Engine Bay Respray?

[7hr1fty32]

Hi,

The engine bay of my 32 GTR always had this dull and dirt-like colour to it since I bought it. I shrugged it off but its been a while so I figured its time to fix it.

The car is in its factory colour (KL0 - Spark Silver Metallic) but the engine bay looks "dirty" and I have seen on other 32's which are this colour which have a sort of whitish-grey engine  bay. I'm pretty sure the car hasn't been resprayed and the VIN matches that of a KL0 car so I think it just needs a clean.

If this is the case, how should I best go about it because I don't want to damage the original paint underneath and just clean away the top layer given that's what needs to be done. 

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[johnny_mx6]

All i know is I cleaned my R32 Gtr engine bay last weekend, probably had 30years of grease built up, as I was scrubbing off the grease the original paint was stripping off, never had this issue before cleaning an engine bay. Im planning on respraying anyway but yeah, I would avoid any harsh cleaners and use a car soap before touching the harsher stuff.

Goodluck

[WantGTR]

If the motor is out, paint it.

 

/end thread

[Old man 32 GTR]

Do this, then paint bay, any painter can paint back to factory spec if that’s what you’re after. 

[kevboost7]

On 6/19/2021 at 3:24 AM, Old man 32 GTR said:

Do this, then paint bay, any painter can paint back to factory spec if that’s what you’re after. 

How many hours of work did it take you to get to that point? And how do you get the car to the paint shop like this?

[Old man 32 GTR]

I had a shop strip the bay, front was put on a dolly and car was towed to paint shop. Result below, I went with car colour for the bay.