So.. I painted my motor black

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05-09-2008, 07:39 PM
Shadow19

So.. I painted my motor black

Well. I pulled my motor again a couple of weeks ago due to a weird noise which i thought was an oil pump after a few hours of listening and replacing lash adjusters and blah blah blah. I pulled the motor to check out the noise as well as to send the tranny off to a tranny shop because i have grinding gears. The noise was a bad timing belt tensioner so i bought a new OEM one. Im still waiting on that and im gonna go ahead and replace the oil pump, timing belt and the pulleys. So for now while im waiting on parts i figured id give it a shot to see how the WHOLE motor would look flat black. It doesnt look too bad. It actually looks alot better than what it did. So here are a few pics of what ive done. I was told not to paint the alternator unless i mask off all the holes in it. Thats going to take a good bit of time so ill wait on that. Anyways tell me what you guys think.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...r/IMG00146.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...r/IMG00145.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...r/IMG00144.jpg
05-09-2008, 07:52 PM
Jeffylou87

Looks good.. looks like it could be mistaken for a very dirty engine..
05-09-2008, 07:54 PM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by Jeffylou87

Looks good.. looks like it could be mistaken for a very dirty engine..

HAHA.... should have seen it before i painted it. Im still undecided though. I may go with a satin final coat..... What do you guys think? Flat or satin?
05-09-2008, 07:55 PM
GOOSEY2099

Thats pretty ghetto man, I hope you at least covered all the sensors when you painted it
05-09-2008, 10:03 PM
RAZ_76

Only one question??? Why???
05-09-2008, 10:30 PM
mtcavity1

It looks like a military version 4G64...
05-09-2008, 10:58 PM
Ivory8g

errrr yeah I dont know what you would benefit from that but ummmm yea.....
05-10-2008, 09:06 AM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by RAZ_76

Only one question??? Why???

Several reasons why i did it. 1. the white valve cover wasnt working out. 2. the throttle body was pretty old and it didnt match my intake manifold even after i took a metal brush to it with a drill. 3. I think it will look pretty good when its done. 4. My block was looking a little rusty even after i brushed the shit out of it. 5. fuel rail was lookin ugly. 6. waternecks were lookin ugly. I think im gonna go get some satin today. It looks a little grey.. That was just a test run and now its too late to go back to the stock look! LOL
05-13-2008, 01:20 PM
hellk4t

Just looks dirty
05-13-2008, 05:10 PM
panda

it looks pretty clean in person.. he just needs to put something else then black lol.. like something on the valve cover or intake so make it pop know what i mean jigglez
05-13-2008, 07:50 PM
JDM4G64T

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Originally Posted by mtcavity1

It looks like a military version 4G64...

That's what I thought!!!...lol ATTTEEENNTTIIOONNN!!!!!!
05-13-2008, 10:26 PM
Proto

I want to see all the black.
12-19-2008, 03:11 PM
blkg01

Make a tutorial i might do mine lol.
12-19-2008, 03:16 PM
I4betterthanUR4

You should do a camo job. Well if your having seconds thoughts on the color at least you primered it first.... Also, correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like you just took a can of spray paint to the whole thing. I would've at least took everything apart and painted separate so it looks half way decent. What kind of paint did you use?
12-19-2008, 04:03 PM
DOHCstunr

Just a heads up.
Sooner or later(probably sooner)
Your engine is going to look like poo.
the paint will chip and mar, and flake off in places.

Good idea though.

I can't believe you painted all yoru sensors, fuel injectors too lol. Even your timing cover(which was already black) and your distributor cap.
Looks to me like you wanted instant results with little planning or effort.
Not trying to flame, I'm just letting you know what you now have to look forward to.
12-19-2008, 04:07 PM
seth98esT

This was back in May. How does it look now?
12-20-2008, 07:10 AM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by seth98esT

This was back in May. How does it look now?

Still looks good. Its just a bit dirty. If it chips ill just repaint it.
12-20-2008, 10:20 AM
DOHCstunr

At least you didn't paint the alternator.
You did however paint the flange surface for the exhaust manifold.
Yipes.

Updated Pics!
12-20-2008, 10:43 AM
ChikagoGTZ

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Originally Posted by DOHCstunr

At least you didn't paint the alternator.
You did however paint the flange surface for the exhaust manifold.
Yipes.

Updated Pics!

Yeah, you'd better get out the grinder and take that down...
12-20-2008, 07:23 PM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by DOHCstunr

At least you didn't paint the alternator.
You did however paint the flange surface for the exhaust manifold.
Yipes.

Updated Pics!

Yea my buddy came over and told me i needed to get that off. So i used some carb cleaner and a razor blade and it came off pretty easily. I have this one pic i took when i snapped some pics of my car at the boss' house. Its a little dirty under there because i have to drive down a 1/2 mile dirt road to get to their house every morning. It actually looks pretty good i think. Right now she is getting full exhaust work done so that ugly ass header will be gone ;-). I repainted it satin after it fully dried after the original job.. It kind of turned gray so satin looks 20x better. Oh and dont worry guys.. I didnt use that oil filter after i spray painted it. I just put it back on there to plug the hole so i didnt get paint in it.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...r/IMG_0260.jpg
12-21-2008, 02:28 AM
DOHCstunr

not bad not bad.
should have painted the washer fluid resevoir too.
12-21-2008, 07:21 AM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by I4betterthanUR4

Why stop there?

Im not done. I really havent done much to the car since i put the motor back into it since may. She isnt done and i will be cleaning the bay and finding somewhere to tuck those plug wires and painting the water tanks and other stuff.. I just wish my coilovers werent orange........ Anyways. John do you think running my wires around the injectors at the back of the VC will cause an issue? Or where do you suggest that i tuck them?
12-21-2008, 07:42 AM
panda

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Originally Posted by Shadow19

Im not done. I really havent done much to the car since i put the motor back into it since may. She isnt done and i will be cleaning the bay and finding somewhere to tuck those plug wires and painting the water tanks and other stuff.. I just wish my coilovers werent orange........ Anyways. John do you think running my wires around the injectors at the back of the VC will cause an issue? Or where do you suggest that i tuck them?

why dont you just paint the coilovers too. lol.. shit while your at it just take a spray can to the whole car.. wait.. hehehe. nvm
12-21-2008, 07:55 AM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by panda

why dont you just paint the coilovers too. lol.. shit while your at it just take a spray can to the whole car.. wait.. hehehe. nvm

Welllll... Yea.. Dont go there HAHA.
12-21-2008, 09:00 AM
panda

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Originally Posted by Shadow19

Welllll... Yea.. Dont go there HAHA.

my opinions and what i seen is going into the shush vault.. lol..
12-21-2008, 10:08 PM
SkylineG1

Daytime pics?
12-22-2008, 05:52 AM
Shadow19

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Originally Posted by SkylineG1

Daytime pics?

Ill get better pics when i get my car back.
12-29-2008, 09:15 PM
blackdragon100

would look better gloss and more then 1 color