Flat black engine bay
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Im pulling the motor out of my pewter SS tomorrow and i wanna do some cleaning up in the like the wire mod and I was thinking about repainting the bay flat black. Has anyone ever done this? How do you guys think this would look? Or would you just respray it pewter? All suggestions welcome along with anything else you can think of the might make the bay look a little cleaner.
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did some cars come from the factory with black engine bays? i see alot of 64-73 mustangs with black engines bays..on on little toy cars... the engine bays are black.
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"They way it was explained to me by a paint chemist was that Flat was the lowest, then Matte gloss was little higher, then Satin was next highest, then Semi-Gloss, the something called reduced sheen, then the highest or full gloss."
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When I had my engine out for LS3 swap in my T/A I painted engine bay with the vht wrinkle/texture paint it came out real good,It is real durable,Plus it hides scratches so you don't have to spend days prepping and sanding.Will see if I cant gets some picks up
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I painted everything you could see.core support front end brackets anything you can see when car is fully assembled I painted
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