Bedliner engine bay? Yay or nay

[craiggroves91]

Glanced at the bedliner at Oreilly. I was tempted

[pharow]

Bed liner. Then body color.

Sorry if someone said this already.

[brianao34]

And your engine is sexy. Great job. I'd say AWII it, all the work you did making that engine look so good to cheap out on the bay?

[craiggroves91]

are you tucking the wires and everything? I still say white. White is right!

No I am leaving them out I think.
white woud look clean

[sinep]

are you tucking the wires and everything? I still say white. White is right!

[craiggroves91]

it looks like you're shaving your engine bay, yes? If so, I'd go for the white. It's going to POP and make your engine look sweet!

Not a complete crazy shave. I just took off the sealant and brackets.

[sinep]

it looks like you're shaving your engine bay, yes? If so, I'd go for the white. It's going to POP and make your engine look sweet!

[craiggroves91]

good luck getting all the grounds to have good contact after this...

Tape off grounds? sand them down after?

[Mr. Burns]

. I'm not a paint guy. I shouldn't even be painting shit. I leave that to the pros at young's.

boom

[Mr. Burns]

good luck getting all the grounds to have good contact after this...

[brianao34]

It's crazy how I have been debating this with myself for a while now and a thread pops up on it. Gotta love when that happens

[browntown]

I can't answer your question, but I'm interested in this discussion. I'm not going to trailer my car to a painter to paint my bay. I don't have the skills to paint my bay with regular car paint and make it look professional. So I'm pretty much left with paints that are applied by the end user that are self-leveling and don't show mistakes well. That's the real beauty of bedliner because it doesn't show mistakes as much.

Maybe some industrial tractor or boat paint. They seem thicker and something you can brush on and it will look decent. POR-15 silver sounds like a good option too. Sub'd.

[Mlarsen]

Bedliner would look like fucking dog shit on a alpine. Just do a single stage alpine and be done.

[Sagaris]

Yeah thats what I was going to use.

It's holding up well?!

Yes, it takes the unintended hit from an uncontrolled wrench much better than the original paint does. I haven't had any chips/scratches yet and I am sure any touch-up required will blend decently. The one downside is that the texture means you cannot just wipe off the bay with a cloth to clean it up. You really need a damp rag or some water flow to wash away any dust as Ryann mentioned previously.

I wouldn't do it on a show-quality car where everything is expected to look immaculate and clean all the time but for those who want to spruce up a functional daily driven car by making the engine bay look a little more uniform and even a bit more rugged for those stray wrenches, then it is perfect.

[slammin.e28]

Do it and dont like it= sandblaster

Yeah it would be a pain though. I would just live with it.

Paint over it. If I don't like shit I painted, it get's more paint on top. Fuck it. I'm not a paint guy. I shouldn't even be painting shit. I leave that to the pros at Young's.