So I wanted to spice up my engine bay. The intake & other things have already been painted... but I wanted something to be seen when the hood is first opened.

I did the cross member, and then the engine cover. Engine cover was a complete pain in the ****. In the end though, it turned out good (I think). To each his own! =)

Sorry for the quality of pics - took at night w/ camera phone

 

I like them! Great job buddy!! !!!!

 

I doubt I'd go to the trouble, but it looks great. Congratulations.

 

This is something I have been toying with doing. After seeing the pics of your's ,I think I am going to do it too.
Nice job, looks great.

 

Looks good.

 

looks great, but i would love to see the mazda symbol filled in

 

Thanks all for the replies.

As for the mazda logo, I opted to leave it black, to make it 'pop' from the cover. It's actually a one peice (aluminum) part. Filling it in would be difficult, unless you are a great model painter... =)

 

My brother is an AWESOME model painter!!!! !!!! hehehe! !!!!

 

Looks good. I had mine done like this:



Just another example for people looking to spice up the bay.

-Steakboy

 

you can find some from this

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/calling-all-engine-bays-94536/

 

niceeeeeeee i like the painting of the stock strut bar

 

not too bad..i've seen some done where it looks like *** with non matching paint...yours looks ok...

 

we need o get the other thread going again. it was lookin great!

 

lookin very nice.

 

looks really good, I was thinking about painting the engine cover and hanging it on my wall. (I decided I didn't like all the plastic in the bay once I put in the intake) I like the way you did that.

 

not to hate or anything but i think thats just toooo much red for me...

 

looks great! i never considered painting the covers.

speakin as a n00b, what process was involved in getting that done? did you just use regular household paint/enamel? airbrush? any sanding beforehand? any post-processing to preserve the finish?

 

wow dude, that looks awsome, cant wait to see it on sat, if i knew where my enigne cover was i'd get you to paint it, haha, i never thought of painting the strut tower bar, it looks awsome though, i may just have to do that

 

I've recieved some inquiries on how-to's.

The paint I used is a spray paint, that you can typically find at your local auto-zone.

Duplicolor Metalcast
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

Make sure you get the ground coat as well as the color of your choice.

If you wish to do just the center of the cover, it's a major pain because I couldn't get any tape to stick to it. So I covered what I didn't want painted the best I could... and carefully removed any overspray with Goof Off (at any Home Depot).

 

Nice and the right touch of blue. Get a better camera though to show it off on here!

Steakboy42-too much red in that engine bay for me.

 

the blue looks so good. probably the best one ive seen yet, everything else looks to exaggerated.

 

Nice. Subtle & clean. Good work.


knorad - I believe there's a DIY on it.

 

Had some autobody students looking to learn some new things- Got the engine Bay painted and bumper painted.

It's nice and easy to keep clean.

What do you think, too much blue?

 

^ I think it looks pretty good, not as bright as the red one at the top of the page... easy on the eyes

 

Pics of the bumper please..