Help with painting engine compartment

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Sep 27, 2008 | 09:10 PM

Mikey65

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Help with painting engine compartment

What are the pieces that connect the front crossmember to the front lower valance painted?

What about the inside of the front lower valance? Is it blacked out like the rest of the engine compartment?

What about the inside area where the gills are just behind the wheel wells?

What about the brackets attaching the bumper to the frame?

Sep 27, 2008 | 09:39 PM

Hitch

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What are you intentions to get it Judged or just to be nice?? If it the latter it's paint it how you like. If you care to get it Judged I would get you a JG. Dave

Sep 27, 2008 | 09:45 PM

vettes1st

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St. Jude Donor '06

1. black
2.natural
3.natural
4.black

Sep 27, 2008 | 09:50 PM

Mikey65

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Originally Posted by Hitch

What are you intentions to get it Judged or just to be nice?? If it the latter it's paint it how you like. If you care to get it Judged I would get you a JG. Dave

To be nice for the most part... above post says natural for the inside lower valance, but it already has overspray and looks like

Sep 27, 2008 | 09:58 PM

Hitch

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To be nice for the most part... above post says natural for the inside lower valance, but it already has overspray and looks like

All of the fender well and fiber glass I would paint semi-flat krylon. For the frame I used Gloss but that was what I wanted. You may want to use semi-gloss.

If you are not going to have the car Judged then you can do what you like. That is what I have done because I drive the crap out of mine..

Sep 27, 2008 | 10:20 PM

62Jeff

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I tend to agree with Dave. If your goal is to make it look nice and enjoy it, you can't go wrong with either a semi-flat, or satin black for the fiberglass pieces.

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