Engine Bay Paint Suggestions

72bluNblu said

If you paint the engine bay a semi gloss or flat black, it will NOT hide leaks. The leaks will be shiny, the paint will not be. I was going to suggest not painting the engine bay satin black for that reason, it looks like crap when it gets oil on it because it will show up shiny against the flat paint. But if you're worried about hiding leaks, well, satin black will not do that.

As for the rest of the car, paint it whatever you like. If the next owner gets tired of it, they can paint it. There's a really good chance when my Challenger gets painted it will be "hot rod" black- a nice satin black that's a little richer than flat black primer.

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Oh thats comforting, yeah i am a bit of an oddball, i painted everything in my kitchen white, white cabinets, white countertops ext, and everyone was like THAT WILL LOOK DIRTY AS **** AND WONT HIDE ANY OF THE MESS!!!! and im like thats the point....you can SEE WHERE THE MESS IS SO YOU CAN CLEAN IT UP/FIX IT.


Id like to apply the same principal to my engine bay, i dont wanna hide leaks i want to address them. So this is very solid info, the whole hiding stuff bit was really my only reservation about going black.

FULL SEND!!!!

as for the next owner, there wont be one...im driving this one straight through the gates of Hell. I sold a mopar once, and it crushed me. Never again.