Hey everyone, long time no see! It's been a while since I have posted. Real life kinda got in the way for a bit (bought a house, got married, etc) so the Camaro project had been on a hold. I am at a point where I can start thinking about continuing to work on the old girl which basically means tearing the old car apart, taking all the parts off of it that I can, transferring it to another Camaro that has a straight body, and then modifying the engine for forced induction.

Now that I got that out of the way...

I would like to have a painted engine bay which will be the same color as the car...a Lexus color, U81 Ultrasonic Blue Mica. Anyways, I worry about painting the area of the strut tower tops. I would really hate to go through all the cost of having a pristine engine bay, only to have that paint get scratched to all get out the first time I go to adjust the camber using my Spohn spherical upper mounts. Does anyone know of a fix or workaround for this? Maybe I just need to paint the strut tops a separate color, like a flat black, then just use touch up paint when I scratch it during the alignment?

 

The OE paint doesn't seem to have a problem, and in most cases the engine bay wasn't even clear coated very well. Assuming the person doing the alignment isn't a complete bonehead, it should be a non-issue.