[DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint (engine bay)

Jeff Detrich jjdetrich at gmail.com
Wed Apr 12 19:28:16 EDT 2017


What's wrong with the satin black it came with! That way it will match to
bottom of the rear decklid which was also satin black. It's hard to beat
perfection.😇

Jeff
6559


On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:13 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.
>    [1]http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/
>    RTHPNMG03189.asp
>    Chuck
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: DeTomaso [[2]mailto: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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>    1. http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/
> RTHPNMG03189.asp
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   What's wrong with the satin black it came with! That way it will match
   to bottom of the rear decklid which was also satin black. It's hard to
   beat perfection.d-
   Jeff
   6559A

   On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Julian Kift
   <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

     A  A People I know who have gone the truck bed liner or lizard skin
     A  A route have regretted it as it seems to attract dust and dirt
     and is a
     A  A bitch to keep clean.
     A  A Personally, I like the smooth look, one Pantera is painted body
     color,
     A  A the other a gloss black but that's the way they came when I
     purchased
     A  A them. The gloss (GT5) I intend to redo with satin on next
     engine out as
     A  A I think it's the best for ease of paint maintenance.
     A  A Painting the engine compartment body color would depend on that
     color
     A  A for me e.g. my GT5 is white and I really wouldn't want a white
     engine
     A  A compartment. Darker colors look better and in your case as you
     are
     A  A going with a Coyote engine, constant maintenance fettling
     access and
     A  A ensuing paint dings should not be an issue.
     A  A Julian
     A  A  A ____________________________________________________________
     ______
     A  A From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
     behalf of
     A  A The DeTomaso Registry Guy <[3]detomasoregistry at gmail.com>
     A  A Sent: Friday, April 7, 2017 12:45 PM
     A  A To: 'Corey Price'; 'Detomaso'
     A  A Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint (engine bay)
     A  A Corey,
     A  A Here is one example... of truck bed liner, time spans more than
     a
     A  A decade.
     A  A [1][4]http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/
     RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/
     A  A RTHPNMG03189.asp
     A  A Chuck
     A  A -----Original Message-----
     A  A From: DeTomaso [[2]mailto:[5]detomaso-bounces@
     server.detomasolist.com] On
     A  A Behalf Of Corey Price
     A  A Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 11:08 AM
     A  A To: Detomaso
     A  A Subject: [DeTomaso] To Paint or Not To Paint?
     A  A All
     A  A I would love to get your opinions on painting the engine
     compartment
     A  A the
     A  A same as the body or just leaving it black (and all combinations
     in
     A  A between,
     A  A from filling spot weld indentations and then painting to using
     bedliner
     A  A material).A  I haven't decided on any approach although I'm
     leaning
     A  A toward
     A  A the stock, satin or semi-gloss black look, but one where the
     spot weld
     A  A indentations are filled.
     A  A My apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseum...
     A  A Corey
     A  A _______________________________________________
     A  A Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA
     A  A Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes
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     A  A message posted here to all past, current, or future members of
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     References
     A  A 1. [8]http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/
     RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/RTHPNMG03189.asp
     A  A 2. mailto:[9]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com
     A  A 3. [10]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
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   4. http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMG03189/
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