Hey what kind of paint would i use to paint various parts of my engine bay, ex. air box, dist cap, ABS cover...etc.
Thanks in advance for the replys

If you want to do it right, use powder coating.. I love the way it looks in my engine compartment. not too expensive either, $40 for a valve cover $20 for an air cleaner. Lasts a long time too.
Good luck,
Adam

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Another thing you may want to consider is Jet-Hot coating. This isn't for say, the distributor cap, but it would work great on the valve covers and manifolds. I am going to get my valve covers coated flat black, and get the manifolds coated (they do it inside and out) the "sterling" coating, which is a shiny silver color. It is a heat resistent coating, and won't flake or chip and will reduce engine compartment heat. I have also heard this being used for springs, and suspension parts...you can coat about anything with it, so long as you don't need fancy colors.
www.jet-hot.com

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904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

Do you have a quote on the valve covers?

The process sounds promising.

Yes I did, to coat my valve covers on my W126 V8 is $85 plus shipping. To coat it that silver color is 65, but the flat black is 20 more since it is a top coat over the silver.

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'86 420SE Euro
904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

$85 for both? So, for those of us with a single valve cover, can we assume it's half that price?

I couldn't find anywhere on the site that showed examples of the colors they offer. Do you have a link?

I don't personally have a link. I guess you can assume half that.... or close to half at least.

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904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

Just got a reply back from them.

$65 + s/h for the sterling silver finish...then $20 more for the other finishes.

Doesn't look like a price break for a single valve cover?????

Well I am guessing they have a minimum charge of some sort. Still, it isn't that expensive I don't think.

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'86 420SE Euro
904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

Well, if it's a min. charge, then I should be able to send in 2 covers for the same price :p

Go for it! But maybe your one cover is bigger than one of mine.

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'86 420SE Euro
904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."

I just wish they had some pix of the different colors after being applied to a item.

The grey sounds interesting but I don't know if I'd like it until I saw it.....hard to believe they don't have example pictures on their site! How hard could that be to do??

Well after I got 2 internet quotes, they sent me a huge packet in the mail with a video and a bunch of brochures and stuff. I guess you could either hope you get one, or I would say call them or email them and ask for a packet.

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'86 420SE Euro
904 Midnight Blue, Gray Velour
Dad bought it new, now I own it.

"A Mercedes-Benz is like a fine wine, it only gets better with age."