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
h

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

I think this is a leading question your honour.

I agree with Mitch

Contact lee to discuss mota Kulars

i like colour coded fan shrouds, but cant go past chrome/silver or black

Black black or black...hide the wiring as best you can and some functional chrome accents

mmmm black is good

Have a look at my facebook page of engines click on the link below

Engine Album

Gloss black

Grey is also good.





A lighter colour is better in my opinion. It shows up any leaks better than black does.


Smiley

I've always prefered colour coded to the car







But black and chrome go together nicely

"oak is nice"

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

Pffft tinware's for suckers....

Checkerplate and rust is where it's at.

And yes the morons actually drove it like that....

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 !!!

Nothing like the look of a standard 1600 painted red with some yellow highlights

Black is neat and functional!..Having said that, each to thier own!

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!!

lol nothing beats the "LEE" colour scheme

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

well... lucky I saw this post ... lol


here is my engine in ? 2007 2009 2011

I painted heater hoses etc at times... lol

My first painted engine colors

Lee 2003 -4 and Last Year ...

i like chrome, not spray chrome

Hi

I use satin black enamel, looks factory, then dress the rest of the motor up.

Steve

Fish has been hooked.

How bout red on red with red highlights??

Joel

that looks like they opened the engine lid and used a couple of spray cans of red on it...

YIKES
FAN SHROUD.
LEE

great pics loving the RED job
my mate is diggin the bright paint, kinda summery he said
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