I Slapped on some paint to the engine. take a look

[Mr Robbo - The General]

Well, before and after shots, im gunna paint the CAI red, as well as the radiator shroud. what do u think?

[vk3800]

ah, don't know about all that silver and i'd leave the CAI black.
But that's me.

[Goon]

Looks nice mate

Any futher jobs, well that upto you mate.. i know its worth it
Should give me the hot tip on how your doing your shroud

[foxthor]

i dunno, silver looks better but all that overspray looks kinda dodge IMHO.

[big_c_43]

yeah i dunno either about all of that silver i would have done it a chrome/polished look and foxthor is right about all of the spray over, my susgestion is to try and clean that excess up.
But otherwise it looks heaps better than before.

[Mr Robbo - The General]

yeah i know, im not too worried about the hoses etc, they are all being replaced. there will be more red invovled, and all i intend to get a polished rocket cover.

[Mr Robbo - The General]

Few more shots for yaz, got the red on, it does look quite good in life. There is no red overspray, it does look like that in those photos a little, but its just red glow off teh radiator shroud. BTW< I BELIEVE GOON ASKED ME FOR THE HOT TIP? lol, well i took the shroud off, and applied very light coats of red gloss paint (just teh shitty $5 can) just hold the can at a distance so it gets a fine mist. do this several times to avoid runs. I did make it run a little at the front as you can see in the photo. BUT - this has now been fixed via this process.

[Goon]

Wicked mate

That's giving me more ideas

ps. the cheap way works mate hey, if u do it right

[hodgy]

not too bad mate should look good when you replace the hoses and clean all the overspray up

[Mr Robbo - The General]

cheers, thanks, pretty happy with the results. The only thing i didnt really touch are the extractors. They are rusty as shit to lol. I'll get em some other day with a bit of the heat resistant paint that can take exhaust heat, up to 1300degrees i think som1 said.

[Goon]

1500? if i'm correct mate...

[Mr Robbo - The General]

ahk, well i'll find out prior to buying, but id imagine the higher the better

[gd81]

can try jet hot coatings, which is a ceramic coating that looks silver.
Anly costs around $300 which includes them couriering them to and from your home, sandblasting them clean and then coating. advantage is it also helps reduce engine bay temps by a few degrees. as well as stops any more corrosion as they get coated inside as well.
http://www.jet-hot.com.au/

[vkberlina]

On the average daily driver I would recommend 1500degF heat proof paint, you need to really prep the surface well and remove all contaminants, when I painted my header on my 202 I bead blasted them first, then washed them down with wax & grease remover then blew them down with compressed air & painted them.
When painting put a couple of coats around edges & welds first let each coat dry before applying the next, then fill in the rest of the areas & give the whole thing another coat when done.
When fitting them make sure your working with clean tools & parts are they will mark, I wrapped mine in rag untill i was finished fitting them. I had mine painted for 2 years and showed no signs of rust, discolouration and they looked great.

The Jet hot coatings are awesome and I will be getting a fair amount of my exhaust done for my VK just before I register it. If the car is something nice or you have money to burn its the way to go.

cheers
Scott