hi
a mate was talking to me yesterday about which colour he should paint his new motor
tinware fan housing etc
any ideas so he can look at what they look like would be good
thanks n look fwd to taking the pics 馃槈
h
waltermitty 路
First I must say it is good to see someone on this forum who can spell colour!
I am sure Lee will have some contributions?
Personally I like an industrial light grey or satin black.
engine bay colour is a determining factor. Mitchell
LUFTMEISTER 路
I think this is a leading question your honour.馃シ
h 路
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Bizarre 路
I agree with Mitch
Contact lee to discuss mota Kulars
matt 路
i like colour coded fan shrouds, but cant go past chrome/silver or black 馃槈
hellbugged 路
Black black or black...hide the wiring as best you can and some functional chrome accents
matberry 路
mmmm black is good
Paulc1964au 路
Have a look at my facebook page of engines click on the link below
A lighter colour is better in my opinion. It shows up any leaks better than black does.
Smiley 馃檪
Joel 路
I've always prefered colour coded to the car
But black and chrome go together nicely
dangerous 路
"oak is nice" 馃槀
coletrickle 路
H don't forget to tell your mate to make sure the tinware fits correctly(I know u know)but all I seem to do Lately is fit missing/incorrect tin!black, chrome, chrome chinese, colour coded or oak or beech it's all shit if it don't fit like a stock vw it's worth the time to make it fit right!especially with summer comming up.P.S. Surfboards are ready for pickup
Joel 路
Pffft tinware's for suckers....
Checkerplate and rust is where it's at.
And yes the morons actually drove it like that....馃お
Sides 路
Always liked the look of the 356's where they had satin black for cylinder head tins, f & rear plates etc. but then light gray for just the fan shroud.... on the Super's possibly ???
But then in my mind very hard to better a 356 in almost any way !!!
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kombibob 路
Nothing like the look of a standard 1600 painted red with some yellow highlights 馃槈
BeetleJuice 路
Black is neat and functional!..Having said that, each to thier own!馃槑
mikew 路
Depends on the engine bay I think, mine I colour coded the same as car until I painted, found it was too much and used white as the sides of the car where white!
Like the grey pic above!!
vlad01 路
lol nothing beats the "LEE" colour scheme 馃槈
h 路
great shots fellas taa
me like black hmmm
but my mate is after something a little more lets say brighter
I have seen orange n green etc but no pics of them yet?
but yep as others have said c'mon Lee here's your time to shine old bean 馃樀
68AutoBug 路
well... lucky I saw this post ... lol
here is my engine in ? 2007 2009 2011
I painted heater hoses etc at times... lol
68AutoBug 路
My first painted engine colors
Lee 2003 -4 and Last Year ...
vwsteve 路
i like chrome, not spray chrome馃槀
1303Steve 路
Hi
I use satin black enamel, looks factory, then dress the rest of the motor up.
Steve
LUFTMEISTER 路
Fish has been hooked.馃槈
Joel 路
How bout red on red with red highlights??
68AutoBug 路
Joel
that looks like they opened the engine lid and used a couple of spray cans of red on it...
YIKES
FAN SHROUD.
LEE
h 路
great pics loving the RED job 馃槀
my mate is diggin the bright paint, kinda summery he said 馃憤
Lee did you just paint the seeing side or the whole fan house like the behind side? - was the question posed,
as my mate thinks only to paint the bits you see..
I said he was crazy but he reckons he can save on paint n with the left overs he can paint up the brake drums..
I reckon he mad as he runs factory stoko skinnys
anymore pics so I can show him the right way to go..
taa fellas 馃憤
Joel 路
68AutoBug wrote:Joel
that looks like they opened the engine lid and used a couple of spray cans of red on it...
