asked her to help with anything on the car!

Nice job, the paint looks great!
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Looks good, I need to do this eventually
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