Hey everyone, looking for some advice/opinions/ideas here. Now, I know most of you probably saw the title to this thread and instantly thought “BODY COLOR!!!” Lol. But, as y’all can tell by the pics of my car, that’s gonna be a bit of a problem.
So anyway, I’m planning on pulling out the engine, trans, suspension from my Duster this winter to install an HDK suspension, new aluminum heads, and repaint the engine. Since I have zero intention of doing any exterior paint work (except *possibly* giving it the blackout hood treatment) on my car any time soon, I figure I may as well patch up a few holes in the firewall and cleanup/repaint the engine bay.
So here are a some pics.
See why I can’t go body color?
This is what the engine bay looked like when I installed the 360 a few years ago. I didn’t prep the engine well enough and a lot of the orange is coming off/came off the engine already.
One big reason I’d like to repaint the engine bay is I’d like to paint the engine AMC blue and I really don’t want a blue engine bay with a blue engine.
Sooo.... here are the options I’ve considered so far.
1. Gloss black
2. Satin black (especially if I blackout the hood and tops of fenders)
3. Metallic charcoal of some kind
Alright, let’s hear those opinions. And I’m open to other ideas that I haven’t thought of yet.
So anyway, I’m planning on pulling out the engine, trans, suspension from my Duster this winter to install an HDK suspension, new aluminum heads, and repaint the engine. Since I have zero intention of doing any exterior paint work (except *possibly* giving it the blackout hood treatment) on my car any time soon, I figure I may as well patch up a few holes in the firewall and cleanup/repaint the engine bay.
So here are a some pics.
See why I can’t go body color?
This is what the engine bay looked like when I installed the 360 a few years ago. I didn’t prep the engine well enough and a lot of the orange is coming off/came off the engine already.
One big reason I’d like to repaint the engine bay is I’d like to paint the engine AMC blue and I really don’t want a blue engine bay with a blue engine.
Sooo.... here are the options I’ve considered so far.
1. Gloss black
2. Satin black (especially if I blackout the hood and tops of fenders)
3. Metallic charcoal of some kind
Alright, let’s hear those opinions. And I’m open to other ideas that I haven’t thought of yet.