MK3 1.8T

[Ferdinor]

the engine looks clean and slick with the white 

Cheers man, will look better when i get some new pipes and pipe clips along with the boost pipes and so on 

I cant decide what colour to paint the engine bay.......... its either gloss white or gloss black? what do people think? 

[Milby]

i think black would be good because firstly white will get dirty quick aha  and white and black match nicely

[Ferdinor]

i think black would be good because firstly white will get dirty quick aha  and white and black match nicely

Yeah i might spray it black if i was to do it white i would spray all brackets and other parts black.

Do you think it will require vht paint or i can get away with decent paint?

[rcsammy]

go for some crazy colours, i saw one that had each side of the engine bay a different colour, blue, green, pink and yellow iirc... with a bright engine too

you have a nice engine so may aswell make it stand out, its not on show all the time anyway

[Seanl]

Have a look at Lazy Lunatics rides thread. Its a shed load of pages, but he's had a few different colours in there! Dont need VHT for the bay though, just key the current paint, Basecoat, then lacquer. 

[Ferdinor]

go for some crazy colours, i saw one that had each side of the engine bay a different colour, blue, green, pink and yellow iirc... with a bright engine too

you have a nice engine so may aswell make it stand out, its not on show all the time anyway

Yeah i really thought about this, like blue one side, red at the back and black on the other side, just the sh!ts but then i also like the black and white theme and buying in bulk on ebay of one colour is a lot cheaper?

Have a look at Lazy Lunatics rides thread. Its a shed load of pages, but he's had a few different colours in there! Dont need VHT for the bay though, just key the current paint, Basecoat, then lacquer. 

Yeah i have read through and been speaking to him a lot recently, i cant make up my mind but i have a week to decide before i order paint and clean the bay up so people can chuck some ideas at me if they want? and photos of it done before would be good?

Thats great its like half price per tin if its not vht aha 

Let me know if you have any good schemes? 

[lemski]

lime green 

pink

baby blue

white

red

yellow

english flag

german flag


theres some ideas buddy

[Ferdinor]

Aha cheers man, just need to think of what colours will look/go well with the white because once its done it will be years before it changes? 

[lemski]

bright yellow mate, will make the engine pop out at you, and itll be different. but its your car, its upto you. i thing what ever colour your going to have your coolant pipes

[Ferdinor]

bright yellow mate, will make the engine pop out at you, and itll be different. but its your car, its upto you. i thing what ever colour your going to have your coolant pipes

Yeah bright yellow would be cool, i was also thinking purple might go well with white?

Well coolant pipes if i go for a mixed colour bay i will slowly buy multi coloured pipes but they arnt cheap as most of you know, so that would be a long way down the road