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maxgtrblue
03-25-2015, 06:48 PM
Getting my hands on a red s14 to replace my totaled silver mist. Trying to figuer out color combinations for the engine bay. I'm keeping the car red on the exterior. What should I paint my bay while the engine is out. I was thinking nismo grey. Any oopinions or pics of red exteriors with painted bays?

FaLKoN240
03-25-2015, 06:59 PM
Red .

1988montecarloss
03-25-2015, 07:06 PM
whatever color you want

iJDM
03-25-2015, 07:07 PM
Well if youre set on painting it for one reason or another.

I had an Aztec red S13 painted the engine bay lexus smokey granite pearl and cleared it. Looked great in my opinion and if I'm to do it again I'd do the same thing. I don't have any pics for you at the moment unfortunately. I've seen red-white and it looked awkward imo. Plus I wouldn't want a white engine bay unless the car is white. Black looks decent on a red car. Any other color would be wack

tl;dr color of the car, or Dark grey

Just my .02

maxgtrblue
03-25-2015, 07:23 PM
Well if youre set on painting it for one reason or another.

I had an Aztec red S13 painted the engine bay lexus smokey granite pearl and cleared it. Looked great in my opinion and if I'm to do it again I'd do the same thing. I don't have any pics for you at the moment unfortunately. I've seen red-white and it looked awkward imo. Plus I wouldn't want a white engine bay unless the car is white. Black looks decent on a red car. Any other color would be wack

tl;dr color of the car, or Dark grey

Just my .02

Pics? Yea I was leaning to gloss red to match the car or the dark grayish

wkpainter
03-25-2015, 07:24 PM
White...so you can tell what fluids are leaking all over the place without having to taste them...

silviaks2nr
03-25-2015, 07:32 PM
Engine bays should always be body color or black. Off colored engine bays look tacky.

Bushido
03-25-2015, 08:47 PM
^what he said.

tromer9
04-23-2015, 08:33 PM
I would paint it either silver or black so that it is not flashy in color.

dizzariot
04-23-2015, 11:22 PM
Maybe a color based off the first original idea your brain will ever produce. Or textured brown. Like, textured shit brown.

zurud
04-24-2015, 10:11 AM
Rainbow. Show your true colors

turbo2nr
04-24-2015, 10:56 AM
silver. silver. silver.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/raymondbay7.jpg

OBEEWON
04-27-2015, 12:05 PM
white so when your engine leaks you can find it fast.

K_style
04-27-2015, 12:22 PM
white so when your engine leaks you can find it fast.

Black so when your engine leaks you can't find it fast. j/k...

I prefer black regardless.