Best color for engine compartment

[Johnnyb]

Is there a best color to paint the engine compartment, if not the color of the rest of the EB. I had the following thoughts:<br><br>Would a reflective paint (silver) have any advantages in deflecting heat?<br><br>What color would best hide grime? Would a paint shop actually match the color of grease and mud on a bit of sheetmetal?<br><br>-John

 

[ford67bronco]

Mine is silver, not necessarily for heat deflection but it brightens it up for working under the hood.

 

[72bronco]

You can't go wrong with black. I don't know about heat deflection but I can't imagine it makes much of a difference.

 

[thesnake]

Whatever color you desire. It does strike me as funny, guys kicking out money on ebay for a great looking bronco, then when you see the engine compartment, alot of times it's the old factory color and greasy.<br><br>snake

 

[Hnrys69]

black

 

[Kansas Corey]

My 2 cents - I like flat black. It does not show oil and grime and can be made to look very clean and tidy.

 

[Waverous]

Leaning toward black myself

 

[Jeep Slayer]

I plan on keeping mine the stock color, it looks great but you do have to take tsome time to keep it clean which should be done no matter what color you paint it. 8)

 

[jims66]

You Decide!<br><br><br>

 

[jeff68]

Man!!!<br>That looks great jims66!!!!<br><br>I painted mine Black under-coat, it has a rough texture and looks pretty good, I figure it helps the aluminum and chrome stand out !<br>Jeff

 

[66horse]

Jums66 just loves threads like this. Showing off his bronco like he had no shame. Oh wait, if mine looked that good I would too!

 

[cpereira]

Man, now I know what they mean when they say, "its so clean you can eat off of it".<br><br>Nice EB!

 

[ASE-73]

I'm going with the body color, but the semigloss black used on early Mustangs looks stock and looks real good. The tie breaker might be that the black is easier to touch up.

 

[bsaunder]

I'm probably going to go with hammerite silver - with my new engine I want to know if there are any leaks and I want the extra light in there a light color gives...

 

[swood]

POR 15 the engine bay. Tough as nails and looks good. If you desire color, use one of their high-temp engine paints. That's what I plan to do.

 

[Johnnyb]

I am leaning toward silver because it matches the 5.0 and is light, or black to hid grime.

-John

 

[Ranger77]

Go with black. I think I read in one of the 4x4 mags that a black engine compartment helps to radiate the heat better. Not sure that it makes that much of a difference but at least black hides all the grime.

 

[Waverous]

I know people have diamond plate inside the engine compartment (don't really like the looks of all diamond plate). Does anyone know who makes these inserts, or better yet, does anyone make brushed aluminum or stainless steel?

 

[broncoinwisconsin]

I like body color myself.

 

[Hnrys69]

[quote author=Waverous link=board=5;threadid=11965;start=15#88537 date=1039059351]<br>I know people have diamond plate inside the engine compartment (don't really like the looks of all diamond plate). Does anyone know who makes these inserts, or better yet, does anyone make brushed aluminum or stainless steel?<br>[/quote]<br><br>I think WH does, and I know for sure that rockyroads does.