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Author:  _drew [ September 23, 2004 ]
Post subject:  painting engine bay.
i need help..

i have recently purchased a 92 hatchback.. and am wanting to do a complete color change.

the motor is out.. but the only thing that scares me, is when it comes time to paint the engine bay.. is there a simple or less painful way to paint the firewall instead of taking everything off of it?

im no rocket surgeon, and removing all that carp from the firewall seems a little "out-of-my-league" .. or im just lazy.. one of the two.

can any of you dudes give me a hand.. id appreciate it.

thx, Andrew Image
Author:  kotomile [ September 23, 2004 ]
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Why not remove anything that isn't metal (leave brake lines, etc.) and paint over that stuff?
Author:  Bangin HB [ September 24, 2004 ]
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^that would give it a clean look b/c it would kinda hide all those components. or no?
Author:  munster [ September 24, 2004 ]
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I would just mask off rather than remove stuff.
Author:  BRYCE [ September 24, 2004 ]
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kotomile wrote:Why not remove anything that isn't metal (leave brake lines, etc.) and paint over that stuff?
Agreed! But I dont think that i would only mask.
Author:  _drew [ September 24, 2004 ]
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blaster834 wrote:
kotomile wrote:Why not remove anything that isn't metal (leave brake lines, etc.) and paint over that stuff?
Agreed! But I dont think that i would only mask.
im gonna take the time and mask everything off i guess..

what did you mean by "only mask" ?
Author:  munster [ September 25, 2004 ]
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You should just take your time and do it right.

Otherwise it's going to look like shit.
Author:  BRYCE [ September 26, 2004 ]
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Ya i would take alot out as well
Author:  ban [ October 06, 2004 ]
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take your time and remove everything. leave the brake lines and master cylinder, and brake booster there just mask them off. other than that remove everything. because there might just be some rust hidden behind components and that could fuck up your paint job in a year or two...
Author:  toonRsi [ December 15, 2004 ]
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if thats your car there in that pic, IMO keep it captiva blue, but if you want to change it go ahead...that means 1 less person with captiva blue so my car color is getting rarer(sp?)!!
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