Thread: paint or polish some underhood stuff??

So im looking to make my engine bay look good, with a black/silver theme but ive hit a block. i bought some aluminum colored paint to paint some of the things like the diagonal braces and dogbones with, but now i am thinking twice. we have a really good buffing wheel in my auto tech class that we just got and i just wanted to know what everyone thinks about sandblasting and polishing them instead? would it look better? especially since want to get my s/c p&p'd soon enough as well.

im lazy and polishing takes forever, so paint.

Originally Posted by Bio248

im lazy and polishing takes forever, so paint.

x2 lol

this is paint results and im not done yet.....gonna polish the snout, repaint the fuel rails silver, silver dogbones, get a silver mandrel bent intake, and some other red accents maybe like wires

Originally Posted by Bio248

im lazy and polishing takes forever, so paint.

yea i guess so. still gonna have the sc ported and polished though!!! i just dont know when i can get that done because i cant have my car off the road for more than a few days and i would have to send out the s/c... its a daily driver. but the painting on all the other stuff im definitely gonna do

you guys gotta see jasonball's pictures... thats a good looking engine bay

My car doesn't really have a color theme, its pretty much black and white. I decided to go the polished/chrome and black look under my hood. This is what I have so far... (not pictured, Optima Red Top Battery)

those valve covers are sick... alo where do you find those braces???