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Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Old Nov 24, 2025 | 09:49 AM
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Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Well i Finally got the Engine Bay Painted And the Motor Set in. Now Its in storage till June of next year ..That's when i have more money to continue the build.



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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 10:30 AM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Very nice! Very smooth with no orange peel that I can see. I hope I can get my bay to look as good. I have very little experience in shooting metallic.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 10:43 AM
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Its a modified bright blue metallic.. and i had someone paint it.. i Suck at painting.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 10:47 AM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Sometimes, ya have to know your limits!
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 11:56 AM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Originally Posted by 69-er
Very nice! Very smooth with no orange peel that I can see. I hope I can get my bay to look as good. I have very little experience in shooting metallic.
Originally Posted by sodak
Its a modified bright blue metallic.. and i had someone paint it.. i Suck at painting.
base coat clear coat is very simple once you get some time to do it.
if you can spray non metallic paint, then you can spray mettalic paint.
Dont brush yourself off on leanring a new thing or two, paint is actually pretty easy.

the blue looks good, im hoping to get mine painted by march.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 12:48 PM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

You are correct, But in this instance , I wanted it done right the first time, and trying out this body shop to see when the time comes to paint the rest of the car ,If i come back, Does that make sense. I hate looking for new companies and this was as much as a test as it was seeing if i like the color.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 06:28 PM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Looks great! What accessory drive is that? The black looks good.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 08:16 PM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted




Holley mid mount system
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Old Dec 1, 2025 | 07:29 PM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

That's great looking work, and my favorite color blue.
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Old Dec 2, 2025 | 10:35 AM
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Re: Engine Bay is finaly Painted

Thank You.. Mine as well.
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Old Dec 9, 2025 | 07:56 AM
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looks good!
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Old Dec 9, 2025 | 08:24 AM
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Thank You.
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Old Mar 21, 2026 | 10:09 AM
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That Looks Familiar!!
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Old Mar 21, 2026 | 10:12 AM
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That Looks Familiar!!
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