Hey,

I'm thinking of painting my engine bay black, even though the rest of the car is blue.
Won't be glossy, just matt.

Anyone got any pics of a black bay for me to have a gander at to make up my mind?

Thanks.

"Rumblebee" has a black bay - with some yellow accents! Check it out here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rumble_bee/5572768/

Have a look at the pic's of Hanra's mini here for a neat black bay

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=315547

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Paint it bluuuu, damn uuuuuuu!

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IS NOW BACK ONLINE AFTER SOMETIME..... SORRY TO ALL, FOR NOT REPLYING TO PM'S!!

PO painted my bay black and it looks sh*t - Now the engine is out it's going back to the original body colour before the motor goes back - I can post some pics tonight if you like.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

The photos above are a gloss black, and they look alright.
But as I said, I'm thinking matt.
What was yours Wombat? What colours the car?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Car is Shadow Blue, black is/was semi gloss but it's covered in so much dust and oil that it looks matt

The engine had been painted silver along the lines that the theory being to cool the engine - silver radiates the heat and the black absorbs it therefore taking the heat away from the engine - He would have been better off cleaning the cooling system properly as it was all gunked up.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Mine is full gloss black. Really should of went for semi gloss.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

Looking forward to the pics, my car is dark blue (see avartar thingy) and my engine
has been painted silver.

Mine is matt but has over sprays and scratchs everywhere, so im repainting it soon while the engines out. Or at least the radiator. Im going semi-gloss this time, as I did that for the inside of my bootlid and looks nice, not ugly not pretty, just right.

PS the radiator is comming out to put Aux fan in, and to get radiator cover chromed!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

paint it the same colour as the rest of the car.

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i like to drive on rails

Painting the same colour as the car is so...ordinary/original. The reason I went amt black is due to grease and crap getting all over the place. Matt black hides all of that!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

with the exception of Hanra's car...droool...
black looks crap, cos when you get it all dusty it shows up, even matt black, i like my engine bay clean, mines blue with the rest of the car, if my car was white, id love a white bay, easy to see when its clean, you spend most of your time under there so why not have it be a nice place to cut your hands.

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Yes I do agree. But black and chrome/polished alloy is the best engine bay look IMO. As CHrome looks better when contrasted agasints the elast shiniest colour, matt black. SO if like me, saving up money to take random parts off and get chromed, black is the way to go, but in that case a black engine aswell is the best to go for!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T