Painting the engine block

[joff-turbo-nova]

Right guys,

Getting prepped up ready to rebuild my C20LET an I want to paint the engine block so it looks nice & tidy - what paint would you recommend????

Cheers

Joff

[Jim]

Silver paint...

...oh you mean what type of paint...Might be worth getting the block chemically cleaned. Otherwise, try hammerite smooth? I used hammerite smooth on my head and rocker and it came out really well.

Jim

[novaco]

halfords do i range of high temp paint in a few different colours and im sure its a little cheaper that hamorite good stuff to!

[mikey14sr]

I used a cheaper brand of engine lacquer on my front calipers, the color and coverage was no-where near that of good old hammerite. Smooth black might look nice, but maybe a little standard-looking for you Joff!!

[Chris]

Clean it down with diesel Joff and then wire brush it all up before power washing it off and then cover it in hammerite smooth, but personally I wouldnt do the head, just the block, and leave the sump too, I think they look better with a bit of a contrast between the black and grey

Chris

[dan23]

best way is powder coated u will av 2 strip it