Thread: Engine Detail/Paint

Well not so much on the detail, but I did get around to paint the inside the hood.

Here are the before and after pics. I am not done with the heat shield and the driver side motor mount. Where can I get a good fire retardant topper on the inside of my hood? What is a good price if I do find one?

...pictures?

Originally Posted by Bio248

...pictures?

Are the four that I put up not working?

^they are not working!

should have painted the 3800 V6 series II symbol a diff. color

Originally Posted by offroadfury6

should have painted the 3800 V6 series II symbol a diff. color

Oh, I am not done, ran out of time. Will finish the drivers side mount and some day, I will finish, err, I mean the wife will paint the raised lettering on the shield. I painted the aluminum mount that mount directly on the engine. I just have one question, the color on the raised lettering. I am going with either black or silver/chrome.

just make sure u take ur time and make it real pretty

If I have a layer of the heat paint on, can I just use a regular paint on the lettering.

Any pick on the color?

i took my sweet time and painted it using a regular paint brush. erm i used hi-temp spray paint...sprayed it into a tiny cup and dippd into the cup.

i vote black. but silver works.

nah do ur red and paint it white!

Finally, all done. The only thing left, is the bottom part of the fuse relay box. Tell me what you think?

Originally Posted by Street Wolf

Looks pretty good, I'd just take the engine cover off completely and do away with it though.

Why is that?

Well that would require me to clean that under shield area up. That may be a good thing for my neighbor to do as I am polishing his car for the car show in two weeks.

Well after many rookies moves, a buddy that is going to help out, is going to sandblast all the mounts and brackets and plastic blast the fuse and heat shield and prepare them to paint.

He is a pro autobody painter and is willing to paint these for me. Also, he is going to help paint the lower bumper, back bumper and spray the inside hood and paint the hood liner black and spray the Pontiac arrowhead on the hood liner.

I have one option. I would either do one of three things with the dog bone mount that secures to the frame, paint that all red, inside part red and outer part black or reversed. Also, in limbo on the heat shield. Black or red. The letters will be reversed and on the inside edge of the bumps, paint that the opposite as well.

Thoughts??

Here's what I did a few years back. Planning on re-doing these this winter...along with some other painting and updates underhood.