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Old 12-11-09, 09:27 PM
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What color should I paint my engine bay? I can't decide so I want some opinions
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Old 12-11-09, 09:43 PM
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Paint it the same color as your car.
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Old 12-11-09, 10:00 PM
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But I'm going to paint my car soon.
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paint it sparkly like a bass boat. mad JDM yo!
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Old 12-11-09, 11:07 PM
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Rofl sounds fine to me
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Old 12-12-09, 02:11 AM
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paint it sparkly like a bass boat. mad JDM yo!
ya and order a JDM 12a turbo fan and slap on the JDM sticker with a toy hanging from the tow hook that will be even more JDM

OH OH dont for get that 2 inch lip under the front end so it looks like its really from japan
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Old 12-12-09, 08:27 PM
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Heres what the engine bay of my car looked like when I first got it...



Then I painted it with duplicolor truck bed liner...


...Now it looks like this! Highly recommended.
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little late but it looks good. i thought about doing this to mine, but my's brown right now
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But I'm going to paint my car soon.
So you are asking which color to paint the car?
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Old 04-25-10, 10:13 PM
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Paint it the same colour you plan on painting your car.
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Paint it the same colour you plan on painting your car.
unless your 7 is black, i'd keep it the color you plan on painting the car,
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Old 04-26-10, 12:02 PM
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Personally, I'm a fan of matching the outside.

But if you want to go with two different colors, then black is a good choice for aesthetics, while a dull battleship grey makes it easier to detect leaks.
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I'm painting the car, and engine bay rx8 Winning blue.
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same color as the car
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I'm painting the car, and engine bay rx8 Winning blue.
outstanding choice for the win!
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outstanding choice for the win!
lmao! it is a nice color
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I'll get pics up when I get it done. Should look very nice on an FB
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