engine compartment painting??

[goofy289]

Ok, I pulled my fenders,inner fenders,hood and cleared off the firewall tonight so I can try to pretty things up in that area.Question is,any of you folks painted your engine comp. a different color than the rest of your jeep?I'm just thinking of good old black,but i just am having trouble picturing it in my head.
a couple of pics would be awsome if anybody has some to post.
thanx smile.gif

[PlasticBoob]

I quickly cleaned, sanded, primered, then threw on a few coats of black...here' some pics:
http://home.off-road.com/~plasticboob/temp/13.jpg
http://home.off-road.com/~plasticboob/temp/h.JPG
http://home.off-road.com/~plasticboob/temp/i.JPG
http://home.off-road.com/~plasticboob/temp/j.JPG

There's some more pics on my website.

[Drivir8]

Well, just my 2 cents.... I just had my engine bay empty and decided to paint it a nice tan color. It's very close to the color of the interior but the MOST important thing is that it REALLY lightens up that black hole where the engine lives. It's a lot easier to see things in there and if I am ever leaking any oil or other engine blood it should be a heck of a lot easier to spot and find where it's coming from. And it ended up looking pretty good too! smile.gif

[Rogue]

no pics - i did paint mine flat black though but I want the engine to stand out from the crowd so to speak

[AMX factor]

I have a two tone paint job. Dirt on the passenger side and power steering fluid on the driver's side with more dirt added for texture. A true Jeep paint job.

[kreb]

i chose red so that the engine bay is lighter and i can see leaks easier as well.

benjamin

[goofy289]

sounds and looks pretty good. Did you guys just use rattle cans or paint with a sprayer?

[Lambrewski]

I used Duplicolor Truck Bed Lining (rattle can) for a textured satin black. Did rebuilt 360 in navy blue, and virtually everything else flat black. The bed liner has held up great except against 1 drop of brake fluid - came right off.

[Lambrewski]

Attempting a pic....... C:\My Documents\Multimedia\Pictures\Jeep Project\Back In the Saddle\July 27\Pict0003.jpg

[Rogue]

LOL at lambrewski - I tried to do the same thing first time i posted a pic - the pic has to be hosted on the web somewhere not your computer - try fullsizejeeps.com its run by a IFSJA member

i used a cheapo HVLP from Harbor Freight

[PlasticBoob]

Rattle can, can't you tell? ;) smile.gif

[Lindel]

My engine compartment is painted 20W50 brown, matches the engine.

[The Anti-Chrysler]

I did / am in process of doing the whole engine bay in POR-15 gloss black. I have about 75% done and it looks good. The truck is getting painted yellow, so the black looks alot better than the existing bronze!