as you my no im fiting a turbo technics kit on my xr and im going for a rs bottom end as u lot sad it be good for im going 2 paint it but dont no what paint to use i think im going for red any way what paint do i use lads thanks ps if it in halford's will u do me a deal rolls

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do i red m8 as that will lk nice and it will show up ne oil leaks u might have and the black wont

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when i got my engine rebuilt they asked me what colour i wanted the engine!! i said red as my car is red but they said that red either fades quick or looks crap and needs lots of coats! so ended up getting black

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I'd go with red, simply because black just looks like any other engine... black with dirt. You want it to stand out a bit, my opinion anyways

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KitKat - The Kat has spoken!!

Go silver mate... silver all the way....

Chris

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Gonna do mine red or silver. Thing is, car is likelt to be black, so if i do the engine bay red it might look like a megadrive!

mine is red

rolls

Mine's Blue.

Green looks pretty good too!

Jason.

You engine bay looks mint, if you don't mind me saying

aint oo bad is it, esp for an old shed lol- and btw is there a pub meet on on sunday do ya know matey??

cheers rolls

i done my engine red, recently removed it, and hasnt faded



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Certainly is mate

is it this sunday?? Blimey it comes around quick!!

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what paint do i use lads for the job

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halfords engine paint £6 u can do the hole engine woth it
here is mine m8

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Personally I'd do it blue, sorry, red,( I've got a bit of a thing about blue ) I painted mine black and you can't really tell, red will make evrything stand out

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Cheers

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lee mate, paint it red, it'l go good under the bonnet of a silver xr!!!
set it off nice bruv!!!

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You don't need to use the expensive engine paints on the block.
Hammerite or 'Leyland' ( more or less any Oil based paint ) will do.

I did my block in Hammerite and it looks fine.
Same goes for calipers and drums, you can use Hammerite and 'Leyland' paint for those too.

If you want to paint the bits that get really hot though, Exhaust manifold etc.. Then get the special paints for that.

Jason.