paint color match summit white

[Wuiquen]

For those of you painting the engine covers and fuse boses, are you guys using summit white paint or just a regular white paint?? I need to paint my engine cover and intake but i dont have time to wait for shipping time to get summit white paint.. can you guys please advice me what to do?? Should i wait and order summit white or would any white paint be close enough???

[angie7]

I have painted my entire interior using Rustolem white paint from home depot. It matches perfectly to Summit White

[Wuiquen]

Originally Posted by angie7

I have painted my entire interior using Rustolem white paint from home depot. It matches perfectly to Summit White

Thats great.. glad you posted.. you think that paint will hold good on the engine compartment??? Btw.. that looks good.. i might add some white to my interior too...

[angie7]

Originally Posted by Wuiquen

Thats great.. glad you posted.. you think that paint will hold good on the engine compartment???

Absolutely. I painted my engine compartment with it too but it was on my LT so it wasnt white but the same kind of paint. You dont need high temp paint for these pieces. Heres a pic if my previous LT

[camaro_RS]

I also did not use Summit White paint when painting my interior or engine bay pieces. The white looks great with the rest of the car.

[Wuiquen]

well this is good to hear. Thank you guys. I am set to accomplish this. One more question, what do you guys think of painting the middle part of the rotors white?? I have black wheels. I am going to be painting the calipers orange red.

[angie7]

I painted mine black, my calipers are pink. Its easy to do. Id rethink white tho. You'll see a lot of brake dust and dirt very easily. I didnt want to draw attention to that part of the wheel but thats my opinion.

[Wuiquen]

thats kinda my dilemma. I would think it looked good but then I think it might be dirty a lot.. I thought about gloss black... errr.. idk..

[SoCalThug]

Originally Posted by angie7

I have painted my entire interior using Rustolem white paint from home depot. It matches perfectly to Summit White

do all the interior parts pop off? is there a DIY to unistall these parts?

[angie7]

Originally Posted by Wuiquen

thats kinda my dilemma. I would think it looked good but then I think it might be dirty a lot.. I thought about gloss black... errr.. idk..

Thats what I painted mine, gloss black. It looks very clean. Ive actually had folks at car shows comment on how clean my wheels are. I clean the inside of wheels and with this part being black, it makes it look even better. It doesnt draw attention to it but it gives it a cleaner look. Heres a pic: I wasnt worried about runs or making it perfect. You only see the top edge so it doesnt matter.

[angie7]

Originally Posted by SoCalThug

do all the interior parts pop off? is there a DIY to unistall these parts?

Most of it does just snap off. I did a search online about diy and found a lot of good info.

[Wuiquen]

Originally Posted by angie7

Thats what I painted mine, gloss black. It looks very clean. Ive actually had folks at car shows comment on how clean my wheels are. I clean the inside of wheels and with this part being black, it makes it look even better. It doesnt draw attention to it but it gives it a cleaner look. Heres a pic: I wasnt worried about runs or making it perfect. You only see the top edge so it doesnt matter.

How did you tape off the parts of the rotor you didnt want to paint??? Did u used primer or rust paint direclty on the part??

[angie7]

Originally Posted by Wuiquen

How did you tape off the parts of the rotor you didnt want to paint??? Did u used primer or rust paint direclty on the part??

I used newspaper to cover everything up. I had a razor blade on hand to get off any paint that got on the rotor. I used high temp engine paint with rust paint already in it. Its super thin so make sure you have a pan underneath to catch any paint that drips off.

[vroomapunk]

If you are painting something under the hood, or inside, it doesnt need to match summit white, NO one will be able to tell you its not the same shade of white because these parts arent against the exterior paint to be compared to.

Just get any Gm white, or arctic white type name and you will be good

[vroomapunk]

Originally Posted by angie7

I have painted my entire interior using Rustolem white paint from home depot. It matches perfectly to Summit White

And angie, do the lights on the shifter plate and T/C button still shine thru at night, or did you just lose those and whatever graphics that were on them. thanks

[angie7]

Originally Posted by vroomapunk

And angie, do the lights on the shifter plate and T/C button still shine thru at night, or did you just lose those and whatever graphics that were on them. thanks

I didnt try to save them, I just painted over them.