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Engine Tin Color
Well, I now have my engine and transaxle out going through a well needed cleaning preparing for my carb install.
My car is being stripped down for a respray/color change to Black. It was originally red. I need some help deciding on the color for my engine tins and shroud. I thought about black wrinkle finish, but with black interior and exterior, I would like to have some color in the engine bay. Any suggestions? Pics?
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My car is black and so is my engine tin. Tin was powder coated and car soon to be re-painted... I would say paint the tin what you like because in the end you will have to be happy with the color choice, right?
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One of the Plavan guys had his tin done in an off-white / flat-white color that looked awesome IMO. It really cleaned up the engine compartment.
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White gets dirty easily. Light grey looks good and will brighten the engine bay, make it easy to find leaks and those pesky tools that get dropped.
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or a silver-gray....
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have it polished by Al Reed.
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