What color should I paint my engine bay?

[Jeff Lange]

Forget about value of the car IMO, do what you think you like best.

I plan on keeping the Supra for a long time anyways, probably past when they're down to about $100, lol.

 

[Mark2JZ]

when i did the motor swap in my corolla i did the bay black (rubberized texture). i'm quite pleased with how it came out.

 

[Loki]

when i did the motor swap in my corolla i did the bay black (rubberized texture). i'm quite pleased with how it came out.

That looks really good.

 

[sammydafish]

when i did the motor swap in my corolla i did the bay black (rubberized texture). i'm quite pleased with how it came out.

damn, that's one clean corolla :bigthumb:

 

[YoNkErS87t]

Keep it the stock color. keeps value and looks better(IMO).

Ever see a car with a hot paint job and when he pops is hood its a totaly different color. Looks pretty cheesy and cheap.

 

[Jeff Lange]

Keep it the stock color. keeps value and looks better(IMO).

Ever see a car with a hot paint job and when he pops is hood its a totaly different color. Looks pretty cheesy and cheap.

It totally depends if it was done right or not.

 

[streetknight]

when i did the motor swap in my corolla i did the bay black (rubberized texture). i'm quite pleased with how it came out.

wow not to go off topic but thats nice.
paint it the color of the car

 

[xt32]

I think that black bay looks awesome! I'm gonna go with that and see how it comes out. I was gonna do it yesterday, but my dang daily driver, my integra, the water pump failed, so i had a fun day of doing a timing belt and water pump replacement !!!!

 

[sorcereur]

How do you strip the paint in the engine bay?

What did you use?

 

[MKIIINA]

same as the rest of the car unless you want to be JdM TyTe and then go with primer

 

[sammydafish]

I think that black bay looks awesome! I'm gonna go with that and see how it comes out. I was gonna do it yesterday, but my dang daily driver, my integra, the water pump failed, so i had a fun day of doing a timing belt and water pump replacement !!!!

If you're going to do the engine bay in black, then pull the fenders. This will make it so that where the fenders are all one color. There's no way you can cut a line on that fender and make it not look ghetto. If you keep the fenders and the radiator support (or at least the top of it) all the body color, and do the engine bay in black, it might actualy look kinda good.

When things are just black all over, it makes it look like whoever did the job was lazy and sloppy, something I'd stay away from unless that's the look you're looking for.

 

[liukc]

I say black, check out the link in my sig

 

[xt32]

Well that should be easy, cause my fenders are already off, so is every thing else :sonic: Since i finished the timing belt change on my daily driver i can finaly get back to work on my real car, the supra! I'll post some pics tonight.