ok so i primered my engine bay then painted it battleship grey.

tell me what you think. (the original color was black, and my car is silver, i dont think they looked good together)

 

I think it depends on what you plan with the motor. Black would make any shiny parts or bright painted parts really stand out and look sharp. If the motor is black or darkly colored with darker colored accents then a bright white or silver engine bay would do the same thing in reverse. The contrast would be showy either way but if you don't want that then match the bay with the motor to camoflauge(sp?) the not-so-impressiveness of it.

 

my engine colors.

 

Ok, so what would you rather have stand out? the front cover and intake manifold or the black end housings and intermediate housing? If you want it all to be "out there", use a color other than silver or black like royal blue or cardinal red or emerald green . It's hard to say since your exterior is already silver and your interior looks like a light grey. You still haven't told us the effect your looking to achieve.

 

i vote for pink

 

i like it =)

 

My motor is Grabber Green and Silver

In my 90 GXL

 

here is some pics of Grabber Green

http://members.cardomain.com/rotaryforce13b

Just wanted to be different.

 

you cajuns have some odd tastes

 

Hey, it looks good, I dont give a damn what color it is, as long as its not pink or something gay like that, and its all clean. Itll look good no mater what.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Ahhh why is your tranny green!?!

 

I like it...should look wonderful.

 

i think it'll look clean

 

just make it the same color as ur car
or if ur car goingv to have two tone then get the minor color in ur enginebay

 

Mine is 2 tone black and white....the black is rubberized undercoating

 

Nice! Looks real good, my engine bay has some spots that definately need some repainting. How did you do it? I mean, did you sand it all down to bare metal or did you just scuff it up with some scotchbrite or something? Did you sand in between coats or did you not care enough to do that? Looks good either way you did it.

 

washed it down with water using a hose. sprayed engine degreaser on it. used a small brush and brushed the **** off of it. let it dry then primed it. let that dry then sprayed the paint on it.

 

Ya don't thing electric gooney-green looks "gay"? Okay...

Seriously, I'll say that it is certainly unique, and it get's an "A" for creativity.


- k -

 

OK, ok, this is the reason why my tanny is green. I wanted to paint it New Cast Aluminum (go with a more conservative look), but my friend was joking with me and said we need to paint it green. I started thinking of how I could get out of cleaning that nasty thing. So I told him that if he would clean the tranny that I would paint it green. Well, at least I got out of having to clean it, and I figured that your not really going to really see it anyway so what the hell. Also, I thought it would give the guys at the tire shop something to talk about when they put it on the lift……heheheee

Here is my 90 GXL it don’t have the stripes on it any more

My 90 GXL

 

i would go with black, not for cosmetic, but as heat ... cause wouldnt a black engine bay soak some of the heat away from the engine?

 

Color heat absorbation relates to light. Usually not a problem when driving as it covered by the hood.

But if you are working on the engine with the hood off or at the angle the sun shines onto the engine bay, you will absorb heat.

In other words color of engine will not cause any heat problem.

 

i was referring to the bay ..

and black absorbs heat, so it seems as though even just a little heat would be asborbed into the black bay from the engine ...

 

As I said, though, color heat absorbation is only related to light.