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Painted engine compartment #23387 Jun 27, 10:03am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY joylover24 Member joylover24 Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY I want to paint my engine compartment plastics red, but i do not know which is the best paint to use. Anyone have a idea? Heaven is 8600 RPM's

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23388 Jun 27, 10:08am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Pepboys has what you need, 500 degree engine paint. They have the primer, enamel, and clear coat. It will cost you about $4.00 a can

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23389 Jun 27, 10:16am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY joylover24 Member joylover24 Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY I do not think that engine paint will work on plastics? I only want to paint the plastic pieces. Heaven is 8600 RPM's

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23390 Jun 27, 10:22am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Sure does, that wonderful high gloss blue got on mine some how Normal enamel can't take the heat in there, it could crack or even melt. Trust me, if I don't know I don't post

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23391 Jun 27, 10:53am Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 583 Justice Senior Member Justice Senior Member Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 583 this might be a stupid question... but if i take all the plastics out would it matter if i'm driving around w/o them while they are being painted???

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23392 Jun 27, 11:00am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland I had no problems, I drove like that off and on for a month. As a matter of fact it will run cooler without the valve/spark plug cover.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23393 Jun 27, 11:04am Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 583 Justice Senior Member Justice Senior Member Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 583 with my luck that's when its gonna rain and i'll have to of course drive through a huge puddle..

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23394 Jun 27, 11:08am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland don't worry, you'll be just fine

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23395 Jun 27, 11:13am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY joylover24 Member joylover24 Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY Engine paint wont crack and chip off of the plastic??? thats good to know. Thanks Heaven is 8600 RPM's

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23396 Jun 27, 11:23am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland just remember: wet sand prime wet sand prime wet sand prime wet sand paint wet sand paint paint paint clear coat clear coat

Re: Painted engine compartment Gen7fan #23397 Jun 27, 1:15pm Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida Originally Posted by Gen7fan Pepboys has what you need, 500 degree engine paint. They have the primer, enamel, and clear coat. It will cost you about $4.00 a can yep, thats what i did...

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23398 Jun 27, 3:03pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY joylover24 Member joylover24 Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY Cool, now that i know how to do it, what is a good color red to use? does anything come close to the factory red? Heaven is 8600 RPM's

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23399 Jun 28, 1:08am Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA Quote I do not think that engine paint will work on plastics? I only want to paint the plastic pieces. Off course it will. That's what I used. All I did was clean the hell out of the plastics, put 3 real thin coats on..the 3 clear coats. I turned out beautiful. I'll post pics soon. I did my interior as well..look sick!

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23400 Jun 28, 7:25am Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,154 Guam, U.S.A. Street Prototype ECelica Staff 2002 Toyota Celica GT Street Prototype ECelica Staff 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,154 Guam, U.S.A. heres mine, DUPLICOLOR HIGH HEAT 1200 DEGRESS WITH CERAMIC COAT, no need for sanding

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23401 Jun 28, 7:53am Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA Very Nice!

Re: Painted engine compartment PBCelica02 #23402 Jun 28, 8:11am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY joylover24 Member joylover24 Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 282 Buffalo, NY Sweet, thanks. Heaven is 8600 RPM's

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23403 Jun 28, 8:22am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania you guys gotta see spread eagle's...ahh so clean

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23404 Jun 28, 5:09pm Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 71 Tomball, Tx punterjoe21 Member punterjoe21 Member Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 71 Tomball, Tx I just painted my plastics and put it next to my Injen short ram. They are almost the exact same color red. I was shocked. Its the 1200 degree paint from autozone. great matchup. [color:"red"]TRD exhaust/AEM pulley kit/Injen short ram/"happies" grounding kit/raised hood scoop/MTEC lighting package/APC Euros/fill in decals/window tint/s2000 antenna/red footwell neons...more to come[/color]

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23405 Jun 30, 7:35am Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida awesome post pics!

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23406 Jun 30, 10:45am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN So with excessive cleaning, do i just use three coats of my 500 degree red enamal and then 2 coats of my 500 degree clear coat? Can i skip the wetsand/prime step if i do that?

Re: Painted engine compartment gillberg_1111 #23407 Jun 30, 10:49am Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,667 South Jersey RicePowered ECelica Staff RicePowered ECelica Staff Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,667 South Jersey Originally Posted by gillberg_1111 So with excessive cleaning, do i just use three coats of my 500 degree red enamal and then 2 coats of my 500 degree clear coat? Can i skip the wetsand/prime step if i do that? Personally I would use a paint rated higher than 500 degrees ... perferably a 1200 degree paint because it does get hot under the hood

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23408 Jun 30, 10:51am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN Alright, i'll hafta take my can back, thanks for the info tho, what about my clear coat? Does it need to be higher than 500 too? But what about skippin the prime ok? And should I get enamal or ceramic paint and clearcoat? Last edited by gillberg_1111; Jun 30, 2003 10:52am.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23409 Jun 30, 11:13am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Gen7fan ThE iRoN mAiDeN 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,899 Maryland you can if you want, but I have never had a problem with the 500 paint and I have had it in for 6 months now.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23410 Jun 30, 11:17am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN Gen7 if i keep this stuff, is there a way to get around priming and sanding?

