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Old 03-14-03, 04:50 PM
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Paint my engine bay black???


should i paint my engine bay black?

If so, flat or gloss black?
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Old 03-14-03, 04:52 PM
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Noooooooooo it makes everything stand out nice the way it is! Dont ruin it!
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Old 03-14-03, 04:59 PM
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nono dont do that look ugly in black, leave it the way it is. believe me
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I would say leave it the way it is. If you simply have to have it black, I would go gloss black. Easier to clean and would look clean in the first place. Flat black would look like you rattle-canned it. I had a black engine compartment on a red car and it looked pretty good, but would have looked better red IMO.
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OK you all talked me out of it

Thanks for the imput guys!
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Old 03-15-03, 12:34 AM
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Don't do it man!! Your engine bay is clean the way it is!!

if you wanna clean up your engine bay chuck your cruise control system and that stupid cable that circles around. I'm happy I took mine out, I didn't ever use it anyway.
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