Painting engine soon...

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Dec 20, 2003 | 08:56 PM

8835thL98

Thread Starter

Racer

Joined: Dec 2003

Posts: 378

Likes: 0

Painting engine soon...

Sometime next week or after Christmas, I want to paint my plenum and runners black, and re-paint my valve covers back to silver. Yay or Nay?

Dec 21, 2003 | 05:06 PM

brdd

Melting Slicks

Joined: Apr 2002

Posts: 3,268

Likes: 2

From: Minnesota in the summer, Las Vegas in the winter

Re: Painting engine soon... (-=Persephone=-)

Consider having them powdercoated. They will look great and the color will never fade. They will be very scratch-resistant. You can have this done in just about any color imaginable. :yesnod:

Dec 21, 2003 | 08:09 PM

Midnite 88

Drifting

Joined: Nov 2000

Posts: 1,428

Likes: 1

From: Jacksonville FL

Re: Painting engine soon... (brdd)

I painted my valve covers "Wrinkle Paint Black" to match the black plenum and runners. I think it looks better than black on the plenum and runners and silver or chrome on the valve covers. Of course if you left your plenim and runners natural the silver on the valve covers would look better.

Just my opinion.

Mike.

Dec 21, 2003 | 10:34 PM

ZF Six

Melting Slicks

Joined: Jul 2003

Posts: 3,413

Likes: 138

From: Texas

Re: Painting engine soon... (-=Persephone=-)

:cheers:

[Modified by ZF Six, 9:38 PM 12/21/2003]

Dec 21, 2003 | 10:58 PM

USA-VET

Le Mans Master

Joined: Dec 2003

Posts: 8,119

Likes: 0

From: That dam place where it rains all the time

Re: Painting engine soon... (-=Persephone=-)

looks nice and very orignal, let it be man!! :chevy :nono:

Dec 22, 2003 | 08:13 AM

Dark-Knight

Race Director

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 11,133

Likes: 1

From: ~The DARKSIDE Group~

Re: Painting engine soon... (-=Persephone=-)

Never know when you need to pop the clam shell, like wearing clean underwear, always gotta be prepared so look your best even in places folks don;t normally look. :thumbs:

Great name for the Forum by the way!

[Modified by Beautiful Beast, 7:14 AM 12/22/2003]

Dec 22, 2003 | 10:41 AM

86_RedRider

Melting Slicks

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 2,770

Likes: 0

From: Construction Sucks! MI

Cruise-In V Veteran

St. Jude Contributor '03 & '05

Re: Painting engine soon... (Beautiful Beast)

doin it this winter also.

Dec 22, 2003 | 10:59 AM

LuvMyVette

Instructor

Joined: Apr 2001

Posts: 194

Likes: 0

From: Uledi, PA

Re: Painting engine soon... (Beautiful Beast)

Quote:

Never know when you need to pop the clam shell, like wearing clean underwear, always gotta be prepared so look your best even in places folks don;t normally look. :thumbs:

Exactly right!!! I went to a cruise in one day and had my baby sparkling clean. Some guy walked up and said, "The outside looks good but the real test is what does it look like under the hood?" I popped the hood and his jaw about hit the ground. His comment... "D@mn, you could eat off of that thing!!"

And that's the way I like it to look. :yesnod:

[Modified by LuvMyVette, 11:00 AM 12/22/2003]

[Modified by LuvMyVette, 11:01 AM 12/22/2003]