Engine Painting Flat black or Glossy?

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Apr 9, 2008 | 01:41 PM

Firebirdcrazy

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Engine Painting Flat black or Glossy?

I bought all the paint and stuff needed to repaint areas of the engine bay especially above the radiator, and head light assemblies, and where the hood latches in behind the nose. The stock paint was flat black. Should I repaint them in flat black? or should I redo the whole area in Glossy black for better show quality? What do you think? How do you polish up the AC Condenser and other metals around it?

Apr 9, 2008 | 02:17 PM

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i did my entire engine bay in flat black and I wish I would have used satin now. i would say go a little more glossy like satin

Apr 9, 2008 | 03:08 PM

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Gloss will flow alot better with your custom paint FYI

Apr 9, 2008 | 05:20 PM

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yeah and flat black just looks dirty sometimes, i wouldnt like it in the engine bay unless it was accents or something like that.

Apr 9, 2008 | 07:52 PM

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glossy dumdumdum

Apr 9, 2008 | 08:04 PM

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I did mine in gloss, FWIW

I say gloss black

Apr 9, 2008 | 08:16 PM

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Gloss will flow alot better with your custom paint FYI

I would have to agree.

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Apr 9, 2008 | 08:49 PM

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Gloss im going to do mine when I pull my motor hopefully by next yr.

Apr 9, 2008 | 09:05 PM

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go with glossy

Apr 9, 2008 | 10:10 PM

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yea dude you dont want to have a paint that gets dirty real easily because that would be a PITA to keep clean, go gloss

Apr 9, 2008 | 10:15 PM

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Gloss or at least semi gloss

Scrub the AC Dryer (which is what that canister is, the condenser sits in front of the radiator) with some engine degreaser, then soap and water - see how you like it then before you start sanding and polishing, because youre gonna have to keep up with the polishing every now and then

Apr 9, 2008 | 10:15 PM

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Gloss .................

Apr 9, 2008 | 10:18 PM

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satin

Apr 10, 2008 | 01:06 AM

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looks real nice!

Apr 10, 2008 | 04:26 AM

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im about to do alot of my stuff in satin black

Apr 10, 2008 | 10:41 AM

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satin

Thats looks nice

Apr 10, 2008 | 10:45 AM

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Alrighty guys I spent half the night in my garage painting up my engine bay. I used semi gloss for most of the frontal area, and then used glossy black for the ram air box, and the strut bar. It did come out real nice so I will post some before and after pics as soon as I upload them today.