I would paint it a light colour...or the same colour as the car if it is a light colour....you need all the light you can get when working down in the depths and EZY2C indications when trying to see where the oils coming from
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Mon May 28, 2007 6:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | engine bays |
so im finally decidng to do smthing to my mini its been sitting there waiting tobe workd on and i got some spare time this wknd so im goin to start with the engine bay i was thinking of spraying the firewall in black heat resistant engine enamel as then it is the hardest part to get to to clean grease the black will hide this or i was goin to try find that textured chippproof paint they use to detail the under carriage of show cars the rest of the engine bay im goin to spray nugget gold the original colour not sure on engine clour as of yet anyadvice on this photos of engine bays pre engine installation wld be good ill try get a current foto up tomoro cheers bob |
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| Author: | Hanra [ Mon May 28, 2007 7:34 pm ] |
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The textured paint is called stonegaurd. |
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| Author: | tinymorris1969 [ Mon May 28, 2007 7:35 pm ] |
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cant give u any advice really, but wen u get around to painting ur engine post some pics up plz i juz wanna see it done |
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Mon May 28, 2007 7:43 pm ] |
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yea i will do ill take plenty of photos the aim is to get the engine bay done by sunday arvo but will see how i go not ganna do the engine tillits finished cheers bob |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Mon May 28, 2007 8:21 pm ] |
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I went the other way http://universe.websiteactive.com/~ausmini/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28771&highlight= |
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Mon May 28, 2007 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | White |
I would paint it a light colour...or the same colour as the car if it is a light colour....you need all the light you can get when working down in the depths and EZY2C indications when trying to see where the oils coming from
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Mon May 28, 2007 8:48 pm ] |
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sweet looks good did u use a heat proof enamel on the firwall i only aske because my fire wall atthe moment is really burnt from the heat of the extractors no sure if thatd just my extractors being so old or is it a common thing cheers bob |
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Mon May 28, 2007 8:50 pm ] |
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well yeah i just was goin to paint thefirwall black the rest nugget gold which is my car colour then i was thinking of painting the engine red i see someones engine painted red on here in a gold ls and it looked sweet cant remember whos it was though and not too sure wether im ganna bling up the engine bay ornot yet cheers bob |
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Mon May 28, 2007 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | problem,,, |
BOB1275 wrote: sweet looks good did u use a heat proof enamel on the firwall
i only aske because my fire wall atthe moment is really burnt from the heat of the extractors no sure if thatd just my extractors being so old or is it a common thing cheers bob Well why not treat the problem....get your extractors coated...jethot etc |
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| Author: | 64cooper [ Mon May 28, 2007 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | engine bays |
My engine bay iis painted with the same enamel as the rest of the car and to overcome the heat problem, I wrapped the exhaust with heat insulation tape which also acts as a noise insulator. 
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| Author: | pristic [ Mon May 28, 2007 9:24 pm ] |
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Yeah, I painted mine the same as the car... but now I am painting the car a slightly different colour... bay will stay the same (shouldnt be able to notice) 
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| Author: | Wombat [ Mon May 28, 2007 9:41 pm ] |
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I just used automotive enamel - to get the shine out of the can. The paint place packed it in a pressure pack can - $25 the one can did three coats and had a little left over to paint the inside of the new battery box. |
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| Author: | LS1380 [ Mon May 28, 2007 11:55 pm ] |
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BOB1275 wrote: well yeah i just was goin to paint thefirwall black the rest nugget gold which is my car colour then i was thinking of painting the engine red i see someones engine painted red on here in a gold ls and it looked sweet cant remember whos it was though
and not too sure wether im ganna bling up the engine bay ornot yet cheers bob Just posted a couple of pics in Gallery.Here's one with soundproof on the firewall and keeps the appearance looking orginal(sort-of) 
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Tue May 29, 2007 4:19 pm ] |
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thats the one thats a sweet lookin engine bay thats hoiw i was htinking of doing mine and yeah the vinyl soundproof bit will stay there but below that behind the extractors is where it all burnt mayb that insulator tape will do the trick on the extractors i plan toget new extractors anyway cheers bob |
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| Author: | BOB1275 [ Thu May 31, 2007 4:12 pm ] |
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alright now beofre i go pulling everything out im plannig to get it all rewired and everything but am not sure wat needs to be left in for the autoelectrician so ill put it out there if theres any auto electricians on here and also is it better to get it rewired bfore or after the engine goes in cheers bob |
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