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23411 Jun 30, 12:35pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL I just recently did mine

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23412 Jun 30, 12:37pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN Did you prime? What temp paint did you use?

Re: Painted engine compartment gillberg_1111 #23413 Jun 30, 1:03pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Originally Posted by gillberg_1111 Did you prime? What temp paint did you use? I used Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with creamic, 500 degrees. No prime was necessary. Last edited by Karrion28; Jun 30, 2003 1:04pm.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23414 Jun 30, 1:57pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN Hey Karrion, how did you do yours? Paint, let dry, paint let dry, paint let dry, clear coat, let dry, clear coat, let dry wait 24hrs, put back on?

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23415 Jun 30, 2:06pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Only two coats. I didn't use any clear coat but it dose have a little shine to it in the sun.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23416 Jun 30, 2:17pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN and you did it like that tho, paint dry paint method?

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23417 Jun 30, 2:27pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Karrion28 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 505 Tampa FL Yeah, it turned out great.

Re: Painted engine compartment gillberg_1111 #23418 Jun 30, 8:17pm Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida Originally Posted by gillberg_1111 Alright, i'll hafta take my can back, thanks for the info tho, what about my clear coat? Does it need to be higher than 500 too? But what about skippin the prime ok? And should I get enamal or ceramic paint and clearcoat? dont skip the primer! its only 4 dollars a bottle and it dries quickly...this is sort of the abrasive for the paint

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23419 Jun 30, 8:20pm Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida the steps you should do are... prime wetsand paint (as many coats as you want) clearcoat and make sure you get the same brand for everything!

Re: Painted engine compartment CelicaPrincess #23420 Jun 30, 8:28pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 367 Marietta, GA generic Member 2002 Toyota Celica generic Member 2002 Toyota Celica Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 367 Marietta, GA this is what mine look like. i forget what paint my dad used but you have to do it in steps like metioned above. the ECU cover is painted white now too.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23421 Jul 1, 3:38am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT IcEd blUe King of the Hill 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,424 pennsylvania looks nice

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23422 Jul 1, 6:17am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 265 Los Angeles, CA tempest Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT tempest Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 265 Los Angeles, CA how much would it cost to get the plastics painted professionally including the center console? i'm thinking of getting it professionally done.

Re: Painted engine compartment tempest #23423 Jul 1, 6:26am Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,667 South Jersey RicePowered ECelica Staff RicePowered ECelica Staff Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,667 South Jersey Originally Posted by tempest how much would it cost to get the plastics painted professionally including the center console? i'm thinking of getting it professionally done. I'd say no more than $200

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23424 Jul 1, 3:48pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ definately less than $200. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23425 Jul 1, 8:29pm Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT CelicaPrincess Senior Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 767 South Florida generic...your car looks great! Very clean, i love the white and red combo

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23426 Jul 1, 9:47pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 57 Arcadia, California CsGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica CsGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 57 Arcadia, California I was thinking what color should I paint my covers, I have a 2000 GTS Absolutely Red Celica, but I don't want them to be red nor black. Any ideas.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23427 Jul 1, 10:21pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN i painted mine red, i'll post a pic tomarrow, or now if your online i'll go out and make a pic. I think it looks pretty good. oh and I have an absolute red celica too. Last edited by gillberg_1111; Jul 1, 2003 10:22pm.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23428 Jul 1, 11:14pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,286 Riverside, CA Steven ECelica Staff 2001 Toyota Celica GTS Steven ECelica Staff 2001 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,286 Riverside, CA I regret painting my engine plastics because they get dirty so easily. I think I'm going to buy the Carbon Fiber engine plastics

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23429 Jul 1, 11:45pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA yeah...you really gotta keep up on the cleaning, but it looks great!

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23430 Jul 2, 10:59am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN Pics...

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23431 Jul 2, 10:59am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN i dont know how to put more than one pic in a post, sorry.. next one Last edited by gillberg_1111; Jul 2, 2003 11:01am.

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23432 Jul 2, 11:00am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN I kinda messed up on the small fuse cap, cause it was the first piece i tried and used WAY too much paint, but the rest did good...

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23433 Jul 2, 11:02am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN next

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23434 Jul 2, 11:06am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN pic

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23435 Jul 2, 11:06am Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN gillberg_1111 Member gillberg_1111 Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 83 North West TN last pic

Re: Painted engine compartment joylover24 #23436 Jul 2, 9:46pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 57 Arcadia, California CsGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica CsGTS Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 57 Arcadia, California Those pics look great, But I said i didn't want them to be red nor black, any other colors that match the red. Any ideas...

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