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Motor is coming out, and my question is how stupid is it of me to want to really detail the engine bay?

I had a supercharger and they did a horrible battery tray switch, they really butchered the job and I have rust where they fabbed a makeshift battery tray.

When installing the s/c I figure they had clearance problems with the piping (s/c is a paxton sn-89 made for Mustangs I think) and had to dent the wheel well to make clearance for the s/c.

The horrible paint condition really makes me want to sand it and paint it myself (never painted before) and remove the dent the best I can. I would also like to remove the rust from the rigged battery tray (remove it all together), ALL THE RUST and move the battery to the rear while I have time to get the motor ready.

Am I being stupid here?

bitchin85camaro

i had a friend that painted his while teh motor was in! it still turned out really good. i would suggest if youve never painted before to have someone help you. it will take a while once you figure the time your going to take in preping it, then painting it. most likely primer, then a couple coats of your color of choice.

Karps TA

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If you have any thoughts about doing in the do it now. I'm working on it myself.

jay92,85,79

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Best time to paint it. If u don't u will wish u did. The hardest thing is getting all the old gresse off. The rust I would sand blast. Messy but it works good. If no sand blaster I have used rust mort. And never had a prob with rust comeing back. Anywere there is bare metal use a good 2 part etching primmer.( not can) Then u can prime and paint. Or (not sure) If u can just paint over the etch primmer. Or use a sealer than paint.

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Car is white and thinking of doing the bay black so all the oil stains are concealed

Would that look wierd/

jay92,85,79

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i did mine that way. But i did it like that so if it gets scratched up . It will be easy to touch up.and your resson to. Kinda hard to see good. I have to get some better pics

I-rocin

paint the engine bay one solid color, then detail the specific things the color of your car(i.e. colored hoses, strut tower caps, etc.) make sure they match though

TomP

I guess if your car was going to be a trailer queen/show-only ride, then it'd look weird. But I'd never question a black engine bay... in fact, I spray painted mine that way! One of these years when I rebuild my motor (laughs) I'll be re-doing the engine bay over again, cleaning it and sanding it and etc- but it'll wind up with black paint on it again.

Kat

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Do it while it is removed. When I did the engine in my IROC I took EVERYTHING out.

I still wish that it looked this good. *grumbles something about the damn salt and winter driving*

Kat

Kat

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Another.

Kat

jay92,85,79

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Looks good kat . I kind like how it looked in the flat primmer.

bottledbird68

I say go for it

GokuZ06Roc

I love that camaro to death but hate that intake tube...but everything else is so sweet i love it

SLP IROC-Z

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its worth it!

bottledbird68

Give me some ideas to spruce it up a bit and I'm all over it

GarageToys

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Jay painted mine this afternoon. Here's the future color of the car- Corvette Admiral blue.

jay92,85,79

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man i really need to get a new cam. That pic looks crappy

C. W. H.

here's my pic...

C. W. H.

Here's a stupid question, but how do you attach pics?

C. W. H.

One more try...