Well, after reading all the reply's to my original post I decided to paint my engine bay semi-gloss black. I think it turned out really well. I also taped wires and started running more wire loom. Man what a difference! The wires and vacuum lines kinda disappear, it makes it look so much cleaner. I also removed the fresh air box from the front (the original duct was completely falling apart and noticed what looks like an old critter chew hole in the bottom of the plastic.) When I do my 2V conversion the original air cleaner is going to be gone anyway. Here's the before: [/img] After: Now I just got to replace those ugly heater hoses with black ones!
Much better... Yeah I was just going to say ditch the red hoses when I made it to the bottom of your post...
I couldn't use a stripper because or everything in the bay but i did get the heavy build up by wiping it down and even used carb cleaner on a rag.
No, Just good Semi-Gloss. I am going to wait and see how it holds up. I would like to eventually clear the bay out and really do the job that I want but in the mean time I wanted to see how I like the black. I think it really cleaned the engine bay up. Now I am thinking about doing the underside of the hood as well. I think black would probably look better than stained silver. It kinda gives it that muscle car look.....
