D01ss

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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.

ZexGX

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I think painting the engine bay black (matte or gloss) would look hot on a pewter car. I wanted to do the same for mine when the motor was out but didn't have the ***** to rattlecan it or the money to get it done right.

6898camaross

NOT MINE this was in another thread

02TransAm/Batmobile

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Tru dat boi. I never liked glossy engine bays; it jus' didn't look right. I think matte would look better than flat though.

ZexGX

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You mean matte would look better than gloss, right?

BOBS99SS

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i dont think flat looks good under the hood at all, i have seen some killer engine bays and the flat black imo just killed it.just my 2 cents lol

02TransAm/Batmobile

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I thought in terms of "glossiness" the flow went:

Gloss > Semi-Gloss > Satin > Matte > Flat

Satin or Matte has a sheen to it that would look better than flat in my opinion.

FastRidesOnly

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.

firemech21

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Well I have a pewter trans am that I just rebuilt the motor in. While it was out I smoothed, filled holes, and painted the engine bay matte black.

FastRidesOnly

"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."

off google

firemech21

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Here are a couple pics.

D01ss

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thanks for the suggestions and pics, i think im defiantly gonna pant it flat black and ill fill in the holes while im in there to.

thunderstruck507

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I would do satin/semi gloss instead. It has a more finished look. It's how GM did it for years...

carlos64030

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That's the cleanest 4th gen LS1 engine bay I've EVER seen!

Quick99TransAm

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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

=Tac=

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Definitely want to see those pics ^^^

Quick99TransAm

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Here are a couple quick pics of the VHT wrinkle paint.i took like 3 hours to clean and paint.no sand or anything.Make sure you read instructions on can.

optiplex

thanks for these pics!..im in the same delima my self...but seeing it on a pewter car (mine is silver) i think it looks good...

ZexGX

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Question for those of you who paint your engine bay:
Where are the edges for where you stop the paint so that the edge doesn't stand out?

Quick99TransAm

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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