After a thunderstorm, also painted engine bay? Comments?

[greddy]

Snapped a few pics after a thunderstorm of the car and the engine compartment. Lemme know what you think.
Favorite two pics, my carbon fiber lip spoiler, and the side view mirror.
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7040/p1000916mv8.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000916mv8.jpg)
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5776/p1000918mg3.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000918mg3.jpg)

And here is the rest of the outside and the red engine components that I sprayed with high temp paint.
Feel free to criticize or comment
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6242/p1000925ue2.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000925ue2.jpg)
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7245/p1000924jd7.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000924jd7.jpg)
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6940/p1000922cs0.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000922cs0.jpg)
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/340/p1000919iq8.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000919iq8.jpg)
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5484/p1000917vl0.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000917vl0.jpg)
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6751/p1000915fn3.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000915fn3.jpg)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6521/p1000914yd7.th.jpg (http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000914yd7.jpg)
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1899/p1000912ug3.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000912ug3.jpg)

[Jeffylou87]

Looks good.. Except you can tell that you didn't take the valve cover off to paint it.. What kind of paint did you use?

[02redgalant]

: / should of cleaned the engine bay before painting it...

[greddy]

Yeah, i know, I masked most of it off, but since the valve cover had been painted gold by the previous owner and the paint was flacking of, I just sanded it down and cover the surrouding area with plasitc sheet. The other stuff I took off and painted, and they turned out much better, I just wanted to get rid of the hideous gold that was there. And yes, I know the engine bay needs some cleaning, but this is right after a thunder storm when I drove through a foot deep puddle. Besides, in Oregon, after it starts raining, good luck keeping your engine bay clean. And it's my daily, so I'm not too worried, just wanted to get rid of the gold...

[pinoyesv6]

does your intake rub on the underside of your hood?

[greddy]

No it doesn't, why do you ask?

[G-spot]

so I'm not too worried, just wanted to get rid of the gold...
That's not gold, it's bogeda beige. Get your fact straight lol:smt082

[greddy]

I know the paint color of my car lol, I meant the previous owner painted it gold, like this cheesy shiny thin coat of gold that was cracked and pealing everywhere.

[Fishboy55]

does your intake rub on the underside of your hood?
I was thinking the exact same thing Allan. "I wonder why his intake is riding so high?"

Greddy, check and see what the intake and MAF are mounted to. They're sitting way above the battery and that's not the normal position for a WAI. Take a look at this photo and look how my CAI pipe bends.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t77/Fishboy55/Galant12032004.jpg

[greddy]

I checked this morning, there is no paint scraping of the top, I clears it, after I took these pics I also took the original lower intake box out and lowered the front of my intake, so it doesn't curve quite as high, but I didn't have any rubbing problems. Thanks for looking out for it though guys.

[Proto]

The paint on the head looks like ass. Detail the rest of it.