View Poll Results: Engine compartment Color?

Paint Engine compartment Yellow

26.32%

Leave it Black like it came from factory.

73.68%

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Sep 21, 2008 | 07:48 PM

Bruthish

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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".

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Sep 21, 2008 | 07:59 PM

1971Coupe

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leave it black and add some chrome if you don't care about the factory look.

Sep 21, 2008 | 08:55 PM

joshtried

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yellow, make it different

Sep 21, 2008 | 09:01 PM

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Sep 21, 2008 | 09:14 PM

Bruthish

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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.

Sep 21, 2008 | 10:07 PM

hammadown

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paint it gloss black

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Sep 21, 2008 | 10:16 PM

DEMITRISTYLES

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Black.

Sep 21, 2008 | 10:21 PM

SIXFOOTER

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Gloss Black would look good. you could also do a yellow splatter design on it.

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Sep 21, 2008 | 10:43 PM

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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

Sep 21, 2008 | 11:06 PM

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Canuck Stingray

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Just paint the car black to match the engine compartment...seriously tho, I kinda like Sixfooter's splatter idea.

Sep 21, 2008 | 11:10 PM

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7T1vette

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Gloss black is really "cheezy" in the engine compartment. Keep it semi-flat or semi-gloss. If the car is ONLY a show car, do the "yellow" thing.

Sep 21, 2008 | 11:35 PM

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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.

Food for thought

Sep 22, 2008 | 12:40 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruthish

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?

It wouldn't look too 80's. It would look too ugly 80's.

Sep 22, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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Bruthish

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869

It wouldn't look too 80's. It would look too ugly 80's.

I was patiently waiting for one of your purist responses. You never disappoint my friend

Sep 22, 2008 | 09:57 AM

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mexdsk

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I say leave it black.
Then get some Yellow wire wrap to re-bundle the wiring harnes.
could even get hose covers also.

Sep 22, 2008 | 11:06 AM

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PhyscoVette

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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!

Later

Physcovette