asu174

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Have any of you done this? What kind of paint did you use? Just regular spray paint? Or high heat brake caliper stuff?

dmbmaxima2k2

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hmm looks hot, i would say you might have to take it off the car and USE A LOT of high temp paint. that stuff will prolly soak the paint right up.

-steve

StygianMax

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Check this link out: http://www.reefcorner.com/Viper/paint_liner.htm
I'd defintely use high-temp paint myself.

PHATMAN5050

Would it be a good idea to slap paint onto your firewall?! I'd make sure there will be no problems before doing this as the firewall can save your life, and at the same time, prevent purple heat splotches from showing up on the paint on the hood.

jjs

Huh? Firewalls are already factory painted, body color, and it is not some kind of heat/fire retardent paint. Not sure what is meant by heat splotches...if the liner is painted, it is still in place for insulation.

jjs

Yes, it does!! My old '88 Mustang had an embossed hoodliner and when I accent painted the horse and bars, it was amazing how much paint got soaked up.

StygianMax

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I believe the "firewall" is defined as the body panel between the interior cabin space & the engine bay.
I don't believe applying paint to the liner located under the hood will reduce it's ability to:

(1) act as a thermal barrier to the hood itself in protecting the paint. I look at the hood liner as an "oversized ovenmitt". It doesn't act as a heat sink, just a heat barrier to the hood so it doesn't get too hot to touch; and

(2) as some measure to suppress or extinguish(?) a fire in the engine bay. I've read some folks think that the plastic fasteners would melt in the even of a fire in the engine bay allowing the liner to drop & choke off the fire's oxygen suppply. (If that's what actually happens, it's then it's like throwing a heavy blanket on a small fire to put it out.) I don't think applying paint/dye to the blanket will reduce its ability to do so.

My $0.02.

PHATMAN5050

Alright, I must have been mistaken. Wouldn't be the first time anyways...

StygianMax

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After work, I cleaned my hood liner & laid on 2 coats of high-temp paint. The liner does soak up a bit (but not as bad as I thought). There are still some dark spots so I'll need a 2nd can of paint. It is starting to look good though! Even my 8 yr. old boy thinks so!

2K1HoMax

uhhhh, i though u were done with the mods, this took less then a week, a mod is a mod.

asu174

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Dude, I posted this back in June. Someone was doing some diggin......

StygianMax

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Uh, that'd be me. I was searching for info on painting hood liners & the search function brought me to the 5th gen. forum. How did your your liner painting turn out?

asu174

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I never did it.