spraying engine bay

[DRiiFT_King]

hey, just wondering if someone could help me out?
i wanna spray my engine bay cause its a shit dirty grey/silver colour,
i want to do it all my self, a mate said to use oven cleaner to clean it all up, then i give it a light sand back, i want to paint it satin black

will i need a prima or something?
how much paint should i buy?
whats the best technique to use?
i have done spraying before, but i got no idea how to prep it right, or where to get the stuff from


all so how much paint does it take to spray a whole car, without bonnet but with door wells included?
cheers

[JDMJNKY]

go to motormate buy some prepsol/prepwash. get a green scourer from the kitchen use soap and water and scourer and scrub every single inch of the engine bay. onceits dry (blow off with air blower or rag dry) use a clean rag prepsol and go over the whole area with it use a primer surfacer or watever primer you like then paint!

[DRFTAE86]

Pfft, just give it a good clean with degreaser. spray it all down with a high pressure hose and then dry it all up.
Tape up everything u dont want to paint.
Grab 2 cans of primer, spray it up!
Grab 2 cans of good paint (with anti rust), and spray away.
Then sit back and admire. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

Total cost $20.

And for the people who laugh at the cheapness on my 'ghetto engine bay paint job'... i'd say the pictures are prof enuff. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

*BEFORE:

[DRFTAE86]

*Puttin on the primer:

[DRFTAE86]

*And finally the paint. (out of spray cans).

[DRFTAE86]

It was so easy and cheap, i decided to do the rest of the car as well http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[DRFTAE86]

Theres the results on a cheap easy ghetto paint job. Now go get sum spray cans! http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[poh_86]

dam that thing looks good.

did u use a high pressure hose for the whole car??

makes me wanna do mine to my bonnet http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mattysshop]

i painted the rolla and my tuff lux with acrylic paint and a $99 supercheap compressor and spray gun.. ha ha ha..el cheapo.. but it looks better than what it was!

[Sprinterboy]

I was spraying a bodykit the other day, same thing, got very tempted to spray the whole car.

Car looks good dude

[DRFTAE86]

Originally posted by poh_86@Dec 15 2005, 10:28 AM
did u use a high pressure hose for the whole car??
Nah, i just gave it a quick rub down with some sand paper, just ruff enuff to take off the clear coat. Then gave it a clean and wash before i started applying the primer from the spray cans. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[.wolfwood]

looks pretty good for spray cans

[JDMJNKY]

i painted my engine bay in 2 pak its easy!!!!! ask someone who knows about it and its so easy to learn how 2 use it.
the results speak for themself and the durability and gloss off the gun if u want good do it 2pak.

[Monster]

All I did with mine is hit it with some scotch guard (you can buy this from Coles) wipe it down with max and grease remover (aka prepsol or even acetone) tape off and then just hit it with some acrylic. Comes up a million bucks.

Before
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/86070.jpg

After
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/86071.jpg

[DRFTAE86]

I think that 20v wiring distracts from the cleaness on the piant in the engine bay http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

But looks good. Fresh Paint always makes things look like new. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[OBE353]

DRFTAE86 your hachi looks sik i love matte black thats ghetto awesome http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

20v monster that white came up a treat esp. inside the car, where did u get your rear brace from? i want to make my own. i like the thickness of yours (no dirty comments of this kiddies http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/laugh.gif )and wanted to know the right size ally to buy..cheers

[DRFTAE86]

That brace ur talkin about would be a aspec style brace.... i believe truenosedan made the square copy of these (as seen in '20v monster' car).

So ask either 'truenosedan' or 'Steve AE86' on the forums.

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[JDMJNKY]

this is light blue before 2 pak

[JDMJNKY]

after 2 pak and the same colour as the car

[OBE353]

That brace ur talkin about would be a aspec style brace.... i believe truenosedan made the square copy of these (as seen in '20v monster' car).ÂÂÂ# So ask either 'truenosedan' or 'Steve AE86' on the forums[/b]

cheers buddy http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[DRFTAE86]

Check the 'Drift Discussion' section, Theres a guy in there that has made his own and is sellin copies for $119.