Im going to enter my car in Texas Heat Wave. In the judging rules it says that the interior has to be visible, the trunk open, hood open. i have nothing done to my engine. just intake and nothing painted.

i want to paint the engie blue so it can do good in the show. i am also going to redo some of my interior, paint eyelids on my headlights and possibly paint my bowties.

any other suggestions and what kinda paint do i use to paint the engine?

 

High temp paint wont flake, or what you could do is just prime, paint, and clear coat. I always recommend dupli-color products. Definately use 3-4 coats of clear.

 

how do you prime it? and will duplicolor match the arrival blue?

 

i use duplicolor sandable primer, then take your color matched GM paint and use it, then clear coat after that

 

do i have to prime it or can i just paint it?

 

Dont use the duplicolor paint if you want color matched paint. then the the paint through gm. I would however still use dupli color clear coat

EDIT: And dupli color primer

 

what other appearance mods should i do?

 

Do color matched eye lids. just make sure you tape it off right. i think that would look cool. prime, paint and clear. if you have an intake on your car, you could color match the piping.

 

color match the piping of the intake and do the eyelids. sounds good. **** thats a lot of GM color match paint. lmao

 

LOL

 

that ***** like $10 a bottle

 

lol i know! dont worry, i repped you for your effort. if you dont post pics, i will cry.

 

i will post pics of the entire car show.

 

sweetness

 

get some side skirts and the ss front bumper...i think that would look cool!
also, i used autozone high temp engine paint and mine turned out great!!
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(excuse the dirt, it was before i cleaned the engine bay, something else you should do!!)
GL and let us know what you do!

 

that looks good. how good of a match do you think that is for arrival blue? im gonna do that and paint my intake piping like tuna said

is there something special to buy to clean the engine bay?

to bad i cant show off my led cupholder that i made. they said that the battery has to be disconnected

 

i used carquest engine degreaser and it looked SWEET!!
the paint looked close in my opinion, go buy some for 5 bucks and give it a try!!

 

well tomorrow im gonna call the dealership and order 2 cans of colormatchd paint. if i need more ill go and buy some more

 

Is this a day or night event?

 

both. but my car will be inside so there will be light

 

Ahh, well if its is kinda dark inside I would say do a couple blue LED light bars well hidden in the engine bay. Now I am not a big fan of neons/LEDs all over a car but for show purposes only they can be ok as long as they are not overused. They would accent your engine bay nicely and you can always remove them later on or just leave them in and keep em off until you show it again.

 

i would do that but......my battery has to be disconnected for the show. i can get power for $50 a day. i said **** that

 

That sux

 

yes it does.

do you have anyother cheap appearance mods to do? im gonna paint the engine, eyelids (if i dont get halos by then), paint bowtie, and intake tubing

 

You can replace some of the hoses and stuff in your engine bay with blue ones that usually colors up the engine real nice plus its not that expensive.

Good luck at the show :