[DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint (engine bay)
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Fri Apr 7 17:51:21 EDT 2017
For the engine compartment of my Mach I, we used a product called "chip guard." It was a texture similar to a bedliner spray but was painted over. The final finish was shiny, but lightly bumpy. The bedliner sprays are sort of porous so the hide bits of dust and dirt that are hard to clean out. Versus the chip guard that was much easier to clean. If I were to do it, I would try the chip guard route. At worst if it gets all scuffed up, you put another coat of paint on.
Asa
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On Apr 7, 2017, 13:32, at 13:32, Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
>Julian,
>
>I've heard the body colored engine bay paint is hard to keep clean but
>hadn't considered that the bed liner material was hard as well.
>
>Corey
>
>On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> People I know who have gone the truck bed liner or lizard skin route
>have
>> regretted it as it seems to attract dust and dirt and is a bitch to
>keep
>> clean.
>>
>>
>> Personally, I like the smooth look, one Pantera is painted body
>color, the
>> other a gloss black but that's the way they came when I purchased
>them. The
>> gloss (GT5) I intend to redo with satin on next engine out as I think
>it's
>> the best for ease of paint maintenance.
>>
>>
>> Painting the engine compartment body color would depend on that color
>for
>> me e.g. my GT5 is white and I really wouldn't want a white engine
>> compartment. Darker colors look better and in your case as you are
>going
>> with a Coyote engine, constant maintenance fettling access and
>ensuing
>> paint dings should not be an issue.
>>
>>
>> Julian
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
>of
>> The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 7, 2017 12:45 PM
>> *To:* 'Corey Price'; 'Detomaso'
>> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint (engine bay)
>>
>> Corey,
>>
>> Here is one example... of truck bed liner, time spans more than a
>decade.
>>
>> http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/
>> RTHPNMG03189.asp
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
>> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>] On Behalf Of Corey Price
>> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 11:08 AM
>> To: Detomaso
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint?
>>
>> All
>>
>> I would love to get your opinions on painting the engine compartment
>the
>> same as the body or just leaving it black (and all combinations in
>between,
>> from filling spot weld indentations and then painting to using
>bedliner
>> material). I haven't decided on any approach although I'm leaning
>toward
>> the stock, satin or semi-gloss black look, but one where the spot
>weld
>> indentations are filled.
>>
>> My apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseum...
>>
>> Corey
>>
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For the engine compartment of my Mach I, we used a product called "chip
guard."A It was a texture similar to a bedliner spray but was painted
over.A The final finish was shiny, but lightly bumpy.A The bedliner
sprays are sort of porous so the hide bits of dust and dirt that are
hard to clean out.A Versus the chip guard that was much easier to
clean.A If I were to do it, I would try the chip guard route.A At
worst if it gets all scuffed up, you put another coat of paint on.
Asa
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On Apr 7, 2017, at 13:32, Corey Price <[1]coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
Julian,
I've heard the body colored engine bay paint is hard to keep clean but
hadn't considered that the bed liner material was hard as well.
Corey
On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
People I know who have gone the truck bed liner or lizard skin route
have
regretted it as it seems to attract dust and dirt and is a bitch to
keep
clean.
Personally, I like the smooth look, one Pantera is painted body
color, the
other a gloss black but that's the way they came when I purchased
them. The
gloss (GT5) I intend to redo with satin on next engine out as I
think it's
the best for ease of paint maintenance.
Painting the engine compartment body color would depend on that
color for
me e.g. my GT5 is white and I really wouldn't want a white engine
compartment. Darker colors look better and in your case as you are
going
with a Coyote engine, constant maintenance fettling access and
ensuing
paint dings should not be an issue.
Julian
_______________________________________________________________
*From:* DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
behalf of
The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
*Sent:* Friday, April 7, 2017 12:45 PM
*To:* 'Corey Price'; 'Detomaso'
*Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint (engine bay)
Corey,
Here is one example... of truck bed liner, time spans more than a
decade.
[2]http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMG031
89/
RTHPNMG03189.asp
Chuck
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>] On Behalf Of Corey Price
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 11:08 AM
To: Detomaso
Subject: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint?
All
I would love to get your opinions on painting the engine compartment
the
same as the body or just leaving it black (and all combinations in
between,
from filling spot weld indentations and then painting to using
bedliner
material). I haven't decided on any approach although I'm leaning
toward
the stock, satin or semi-gloss black look, but one where the spot
weld
indentations are filled.
My apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseum...
Corey
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