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[abhi1385]

Hey all sorry if this has been asked before but what is the best paint to use on the engine bay,,,not the engine but im thinking maybe hamerite from halfords can i possibly thin hamerite underseal and use that ?

[crazycoleman118]

use anything you want pal, depends if your doing a quick tidy up.... or a respray of the bay, hammerite looks ok, but we warned it can apparently react if you come to paint over it later on... if you have the engine out, or have the time to mask everything up you cant beat the finish of a spray job

[abhi1385]

thanks mate, im leaving the engine in and going to paint it by hand lol. Its going to take a day I think but should come out good if i take my time hopefully does any one have any pics of there engine bays painted plz

Edited by abhi1385, 19 September 2010 - 09:53 PM.

[ROBBIE 1]

thanks mate, im leaving the engine in and going to paint it by hand lol. Its going to take a day I think but should come out good if i take my time hopefully does any one have any pics of there engine bays painted plz

[M44K TS]

I just used some high temperature satin black for mine, followed by a quick dusting of regular gloss black, held up fine so far.

[daveeeeee]

If you mean the bay rather than the engine, underseal looks quite good if you use the right brand. Hides imperfections makes it look uniform throughout. Get a drop of petrol on it though it goes really gunky Plus it never goes that hard so if you scuff it you might get your favourite shirt messy

Worth adding my local aston martin garage underseal the engine bays of V8s back to db4s ^^

Edited by daveeeeee, 20 September 2010 - 06:20 PM.

[abhi1385]

THANKS for the pics guys ,,,looks great im thinking about this below,let me know what you guys think i used this on my interior and it came out mint looks as new
http://www.halfords....tegoryId_165495

[samsfern]

someone painted mine with hammmerite before i bought it,it looks quite shocking, lots of runs, when i have the engine out at the weekend to do a swap and tidy up, im going to have to strip all the hammerite off, as itll react with the spray paint i intend to use.

[stevede]

I painted mine with cellulose, same as the car when it was being re painetd.





Whilst brush hammerite will be easier to apply, the finish you will get via a spray finish, even a tin, will be far superior.

You will have to do more in the way of removing items and masking though, so it depends on how much time you have and, how much work you want to do.

Either way, good preperation will always yeild a better finish.

Good luck

Steve