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Jul 27, 2011 | 10:49 PM

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Flat black engine bay

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.

Jul 28, 2011 | 12:11 AM

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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.

Jul 28, 2011 | 12:36 AM

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NOT MINE this was in another thread

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Jul 28, 2011 | 12:38 AM

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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.

Jul 28, 2011 | 01:21 AM

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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.

You mean matte would look better than gloss, right?

Jul 28, 2011 | 03:00 AM

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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

Jul 28, 2011 | 03:15 AM

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You mean matte would look better than gloss, right?

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.

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Jul 28, 2011 | 09:06 AM

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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.

Jul 28, 2011 | 09:09 AM

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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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Jul 28, 2011 | 09:11 AM

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Here are a couple pics.

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Jul 28, 2011 | 09:30 AM

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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.

Jul 28, 2011 | 09:35 AM

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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...

Jul 28, 2011 | 09:42 AM

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NOT MINE this was in another thread

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

Jul 28, 2011 | 10:02 AM

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engine bay

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

Jul 28, 2011 | 11:09 AM

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Definitely want to see those pics ^^^

Jul 28, 2011 | 02:22 PM

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pics

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.

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