Stops the fan belt rusting...duh 馃槀
Governor 路
Black and only black
Another
Another
Another
Last one, B4 only has one colour paint and thats black
Paulc1964au 路
Black64 wrote:
Another
Last one, B4 only has one colour paint and thats black
Mind if i post a pic of your engine on my facebook page?
beetleboyjeff 路
I rather like chrome myself.
surfpig 路
daves old bus right?
Anthiron 路
Satin Black for engine tin all the way. I Prefer billet parts over chrome.
I Once painted my engine Satin black with orange genny pulley and orange rocker covers. Looked reasonable.
Nicko
Governor 路
Paulc1964au wrote:
Black64 wrote:
Another
Last one, B4 only has one colour paint and thats black
Mind if i post a pic of your engine on my facebook page?
None are mine, just all 4 of them built by a mate, B4
Jak Rizzo 路
68AutoBug wrote:well... lucky I saw this post ... lol
here is my engine in ? 2007 2009 2011
I painted heater hoses etc at times... lol
It looks like it's out of a magazine from 1989. Is this really what your engine looks like?
Wow
13bwagon 路
OMG way 2 funny
i think this is where lee gets his colour combo from
Joel wrote:How bout red on red with red highlights??
h 路
^ not that there's anything wrong with that 馃檮馃榿
68AutoBug 路
h wrote:great pics loving the RED job 馃槀
my mate is diggin the bright paint, kinda summery he said 馃憤 Lee did you just paint the seeing side or the whole fan house like the behind side? - was the question posed,
as my mate thinks only to paint the bits you see..
I said he was crazy but he reckons he can save on paint n with the left overs he can paint up the brake drums..
I reckon he mad as he runs factory stoko skinnys
anymore pics so I can show him the right way to go..
taa fellas 馃憤
Hi
I always paint the tinware inside and out.. both sides...
doesn't matter if its seen or not...
it also protects against rust..
paint isn't expensive... lol
rust is... lol
I have stripped and painted My fan shroud a number of times..
I have a doghouse shroud I used originally, and it will be redone and refitted next winter... with a new doghouse oil cooler..
LEE
h 路
oh cool right
can't want to see the strip n refit pics
yep I think it's prolly best to paint the whole fan house I think too
my silly friend 馃お
are you thinking of changing the colour scheme?
what colours do you have in mind?
68AutoBug 路
I have used High temperature paint which isn't shiny and then painted with clear over the top to make it shiny..
I have also used gloss red engine enamel too...
after looking back at those early photos the Red with lots of yellow looked good.. I thought..
I did think that there was too much yellow at times...
but the Red and Yellow really do look great... IMHO..
Yellow seems to be more difficult to spray...
I've tried different brands... but all seem difficult so its OK to use on hoses etc.. sometimes needing to be redone a number of times...
I've seen pink and blue fan shrouds and some of the hammertone blues looked OK...
but I think I'll stick to Red... lol
cheers
LEE
even though some of the paints say no undercoat is needed..
it really is needed for a good finish... and to stop chips etc..
LEE
ancientbugger 路
I am so jealous 'cos I,ve just been rebuilding my engine and obviously you want it to look a lot prettier when it's all put back together so everything has been spotlessly cleaned and polished and where I could it's all been resprayed but there is no way that a FI engine can look nice. I'm afraid what with all the wiring and plumbing in of all the vacuum pipes ( I bought 2 metres and it wasn't enough!!) and other pipes and tubing it still looks a mess. I was at one point very tempted to go to carbs but decided to persevere with FI in the end馃お
64vwmark 路
How about orange and chrome...
h 路
well thats mad..
n lee you take the 'rainbow' cake..
maybe glitter could be the trick for the next colour scheme lee! just a thought..?
works on a beach buggy
bat69 路
I only like two (2) colours in the engine bay. It keeps it simple. I like the engine bay to be that of the car and 'black' for all the other stuff. Black, IMO is the most practical. But do it how ever you like as you (or your friend) is the one who has to look at it and clean it. Here is a pic of the engine bay in my race car.