Engine compartment clean up... update

[a6t9vette]

Well Im starting to make some progress now. Here are some pictures... No comments on the "chevy treatment", There was no way I was going to be able to match the color of the car in the compartment, so i just freshened up the black.....

I sure hope I rememeber were everything goes..... I cant wait for the black to dry so I can see the fresh orange against it..... this have been easier with the engine out.... :yesnod:

More to come once I get some more time to work on it.....

 

[mcmopar]

Actually you may have been able to match it closer than you think. I took my front valence panel (the one between the bumber and grille) to a local auto paint supply store and asked if they could match it (since the car isn't the original F8 green) and then put it in aerosol spray cans. They said "yes we can but you have to buy a case (12 cans) of it." It cost me $178 but the engine bay, bottom of the hood and stock wheels came out looking great. When I tell people that the engine bay and bottom of the hood were done with spray cans they can't believe it. I wish I had known you were contemplating painting the engine bay because I'd have told you this earlier. In any case, I'm sure it will look nice in black and maybe one day in the future you can follow my lead. I did my previous car ('71 Charger SE) with black in the engine bay simply because the guy I bought it from had it painted in a Chevy light blue and then sprayed a couple of light coats of clear pearl over it which made it impossible to match. It came out looking nice.

 

[ACME A12]

No comments on the "chevy treatment"

Well, now that just takes all of the fun right out of it...


Looks good - nice job.

I'll keep an eye out for the updates. :cheers:

:jester:
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[ACME A12]

since the car isn't the original F8 green It cost me $178

Would have been like $4 if you had gone with F8... :lmao: ot: :lmao:


:jester:
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[mcmopar]

Well, it was "F8" but not Ivy Green Metallic. It seems PPG has an F8 Jade Green Metallic which is what the car was shot with back in the mid '90's. While it isn't a perfect match with the color on the car it is close enough that it is very hard to distinguish between the two colors. The hood stripes help with the deception since the green on the inner fenders does not come into direct contact with the green on the car since the black hood stripes are there.
Wise guy.

 

[george68hemirr]

a6t9vette......LOOKS GREAT.....FROM NITE TO DAY......BIG DIFFERENCE A LITTLE PAINT MAKES

 

[John69RR]

Both look good. Intersting tip on the spray cans.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Looking good :cheers:

 

[69hemibeep]

Lookin good I also have used the spray can thing on my jeep. :cheers:

 

[Roadcuda]

I also used rattle can paint when I cleaned up the engine compartment on my Barracuda. I got the paint from Paint Scratch, it wasn't a perfect match but was very close.

 

[a6t9vette]

Thanks for the tip on the body color spray..... If/when I ever need to pull the block I may try that, but with the block in Im not sure I would have been able to do that....

As for today, I did get some more time to work on the car, and got to start putting some pieces of the puzzel back together. So here what she looked like at the end of todays projects.......

 

[Roadcuda]

That's lookin' good!

 

[mcmopar]

X2

 

[dobie]

Looking good!

 

[69hemibeep]

One thing for sure a fresh black engine bay sets the engine off

 

[george68hemirr]

One thing for sure a fresh black engine bay sets the engine off

yes it does

 

[glhcarl]

I also used rattle can paint when I cleaned up the engine compartment on my Barracuda. I got the paint from Paint Scratch, it wasn't a perfect match but was very close.

And by using a "rattle can" you can get those fractory runs in the paint. :acme:

 

[John69RR]

Looks good.

 

[ACME A12]

Are you sure we can't make even a little chebbie engine bay wisecrack...?

JK

Looks good.

:jester:
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[joewhite440]

Both jobs look good to me!!!

Joe