View Poll Results: Engine compartment Color?
Paint Engine compartment Yellow
10
26.32%
Leave it Black like it came from factory.
28
73.68%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll
Engine Compartment Opinion
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
Engine Compartment Opinion
I was thinking that it may look cool painting the fender wells and fire wall the same color as the car(Bright Yellow). Or would that look too 80's? This is on my '76 and I really don't care for it being "original".
Last edited by Bruthish; Sep 21, 2008 at 07:50 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
Thanks for the opinions so far guys. I like the idea of painting it Yellow to be a little "different" from the norm. However, I like just plain black....so I dunno what to do. Since I have the engine out, I am re-doing the compartment anyway so now is the time to decide.
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I'm doing an S-10 race truck the same way (hugger orange) we have all the panels off and it's easy to do. We are using the same base coat as the rest of the truck. I've seen this in some of the shows and it looks good-if it's done right. I painted my 78 semigloss black because I wasn't painting the car at the time. I say if you have the engine compartment open, why not? It may take some extra cleaning- I would make sure to clear coat it to make it easier to clean. It's really a personal preference. I don't think it's too 80's though...DDBS
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From: walpole ma
here is something to think about before you make your decision. For your engine compartment to look as good yellow as the outside of the car, it will have to look as smooth as the outside of your car. This will require a lot of work. If you paint a gloss color on a rough area such as the engine compartments of our cars, it will not look very good.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
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Ok so I voted for black but my opinion would be to paint the firewall yellow and leave the rest gloss black. Then I woul duse plenty of chrome and yellow accents! but please stay away from the yellow wire loom it looks to ricer!
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