engine bay painting

[chargerman68]

wondering which one i should do  my new 6.1 hemi should be arriving soon and im pulling out the brand new 440

[keepat]

#3 paint it the same color as the car
Pat

[chargerman68]

is already

[G-man]

Chevies came out with black engine bay while the body of the car was different (was the cheap way of doing things)

U got a Mopar... paint same colour engine bay as the car. Yellow with chrome looks absolutelly hot - so get to chroming the engine bay!

[Brock Samson]

       

and not so much as a question mark either...

[1969chargerrtse]

Chevies came out with black engine bay while the body of the car was different (was the cheap way of doing things)

U got a Mopar... paint same colour engine bay as the car. Yellow with chrome looks absolutely hot - so get to chroming the engine bay!

That's funny, I always thought painting the whole car and engine bay the same color was cheaper than masking off the engine bay and painting it another color?   

[Ghoste]

Probably depends on the order things were assembled.  In a mass production setting if it were set up to take advantage of it, there could definitely be some cost benefits realized with engine bay and underbody being a single uniform color.

[Charger-Bodie]

Chevies came out with black engine bay while the body of the car was different (was the cheap way of doing things)

U got a Mopar... paint same colour engine bay as the car. Yellow with chrome looks absolutely hot - so get to chroming the engine bay!

That's funny, I always thought painting the whole car and engine bay the same color was cheaper than masking off the engine bay and painting it another color?   

Rob, you dont really think GM actually masked off the gine compartment , do you?

[General_01]

The engine bay in my Citroen Yellow '71 is black. I just got my stroker back from the builder and before that motor goes in the car, it is getting painted body color. Body color over black any day of the week. I also repainted the engine bay in my GL replica a few years ago. Series correct is black, but I painted it orange anyway and it looked 1,000 times better.

[tan top]

 if it were mine i would  paint it body color   

[1969chargerrtse]

Chevies came out with black engine bay while the body of the car was different (was the cheap way of doing things)

U got a Mopar... paint same colour engine bay as the car. Yellow with chrome looks absolutely hot - so get to chroming the engine bay!

That's funny, I always thought painting the whole car and engine bay the same color was cheaper than masking off the engine bay and painting it another color?   

Rob, you don't really think GM actually masked off the engine compartment , do you?

Hi Brian. Got me, but how do you get two colors next to each other without using some sort of tape?  Do you think one way was done over another for cost, or just a different look?

[The70RT]

Why would you consider black???

[gers1968rt]

How can you beat this combo?

[KMPX2]

keep it yellow

[TUFCAT]

If the engine bay is already painted body color,  why would you consider the time and expense of painting it black? 

[69chargerboy]

#3 paint it the same color as the car
Pat

[PocketThunder]

what was the original color of your car?

[Kevin68N71]

I spray bombed mine flat black 30 years ago as the repaint was flaking off and showing the old color underneath. I was not aware of neat things back then of getting your color in spray cans and at least doing that, as I would have likely tried to at least make it close.

It doesn't look good, but it is not an eyesore either.

[1969chargerrtse]

How can you beat this combo?

Wow!, nice, real nice.   

[chargerman68]

what was the original color of your car?

red

[PocketThunder]

what was the original color of your car?

red

You could paint the engine bay PP1 then in case you ever go back to the original color.

[chargerman68]

i just like the blk look its easy to clean up


the main reason is because the guy who did my paint screwed up the pain and there is over spray and some blk and some spot that dont have any paint on anything you can see the primer

[Charger-Bodie]

i just like the blk look its easy to clean up


the main reason is because the guy who did my paint screwed up the pain and there is over spray and some blk and some spot that dont have any paint on anything you can see the primer

Just a little FYI My Black Charger of course has a black engine compartment.....Let be the first to tell you black engine compartments SUCK to clean!

[69 OUR/TEA]

i just like the blk look its easy to clean up


the main reason is because the guy who did my paint screwed up the pain and there is over spray and some blk and some spot that dont have any paint on anything you can see the primer

Just a little FYI My Black Charger of course has a black engine compartment.....Let be the first to tell you black engine compartments SUCK to clean!

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